JP2006169925A - Sprinkling snow melting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sprinkling snow melting method according to which uneven snow melting of a target area is eliminated or almost eliminated, snow melting is achieved at once in a short time, and sprinkling can be definitely stopped, by carrying out snow melting at every unit area so as to be consistent with a high-temperature hot-water feeding capacity of a boiler. <P>SOLUTION: According to the sprinkling snow melting method, a sprinkling target area is divided into a plurality of blocks 10 to 15, and sprinkling means 20 to 25 are provided for the respective blocks 10 to 15, followed by successively flowing water to the sprinkling means 20 to 25, to thereby carry out sprinkling at every block. In the method, timers which can be set at different output time periods, are set to sprinkling time periods individually different from each other, and after a predetermined time period of the first timer has elapsed, the subsequent timer is activated and then the activation is terminated. In this manner on-off valves 4 corresponding to the respective timers are successively opened and closed, to thereby carry out sprinkling of high-temperature water supplied from the hot water supply boiler. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a sprinkling snow melting method for melting snow with a small amount of high-temperature water.

  A method of melting snow on roofs and road surfaces by spraying groundwater is a snow melting method that has been widely used. If there is not enough water, a new well must be established. If the necessary amount of water cannot be secured, the roof area where water can be sprayed will be limited. This shortage of hot water will eventually develop into snow if it continues to snow, and will require manual snow removal. In the case of snow melting for civilian roofs, if the roof area is large, the labor cost associated with snow removal is enormous, so to avoid this, we have established a deep well to secure the amount of water and respond to this. There are limitations.

As a countermeasure, there is a method of installing a boiler and warming and using the return water from the roof and river water. The basis of this method is to install a boiler with the ability to compensate for the lack of heat, while ensuring the amount of water by reusing wastewater or introducing river water, and spraying low-temperature water all at once from the watering means. It is something to try to cope with.
However, in this conventional method, since a large amount of water is heated to a temperature about the level of groundwater, the amount of heat input per unit area is small and the melting of snow is slow. As a result, there is a disadvantage that fuel consumption is high because water cannot be melted only by watering at the time of snowfall and water must be sprayed after the snow stops.
JP 2000-220321 A

  The problem to be solved is that if the amount of hot water that can be secured for the planned size of the snowmelt roof is small, it will interfere with snowmelt, and even if it is supported by an auxiliary heat source, it is necessary to prepare for high fuel efficiency. is there.

  The present invention performs high-temperature water spraying on a scale of a hot water supply boiler that can divide the roof surface and road surface into small parts, throw a large amount of heat into the snow melting surface of a small area in a short time, move the water spraying point, and widen snow melting The main feature is to cover the surface.

  Since it is treated for each area that matches the boiler's high-temperature hot-water discharge capacity, it is difficult to melt and melt unevenly on the snow melting surface, and it is possible to melt the snow in a short period of time so that the water spray can be pumped up quickly. Since the amount of water spray is small, the high-temperature water in the boiler can be sprayed directly without diluting, and a large amount of snow can be treated rapidly in a short time. Since the watering time from the watering means can be adjusted for each block, the watering amount for each block can be set to an appropriate flow rate, and there is no waste in watering. It is also possible to water by specifying a block. There is an advantage that a limited amount of high-temperature water discharged from the boiler can be used effectively.

  The purpose of melting snow over a large area with high-temperature water with a small amount of water was realized under simple operating procedures.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a system diagram of water melting and snow melting on a roof and a road surface. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the roof, and the watering area for melting snow is divided into a plurality of blocks. The 100 m2 gable roof used for the explanation is divided into 3 parts each vertically, forming a total of 6 blocks 10 to 15 for melting snow. The road surface is divided into blocks 16-19. Sprinkling means 20-29 are installed in each of these blocks 10-19. In the illustrated example, the watering means is a watering header provided with a watering nozzle. The upper and lower intervals of the watering header installed on one side of the roof are about 4 meters, the length is about 10 meters, the diameter is 40φ, and the diameter of the hot water supply pipe 3 connected to this is 20φ.

  It is preferable that the roof surface has a high frictional resistance against snow and has a property of stopping the sliding of the snow and the sherbet during melting. This non-slip property can be obtained, for example, by using a flow down regulation sheet described in JP-A-8-184216 (Japanese Patent Application No. 6-339265) by the same applicant as the present application. This sheet is made of a woven fabric using spun yarn, and the snow on the surface is hard to slip. In addition, it regulates the behavior of hot water flowing down, disperses the flow, spreads it uniformly, and has an efficient heat exchange performance that contacts the snow layer. The sheet is low in liquid content, absorbs part of the flowing heat medium, and the main flow path of arbitrary width to form the main stream of the exposed fast flow heat medium where the remaining part slides on the surface. It is composed of a liquid-absorbing material that is located on the side of the path and has a sub-flow path with a larger liquid content than the main flow path that forms a sub-flow with a slower flow rate than the main flow.

The area of the roof blocks 11, 12, 13, and 14 is 20 square meters, and the blocks 10 and 15 are 10 square meters. The amount of water sprayed by one watering means is about 800 cc per minute per square meter and about 16 liters / minute per block. As the watering temperature, hot water of about 50 degrees Celsius was used. On a long roof with a 4 inch gradient, when water is sprayed during the daytime around 1 degree below freezing, fresh snow of 30 centimeters at a water temperature of 53 degrees per 20 square meters can be almost eliminated in about 10 minutes.
In many cases, the road surface is sprinkled with water longer than the roof surface. The area of the blocks 16, 17, 18, 19 on the road surface is approximately 10 square meters, the amount of water sprayed by one watering means is about 1.5 liters per minute per square meter, and the total amount is about 15 liters / minute per block.

  The hot water supply pipe 3 is connected to the boiler 30. The boiler is supplied with water from the water supply source 50 of the water receiving tank through the pump 40. Water is collected in the water supply source 50 through a drainage system pipe 60. The hot water temperature from the boiler 30 is set to at least 30 degrees Celsius, preferably around 50 degrees Celsius.

An electrically operated on-off valve 4 is disposed in the middle of the hot water supply pipe 3 reaching the individual watering means 20 to 29.
The on-off valve 4 is opened and closed, and water is sequentially passed through the watering means to perform watering operation for each block. In the example shown in the drawing, an electric three-way valve is used as the on-off valve 4 as a countermeasure against freezing of the hot water supply pipe because of the relative positional relationship between the watering means of the roof and the hot water supply pipe 3. The three-way valve drains the hot water supply pipe 3 downstream from the drain pipe 4a in a closed state. On the other hand, the hot water supply pipe 3 of the road surface system uses a two-way solenoid valve because the pipe water naturally falls.

As shown in FIG. 3, each of the on-off valves 4 in charge of the roof is individually set to open times by variable output time timers A to F for generating an operation output. The output time to the on-off valve 4 is 5 minutes for A and D, and 10 minutes for B, C, E, and F. In operation, for example, the first timer A is activated to open the on-off valve 4 and start watering to the lowest watering means 20 at the left end of the roof. After 5 minutes, the timer A expires and the on-off valve 4 is closed. After a time difference of several minutes, the succeeding timer B is activated to open the on-off valve 4 for 10 minutes, and supply of warm water to the second stage watering means 21 from the lower left end of the roof is started. After 10 minutes, the timer B expires and the on-off valve 4 is closed. Similarly, the timer C, D, E, and F are sequentially operated and timed up in order, and the on-off valves that they share are opened and closed in sequence, interrupted from the lower level with the lower gradient, and transferred to the upper watering means. While watering.
Each of the on-off valves 4 in charge of the road surface is individually set to open times by variable output time timers H to J that generate an operation output. The output time to the on-off valve 4 is 20 minutes. For example, after the timer F expires, the timer G is activated to open the on-off valve 4 and start supplying hot water to the watering means 26. After 20 minutes, the timer G expires and the on-off valve 4 is closed. Similarly, operation and time-up are repeated in the order of timers H, I, and J, and the on-off valves that are assigned to them are opened and closed in turn, interrupted from the lower stage with the lower gradient, and sprinkled while moving to the upper watering means. To do.

  After all of the timers have timed up, if necessary, reset means X1, X2, X3 may be installed and placed for the purpose of resetting all of these timers and starting them again sequentially from the first timer. it can. The reset means X1 is a manual reset switch. Used as a switch to restart a series of timers timed up by manual operation. X2 is a timer switch that performs an on / off operation at regular intervals. For example, it is possible to turn off the power of these timers while a series of timers have timed up, and to restart the time series operation of the timers by issuing an ON output after a predetermined time has elapsed. When the snow continues, or according to the remaining snow condition, the output function of the timer can be restored by the function of the reset means X2, and water spraying can be repeated from the water spray means. X3 is a reset switch for designating timers of the corresponding blocks when the remaining snow is visually recognized, resetting these timers and sequentially operating the on-off valves to spray water.

  Long snow cover can be processed regardless of the number of sprinkling means, so long-sized roofs of thousands to tens of thousands of square meters such as factories, station buildings, and public facilities using small well facilities or boiler facilities It can also be applied to railway floors and road surfaces that extend over several kilometers.

  It is a perspective view which shows the systematic diagram of the sprinkling snow melting of a roof and a road surface.   It is a top view which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the sprinkling means of a roof.   It is explanatory drawing which shows the Example of a control system.

Explanation of sign

10 to 19 Block of watering area 20 to 29 Watering means 3 Hot water supply pipe 4 On-off valve A to J Timer

Claims (3)

  The water spray area on the roof surface and road surface is divided into a plurality of blocks, and water spraying means are installed in each block, while a plurality of hot water supply pipes are provided from the water supply source to the individual water spraying means through the hot water boiler. An electric on-off valve is arranged in the middle of each hot water supply pipe, and each on-off valve is opened and closed, and water is sequentially passed through the watering means to perform watering operation for each block. Opening time is set individually by the variable output time timer that emits the operation output, and after the first timer expires, the subsequent timers start and operate in sequence, and the on-off valves that each share in turn are timed in order A watering snow melting method that opens and closes and sprays high-temperature water obtained by passing a hot water supply boiler from a water supply source for each watering means.   The sprinkling snow melting method according to claim 1, wherein after all of the timers have timed out, the resetting means which resets all of the timers and sequentially starts again from the first timer, depending on the remaining snow condition. Watering snow melting method that repeats watering from the top.   The watering snow melting method according to claim 1, wherein after all of the timers have timed up, a reset unit that resets some of these timers and sequentially operates again is selected according to a partial remaining snow condition. Sprinkling snow melting method to spray water from watering means.

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