JP2009202066A - Ultrasonic alcohol separation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems that tremendous energy is required and atomization efficiency is extremely low due to it that a liquid is atomized in a case 1 by a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators 2. <P>SOLUTION: A liquid 7 comprising an alcohol is supplied to an alcohol separation tank 8 from a liquid supplier 6, an ultrasonic vibrator 9 is installed in the bottom part of the alcohol separation tank 8, an oscillation output is applied onto the ultrasonic vibrator 9 by an oscillator 10, an outflow port 11 is disposed on the upper part of the alcohol separation tank 8 in the vicinity of the surface of the liquid 7, a discharge port 12 is disposed in the vicinity of the bottom part of the alcohol separation tank 8, and an outflow port 11 of the alcohol separation tank 8 is connected to an alcohol separation device 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In the present invention, the alcohol is recovered by circulating the liquid containing alcohol by ultrasonic vibration, separating the alcohol into the upper part, separating the water into the lower part, and flowing and recovering the upper alcohol. The present invention relates to an ultrasonic alcohol separator.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an ultrasonic atomizer for separating this type of alcohol has a blower port 1b formed on the upper portion of the side wall 1a of the case 1, and a suction port 1d on the side wall 1c facing the side wall 1a. A plurality of inclined portions 1f slightly inclined from the horizontal portion 1e are formed at the bottom of the case 1, and the piezoelectric vibrators 2 are respectively attached to the lower portions of the inclined portions 1f, and the inclined portions 1f are respectively attached to the inclined portions 1f. A hole 1g having a smaller diameter than the piezoelectric vibrator 2 is formed, and a conical nozzle 3 inclined in the same direction as the respective inclinations is mounted on the upper part of the inclined part 1f, and further slightly lower than the upper end of the nozzle 3 The present applicant proposes that the atomized liquid 4 is always supplied at a constant level until an oscillation output is applied to the piezoelectric vibrator 2 from the oscillator 5.

  In the conventional ultrasonic atomizer configured as described above, when an oscillation output is supplied from the oscillator 4 to the piezoelectric vibrator 2, an ultrasonic wave is generated from the piezoelectric vibrator 2, and the nozzle 3 and the inclined portion 1f. The atomized liquid 5 injected from the atomized liquid injection port 3a formed between the nozzles 3 is ejected from the nozzle 3 to generate atomized particles 4a. The atomized particles 4a are blown air supplied from the blower port 1b. Is sucked from the suction port 1d and collected by a collecting device (not shown).

However, in the conventional ultrasonic atomization fractionating apparatus configured as described above, a large amount of energy is required to atomize the liquid in the case 1 using a large number of piezoelectric vibrators 2, and the atomization efficiency is poor. There was a problem.
JP 2006-130393 A

  The problem to be solved is that in the conventional ultrasonic atomizing fractionator, a large amount of energy is required to atomize the liquid in the case 1 with a large number of piezoelectric vibrators 2, and the atomization efficiency is very high. There was a problem of being bad.

  In the present invention, a liquid supply device that supplies a liquid containing alcohol, and an ultrasonic vibrator that circulates the liquid containing alcohol supplied from the liquid supply device up and down by ultrasonic waves are attached to the bottom, A separation tank provided with an outlet for flowing out the liquid in the vicinity of the surface of the liquid containing alcohol and having a discharge port at the bottom; and an alcohol separation device for separating the alcohol discharged from the outlet of the separation tank; The liquid is circulated up and down by the ultrasonic vibrator in the separation tank, so that the alcohol is excessive in the vicinity of the surface of the liquid containing the alcohol and flows out from the outlet of the separation tank. The alcohol is used to remove moisture with the alcohol separator, and the alcohol separator is equipped with an ultrasonic vibrator at the bottom of the housing. , Applying an oscillation output from an oscillator to the ultrasonic transducer, fixing one end of a plurality of hydrophobic fibers having different lengths to a top plate in the housing, and a plurality of hydrophilic fibers having different lengths to a bottom plate of the housing The lower end of the hydrophobic fiber and the upper end of the hydrophilic fiber are overlapped without contacting each other, an inlet is attached to the side of the housing, and a high-concentration alcohol is disposed above the side facing the inlet. An upper discharge port for discharging liquid is mounted, and a lower discharge port for discharging low-concentration alcohol is mounted at the lower part of the discharge port. Further, the alcohol separation device is mounted with an ultrasonic transducer at the bottom of the housing. And applying an oscillation output from an oscillator to the ultrasonic vibrator, fixing a plurality of meshes in parallel to the top plate in the vicinity of the top plate in the housing, One end of a hydrophilic fiber having a different number of lengths is fixed, an inlet is attached to the side of the housing, and an upper outlet from which high-concentration alcohol liquid flows out is attached above the side opposite to the inlet. The lower discharge port for discharging low-concentration alcohol is attached to the lower portion of the discharge port.

  In the ultrasonic fractionating apparatus of the present invention, the alcohol-containing liquid supplied to the separation tank is circulated by an ultrasonic vibrator attached to the bottom of the separation tank, so that the alcohol content is near the surface of the liquid due to the specific gravity. Since there is a lot of moisture near the bottom of the separation tank, a liquid containing a large amount of alcohol is caused to flow to the alcohol separation device by flowing the liquid near the surface to the separation device. There is an advantage that the alcohol can be efficiently separated by removing the water.

  In the present invention, when the liquid containing alcohol is supplied from the liquid supply device to the separation tank, the liquid containing alcohol is circulated up and down by the ultrasonic wave in the separation tank, thereby near the surface of the liquid containing alcohol. The liquid near the surface of the liquid containing alcohol flows out from the discharge port of the separation tank, and water is removed from the liquid containing excess alcohol discharged from the separation tank by the alcohol separation device. By removing it, the alcohol concentration is further increased.

  FIG. 1 is a side view of an ultrasonic alcohol separation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A liquid 7 containing alcohol is supplied from a liquid supply device 6 to an alcohol separation tank 8. An ultrasonic transducer 9 is mounted, and an oscillation output is applied to the ultrasonic transducer 9 from an oscillator 10. Further, an outlet 11 is mounted in the vicinity of the liquid surface of the liquid 7 above the alcohol separation tank 8, and the alcohol separation tank. A discharge port 12 is provided near the bottom of 8, and an outlet 11 of the alcohol separation tank 8 is connected to an inlet 19 of the alcohol separator 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the alcohol separator 13 has one end of a plurality of hydrophobic fibers 15 having different lengths fixed to the top plate 14a of the casing 14, and the other end is suspended in the casing 14. One end of the hydrophilic fiber 16 is fixed to the bottom plate 14b of the casing 14, the other end of the hydrophilic fiber 16 is erected in the casing 14, and the positions of the hydrophobic fiber 15 and the hydrophilic fiber 16 are shifted so as not to contact each other, Furthermore, an ultrasonic transducer 17 is mounted outside the bottom plate 14b of the casing 14, an oscillation output is applied to the ultrasonic transducer 17 from the oscillator 18, and an inlet 19 is formed in the middle portion of the casing 14, The outlet 11 of the alcohol separation tank 8 is connected, an outlet 20 through which high-concentration alcohol flows out is formed near the top plate 14a of the housing 14, and low-concentration alcohol is present near the bottom plate 14b of the housing 14. Discharge Discharge ports 21 is attached to.

  In the ultrasonic alcohol separation apparatus of this embodiment configured as described above, the liquid 7 containing alcohol is supplied from the liquid supply apparatus 6 to the alcohol separation tank 8, and the oscillation output from the oscillator 10 is supplied to the ultrasonic vibrator 9. When applied, in the alcohol separation tank 8, the liquid 7 is circulated up and down by ultrasonic vibration from the ultrasonic vibrator 9, alcohol is collected on the upper part of the casing 14 due to the difference in specific gravity, and water is stored in the casing. 14, the liquid 7 having a high alcohol content is supplied from the outlet 11 to the alcohol separation device 13 from the inlet 19 by overflowing the surface of the liquid 7 in the housing 14.

  When the liquid 7 is supplied from the alcohol separation tank 8 to the alcohol separator 13, an oscillation output is applied from the oscillator 18 to the ultrasonic vibrator 17, the liquid 7 is circulated up and down, and the water in the liquid 7 is more specific than the alcohol. Is heavy and gathers downward by the hydrophilic fiber 16, and alcohol gathers upward by the hydrophobic fiber 15 because its specific gravity is lighter than water, so that high-concentration alcohol flows out from the outlet 20 attached above. Water is discharged from the lower discharge port 21.

  In the present invention, in the alcohol separation tank 8, since there is a gas phase on the surface of the liquid 7 by not covering the surface, an excessive surface phenomenon occurs, and an excessive alcohol surface phenomenon occurs on the surface of the liquid 7. In the alcohol separator 13, since the casing 14 is closed, the alcohol is filled as a gas phase, the surface excess phenomenon does not occur, the alcohol gathers upward due to the specific gravity with the hydrophobic fiber 15, and the water is hydrophilic. Alcohol and water can be separated using the fiber and specific gravity.

  FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of an ultrasonic alcohol separation device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 6 denotes a liquid supply device, 7 denotes a liquid, 8 denotes an alcohol separation tank, 9 denotes an ultrasonic vibrator, 10 denotes an oscillator, 11. Is an outlet, 12 is an outlet, 13 is an alcohol separator, 17 is an ultrasonic vibrator, 18 is an oscillator, 19 is an inlet, 20 is an outlet, and 21 is an outlet. In this embodiment, the alcohol separation tank 22 is mounted between the alcohol separation tank 8 and the alcohol separation device 13, and the liquid 7 is separated from the outlet 11 of the alcohol separation tank 8. The ultrasonic transducer 23 is attached to the bottom plate of the alcohol separation tank 22, the oscillation output is applied to the ultrasonic transducer 23 from the oscillator 24, and the outlet 21 near the surface of the liquid 7. Formed, to form a discharge port 21 near the bottom plate of the alcohol separation tank 22.

  In the present embodiment configured as described above, when a liquid is supplied from the liquid supply device 6, ultrasonic waves are irradiated into the alcohol separation tank from the ultrasonic vibrator 9 attached to the bottom plate 8 a of the alcohol separation tank 8, As a result, the liquid 7 is circulated up and down, alcohol having a low specific gravity collects on the upper side, and water having a higher specific gravity collects on the lower side, so that the liquid containing a large amount of alcohol overflows to the outlet 11 and flows into the alcohol separation tank 22. When the oscillation output from the oscillator 24 is applied to the ultrasonic vibrator 23 in the alcohol separation tank 22, the liquid 7 in the alcohol separation tank 22 is similarly circulated up and down by the ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic vibrator 23. As a result, the alcohol with a low specific gravity collects on the upper side and the water with a higher specific gravity collects on the lower side. And Furo, flows to the alcohol separation unit 13, as in the above embodiment, the water is further removed by the alcohol separation unit 13, liquid contained from the outlet 20 is a high concentration of alcohol is discharged.

  FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of an alcohol separator 13 according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which 14 is a housing, 16 is a hydrophilic fiber, 17 is an ultrasonic transducer, 18 is an oscillator, 19 is an inlet, and 20 is a flow. At the outlet, since these configurations are the same as in the above embodiment, the description is omitted, but in this embodiment, an inlet 19 is formed in the vicinity of the bottom plate 14b of the housing 14, and a mesh 25 is formed in the vicinity of the top plate 14a. Wear.

  In this embodiment configured as described above, when the liquid containing water and alcohol enters the pseudonym of the casing 14 of the alcohol separation device 13 from the inlet 26, the liquid flows into the layer of the hydrophilic fiber 16, and the water molecules 28. Is adsorbed by the hydrophilic fiber 16, and when the liquid 7 is circulated up and down by the ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic vibrator 17, the water molecules 26 are also adsorbed by the mesh 25, and the dehydrated alcohol is discharged from the outlet 19. If the hydrophilic fiber 16 adsorbs and flows out, the water molecules 26 are removed and regenerated.

In addition, although the example which removes alcohol from the liquid in which alcohol and water were contained was described in the said Example, it can be used when isolate | separating the substance whose specific gravity is lighter than water and water.

It is side surface sectional drawing of the ultrasonic alcohol separator of the Example of this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing of the alcohol separation apparatus of FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing of the ultrasonic alcohol separator of the other Example of this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing of the alcohol separator used in FIG.1 and FIG.3. It is side surface sectional drawing of the ultrasonic atomization diversion apparatus which the present applicant proposed.

Explanation of symbols

6 Liquid Supply Device 7 Liquid 8 Alcohol Separation Tank 9 Ultrasonic Vibrator 10 Oscillator 11 Outlet 12 Outlet 12 Alcohol Separator 14 Case 15 Hydrophobic Fiber 16 Hydrophilic Fiber 17 Ultrasonic Vibrator 18 Oscillator 19 Inlet 20 Outlet 21 Discharge port 22 Alcohol separation tank 23 Ultrasonic vibrator 24 Oscillator 25 Mesh 26 Water molecule

Claims (3)

  A liquid supply device that supplies liquid containing alcohol, and an ultrasonic vibrator that circulates the liquid containing alcohol supplied from the liquid supply device up and down by ultrasonic waves are attached to the bottom. A separation tank provided with an outlet for flowing out the liquid in the vicinity of the surface of the liquid, and provided with a discharge port at the bottom, and an alcohol separation device for separating the alcohol discharged from the outlet of the separation tank, By circulating up and down by the ultrasonic vibrator in the separation tank, excess alcohol is made to flow out of the outlet of the separation tank near the surface of the liquid containing alcohol, and the excess alcohol in the liquid is discharged into the alcohol An ultrasonic alcohol separator characterized by removing moisture with a separator.   The alcohol separator has an ultrasonic vibrator attached to the bottom of a housing, an oscillation output is applied to the ultrasonic vibrator from an oscillator, and one end of a plurality of hydrophobic fibers having different lengths is attached to a top plate in the housing. A plurality of hydrophilic fibers having different lengths are fixed to the bottom plate of the housing, the lower ends of the hydrophobic fibers and the upper ends of the hydrophilic fibers are overlapped without contacting each other, and an inlet is formed on a side of the housing. It is equipped with an upper discharge port for discharging a high-concentration alcohol liquid above a side portion facing the inflow port, and a lower discharge port for discharging a low-concentration alcohol is mounted below the discharge port. The ultrasonic alcohol separator according to claim 1.   The alcohol separation device has an ultrasonic vibrator attached to the bottom of a housing, applies an oscillation output from the oscillator to the ultrasonic vibrator, and a plurality of meshes in the vicinity of the top plate in the housing. Adhering in parallel, fixing one end of a plurality of hydrophilic fibers having different lengths to the bottom plate of the housing, attaching an inlet to the side of the housing, and high-concentration alcohol liquid above the side facing the inlet 2. The ultrasonic alcohol separation device according to claim 1, wherein an upper discharge port for discharging water is mounted, and a lower discharge port for discharging low-concentration alcohol is mounted at a lower portion of the discharge port.

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