JP2010149010A - Solid/liquid separation device, filtration device, and solid/liquid separation method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid/liquid separation device to be used as a secondary dehydration mechanism of a filtration device, capable of sufficiently and efficiently reducing the liquid content of an object to be treated, and capable of continuously carrying out solid/liquid separation. <P>SOLUTION: The solid/liquid separation device includes a pair of endless separation filter cloths 1, 8 overlaid on and wound around the outer circumference of a separation roller 7 rotating in the circumferential direction, in a manner enabling them to travel along the rotation direction of the separation roller 7, and a plurality of aeration gas chambers 10A, 10B formed on the inner circumference of the separation roller 7 and separated from each other in the axial direction of the separation roller 7 for ejecting air in the radial direction thereof, so that an object P to be treated fed between the pair of separation filter cloths 1, 8 is sandwiched therebetween and compressed thereby on the outer circumference of the separation roller 7 and is aerated and dehydrated by the aeration gas A and/or the aeration gas B ejected from at least one of the plurality of aeration gas chambers 10A, 10B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In particular, the present invention relates to a horizontal vacuum filtration device, a drum-type vacuum filtration device, and a belt press dewatering method using only a mechanical squeeze dewatering mechanism for filtering a workpiece supplied on a filter cloth that is wound around a plurality of rolls. The present invention relates to a solid-liquid separation apparatus suitable for use as a secondary dehydration mechanism of a filtration apparatus such as a filter, such a filtration apparatus using the solid-liquid separation apparatus, and a solid-liquid separation method.

  Among such filtration devices, for example, a horizontal vacuum filtration device generally supplies an object to be processed onto a filter cloth that runs continuously or intermittently on the vacuum tray, and the vacuum tray passes through this filter cloth. Filtering is performed by vacuum suction, and a drum-type vacuum filtration device generally filters by vacuum suction in a vacuum chamber through a filter cloth immersed in a slurry to be processed in a liquid tank. In general, however, a differential pressure greater than atmospheric pressure cannot be applied. For this reason, it is difficult to achieve the target liquid content of the filtered cake, and a secondary dehydration device such as a centrifuge or a filter press must be provided separately from the subsequent filtration device. There are many cases.

Therefore, the inventors of the present invention, for example, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, in the latter stage of filtration using only the vacuum tray of such a horizontal vacuum filtration device, are frame-shaped or annular that can advance and retreat toward the filtered cake. A solid-liquid separation device provided with a sealing means having a sealing material and a pressurizing means for pressurizing the cake with a pressure plate or a pressurized fluid (air, etc.) inside the opening surface of the sealing material, and a filter cloth in the subsequent stage Has been proposed in which a sealing material is brought into intimate contact with the cake that has been moved by running, and the cake is pressurized and dehydrated by a pressurizing means.
JP 2006-297366 A JP 2007-83117 A

  However, even in a horizontal vacuum filtration apparatus or the like provided with such a solid-liquid separation apparatus, the surface pressure or line in the direction perpendicular to the filter cloth by a pressure plate or a pressure roll depends on the composition and properties of the workpiece. Only the pressure may make it difficult to sufficiently achieve the target liquid content of the cake. In addition, as described above, in the solid-liquid separation device that pressurizes the cake after moving to the subsequent stage by the traveling of the filter cloth, the sealing material is applied and applied as it is when the filter cloth travels continuously. I can't.

  The present invention has been made under such a background. In particular, the present invention is used as a secondary dehydration mechanism of such a filtration device, and sufficiently and efficiently reduces the liquid content of an object to be processed (cake). An object of the present invention is to provide a solid-liquid separation device capable of performing continuous solid-liquid separation, a filtration device including the solid-liquid separation device as a secondary dehydration mechanism, and a solid-liquid separation method.

  In order to solve the above problems and achieve such an object, the solid-liquid separation device of the present invention has a pair of endless separation filter cloths superimposed on the outer periphery of a separation roll that is rotated in the circumferential direction. The separation roll is allowed to travel along the rotation direction of the separation roll, and a plurality of ventilation gas chambers vented in the radial direction of the separation roll are provided at the center of the separation roll. It is formed to be separated from each other in the axial direction, and the workpiece supplied between the pair of separation filter cloths is sandwiched between the separation filter cloths on the outer periphery of the separation roll and compressed, The separation roll is ventilated in a radial direction by a ventilation gas ejected from at least one of the plurality of ventilation gas chambers and dehydrated.

  In the solid-liquid separation method of the present invention, the endless separation filter cloth is overlapped and wound around the outer periphery of the separation roll that is rotated in the circumferential direction, and is run along the rotation direction of the separation roll. A plurality of aeration gas chambers venting in the radial direction of the separation roll are formed in the inner peripheral portion of the separation roll so as to be separated from each other in the central axis direction of the separation roll, and between the pair of separation filter cloths. The supplied object to be treated is sandwiched between the separation filter cloths on the outer periphery of the separation roll and squeezed, and by blowing aeration gas from at least one of the plurality of ventilation gas chambers, It is characterized by dehydrating by aeration in the radial direction.

  That is, the inventors of the present invention, after Patent Documents 1 and 2, and in Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-266484, have a pair of endless separation filter cloths superimposed on the outer periphery of a separation roll that is rotated in the circumferential direction. It is possible to run along the rotation direction of the separation roll while being wound around, and the workpiece to be treated supplied between the separation filter cloths is sandwiched between the separation filter cloths on the outer periphery of the separation rolls. A pair of endless separation filter cloths are superimposed on the outer periphery of the solid-liquid separation device that is depressurized and dehydrated by being ventilated in the radial direction of the separation roll, and the separation roll rotated in the circumferential direction. The workpiece to be treated is fed along the rotation direction of the separation roll while being wound around, and the object to be treated supplied between these separation filter cloths is sandwiched between the separation filter cloths on the outer periphery of the separation roll, and compressed. It proposes a solid-liquid separation process for dehydration by bubbling in the radial direction of the serial separating roll.

  Therefore, in the solid-liquid separation device and the solid-liquid separation method configured as described above, the object to be processed is supplied and sandwiched between the pair of separation filter cloths, and the outer periphery of the separation roll rotating in the circumferential direction is It is squeezed by being wound and pressed while traveling along the rotation direction. For this reason, not only when the rotation of the separation roll and the traveling of the separation filter cloth along the rotation direction are intermittent, but also when it is continuous, the supplied workpiece can be reliably processed.

  Further, when the workpiece is pressed against the outer periphery of the rotating separation roll in this way, the workpiece is not only subjected to a pressing force in the radial direction of the separation roll, but also the separation filter on the inner separation roller side across the workpiece. Since the shearing force is also received in the circumferential direction due to the difference in running speed between the cloth and the separation filter cloth on the outer circumferential side opposite to the cloth, that is, the difference in circumferential speed, the cloth is efficiently squeezed. In addition, since the object to be processed thus pressed is further aerated in the radial direction of the separation roll by the aeration gas, the liquid component is separated through the separation filter cloth on the outer peripheral side, so that the direction perpendicular to the filter cloth Effective removal of the liquid can be promoted even for an object to be processed in which it has been difficult to sufficiently reduce the liquid content only by surface pressure, linear pressure, and pressurization.

  Further, in the solid-liquid separation device and the solid-liquid separation method of the present invention, a plurality of aeration gas chambers that vent in the radial direction of the separation roll are separated from each other in the central axis direction of the separation roll. The object to be processed, which is sandwiched between a pair of separation filter cloths on the outer periphery of the slab, is dehydrated by aeration in the radial direction of the separation roll by ejecting aeration gas from at least one of the plurality of aeration gas chambers. Therefore, efficient dehydration can be achieved.

  That is, as described above, the object to be processed that is supplied and sandwiched between the pair of separation filter cloths and is compressed on the outer periphery of the separation roll is the thickness of the separation roll in the radial direction and the center of the separation roll. The width in the axial direction does not become constant, and thus the width of the workpiece is increased in the circumferential direction of the separation roll by being pressed on the outer circumference of the separation roll and receiving the shearing force in the circumferential direction as described above. In general, the thickness of the object to be processed is thick at the central portion in the central axis direction and thin at both sides.

  Therefore, when it is attempted to uniformly vent the aeration gas over the workpiece by the one aeration gas chamber in the central axis direction, particularly both sides of the width of the workpiece in the central axis direction. When there are parts where the thickness is reduced, or where there are parts that do not have workpieces on both sides due to variations in this width, a large amount of the vent gas leaks from these parts. The aeration gas pressure of the aeration gas chamber as a whole is lowered, and the reduction of the liquid content is impaired. On the other hand, in order to maintain the aeration gas pressure, it is necessary to supply a large amount of aeration gas, which is very inefficient.

  Therefore, in the present invention, as described above, by forming a plurality of ventilation gas chambers in the direction of the central axis of the separation roll, the object to be processed does not exist on the side part due to variations in the width of the object to be processed, for example. In some cases, venting is not performed from the vent gas chamber at a position corresponding to the side portion, but venting is performed only in a portion where the object to be processed exists, so that supply of unnecessary vent gas can be suppressed and the target can be processed efficiently. Things can be dehydrated. Also, when the thickness of the object to be processed is thinner than the central part at both sides of the width of the object to be processed in the central axis direction, by increasing the aeration gas pressure and flow rate at the both sides where the aeration gas is likely to leak, In the central part, the liquid content can be sufficiently lowered without supplying a larger amount of aeration gas than necessary. In addition, if the gas to be processed is easy to leak but the thickness of the object to be processed is thin and a high gas pressure is not required for dehydration, the gas pressure can be kept low and the amount of gas to be vented can be suppressed.

  Accordingly, the supply of the aeration gas to each aeration gas chamber is particularly accompanied by the variation in the width of the object to be processed in the central axis direction of the separation roll and the difference in the thickness of the object to be processed at the center and both sides. In order to control the presence / absence and the supply amount, the plurality of vent gas chambers have a width of the object to be processed in the central axis direction, that is, at least a central part of the width of the separation filter cloth and both side parts of the central part. It is desirable that the three are formed to be isolated from each other. Of course, it may be separated into four or more, and in the case where variation in width is likely to occur on one side due to the supply status of the object to be processed, 2 of this side and the other part. It may be isolated from one another.

  Further, in order to supply the aeration gas to the plurality of aeration gas chambers isolated from each other in the central axis direction in this way, for example, as described above, the object to be processed does not exist on the side due to the variation in the object to be processed. When venting is not performed from the side vent gas chamber at the time, but only the portion where the workpiece is present is vented, these vent gas chambers are connected to a common vent gas supply path. However, the supply may be controlled by opening and closing a valve provided in the middle. However, when the aeration gas pressure is changed between the central portion and the side portion, the opening and closing of such a valve is performed. It becomes difficult to accurately control the aeration gas pressure only by itself.

  Therefore, in such a case, it is desirable to connect at least one of the plurality of ventilation gas chambers to a supply path of a ventilation gas different from the other ventilation gas chambers, thereby supplying each of the supply paths. For example, as described above, it is possible to change the aeration gas pressure between the central part and the side part as described above, and depending on the case, the supply path connected to the central part may have a normal temperature air. By supplying heated air to the supply passages connected to both sides, it facilitates dehydration of the material to be processed on both sides where the aeration gas easily leaks, and extends over the entire central axis direction. It becomes possible to obtain a cake having a uniform liquid content.

  Further, the filtration device of the present invention is provided with a workpiece to be supplied from a supply unit on a filter cloth that is wound around a plurality of rolls and traveled, and is provided closer to the traveling direction side of the filter cloth than the supply unit. A filtering device for filtering the object to be treated by the filtering means, wherein the solid-liquid separation device of the present invention described above is disposed closer to the traveling direction than the filtering means, Of the rolls, a roll positioned closer to the traveling direction than the filtering means is the separating roll, and the filter cloth is one of the pair of separating filter cloths.

  Therefore, in a filtration device such as the above-described horizontal vacuum filtration device configured as described above, the roll of the filtration device closer to the traveling direction than the filtration means is separated from the separation roll of the solid-liquid separation device. In addition, since the filter cloth of the filtration device is one of the pair of separation filter cloths of the solid-liquid separation device, the object to be treated on the filter cloth filtered by the filtration means remains as it is. Is moved to the traveling direction side of the filter cloth, that is, after the filtering means, and is sandwiched between the other separation filter cloth and wound around the separation roll, and is compressed in the central axis direction of the separation roll. Vent gas is vented from a plurality of vented gas chambers that are isolated and effectively dehydrated as described above.

  For this reason, it is possible to obtain a cake of an object to be treated with a low liquid content without preparing a secondary dehydration device such as a centrifuge or a filter press separately from the filtration device. It is efficient and reduces the burden on the drying device when drying the dehydrated workpiece, and also reduces transport troubles such as the adhesion of cake to the cake transport device up to the drying device such as a belt conveyor. Is possible. Moreover, since the filter cloth and roll of the filtration device can be used as the separation filter cloth and separation roll of the solid-liquid separation device, it is economical. And since the said solid-liquid separation apparatus can respond also to the continuous supply of a to-be-processed object, the horizontal type vacuum filtration apparatus with which a filter cloth drive | works continuously, a drum type vacuum filtration apparatus, and a belt press dehydrator Even with such a filtering device, the moisture content of the object to be treated can be reliably reduced.

  As described above, according to the solid-liquid separation device and the solid-liquid separation method of the present invention, the workpiece is sandwiched between the pair of separation filter cloths wound around the rotating separation roll, and the separation roll rotates. In addition to the pressing force in the radial direction of the separation roll, the workpiece can be effectively squeezed by applying a shearing force in the circumferential direction in addition to the pressing force in the radial direction of the separation roll. By venting from a plurality of vent gas chambers that are isolated from each other in the central axis direction of the roll, the supply amount and vent gas pressure can be partially controlled without supplying more vent gas than necessary. It is possible to efficiently vent the object to be processed and reduce the liquid content. In addition, according to the filtration device of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an object to be treated having a lower liquid content efficiently and economically without using a secondary dehydration device by using such a solid-liquid separation device. it can.

  1 to 3 show one embodiment of a solid-liquid separation device of the present invention and a filtration device equipped with the solid-liquid separation device. As shown in FIG. 1, the filtration device in the present embodiment is stretched so that an endless filter cloth 1 is wound around a plurality of rolls 2 arranged parallel to each other with the central axis being horizontal. One of these is used as a drive roll 2A and is driven to rotate about the central axis, whereby the horizontal portion 1A horizontally passed to the upper part of the filter cloth 1 is moved in the traveling direction indicated by the arrow F. The workpiece P supplied from the supply means 3 disposed on the rear side in the traveling direction F of the horizontal portion 1A is allowed to travel so that the workpiece P is immediately connected to the driving roll 2A on the traveling direction F side. It is set as the structure of a horizontal type vacuum filtration apparatus filtered through the filter cloth 1 by the filtration means 4 arrange | positioned in the middle.

  Here, the driving roll 2A is located at the end of the horizontal portion 1A on the traveling direction F side, and is rotated by a driving means 5 such as a motor via a variable speed reducer 6 as shown in FIG. The filter cloth 1 is run continuously or intermittently at a predetermined pitch. Further, in the filtering means 4, the processed material P is filtered by sucking the liquid component through the filter cloth 1 by a vacuum tray (not shown) that supports the filter cloth 1 in the horizontal portion 1 </ b> A. Further, a solid-liquid separator according to an embodiment of the present invention is disposed on the side of the traveling direction F from the filtering means 4 as shown by a broken line in FIG.

  2 and 3, the solid-liquid separation device of this embodiment has a pair of endless separation filter cloths 1 and 8 on the outer periphery of a separation roll 7 that is rotated in the circumferential direction toward the rotation direction T. However, the workpiece P filtered by the filtering means 4 is superimposed and wound so as to sandwich the workpiece P therebetween, and can travel along the rotation direction T. The separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are made of, for example, polyethylene fibers or polyester fibers. Here, in this embodiment, the drive roll 2A of the rolls 2 in the filtration device is the separation roll 7, and one of the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 is the filter cloth 1 of the filtration device. It is assumed that it is wound around the separation roll 7 as it is.

  The separation roll 7 (driving roll 2A) has a substantially hollow cylindrical shape, and the cylindrical surface portion has a width range of the filter cloth 1 in the central axis direction of the separation roll 7 as shown in FIG. In addition, a large number of through holes 9 are opened on the inner side and in the circumferential direction over the entire circumference of the separation roll 7. On the other hand, a plurality of ventilation gas chambers 10 respectively communicating with these through holes 9 are provided in the inner peripheral portion of the separation roll 7 in a range substantially equal to the range in which the through holes 9 are formed in the central axis direction. In the circumferential direction, the inner circumferential portion of the separation roll 7 is separated from each other so as to be divided into arcs at substantially equal intervals along the entire circumference of the separation roll 7.

  Each of the ventilation gas chambers 10 separated in the circumferential direction is further separated from each other by a partition plate in the central axis direction and divided into a plurality of parts. Here, in this embodiment, each ventilation gas chamber 10 includes three ventilation gases, that is, a central ventilation gas chamber 10A located at the central portion in the central axis direction and a pair of side ventilation gas chambers 10B located on both sides thereof. It is divided into chambers 10A and 10B.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the central portion is placed at the central portion of the pair of separation filter cloths 1, 8 and the width of the workpiece P sandwiched between them and wound around the separation roll 7 in the central axial direction. The ventilation gas chamber 10A is disposed adjacent to both sides in the central axial direction of the central ventilation gas chamber 10A, and a pair of side ventilation gas chambers 10B are arranged. Is located on both sides in the direction of the central axis of the range in which is inserted.

  In the present embodiment, between the plurality of vent gas chambers 10, the widths of the central vent gas chambers 10A and the side vent gas chambers 10B are equal to each other, that is, the center of the partition plate. The positions in the axial direction are the same as each other. On the other hand, in each ventilation chamber 10, the width of the pair of side ventilation gas chambers 10B in the central axis direction is made equal to each other, and the width of the central ventilation gas chamber 10A is sandwiched by the workpiece P. It is smaller than this range and larger than the width of one side ventilation gas chamber 10B. In particular, in this embodiment, it is larger than the combined width of the pair of side ventilation gas chambers 10B.

  Further, the same number of central ventilation pipes 11 </ b> A and side ventilation pipes 11 </ b> B as the ventilation gas chambers 10 are inserted into the inner peripheral part of the separation roll 7 from one end side in the central axis direction (right side in FIG. 3). Among these, the central ventilation pipe 11A is bent in an L shape in the separation roll 7 and connected to the center in the central axial direction of the central ventilation gas chamber 10A of each ventilation gas chamber 10, while the side ventilation pipe 11B is The two vent gas chambers 10B are also connected to the center in the direction of the central axis, respectively, by being branched into two in an F shape and bent.

  Further, the central vent pipe 11A and the side vent pipe 11B are respectively connected to the central vent gas branch chamber 12A and the side vent gas branch chamber 12B on one end side in the central axis direction of the separation roll 7, It is connected to a supply source of ventilation gases A and B (not shown) through a rotary joint (or multistage rotary joint) 12C. That is, the side ventilation gas branch chamber 12B is formed so as to form a disk-shaped space with the central axis as the center, and each side ventilation pipe 11B is connected to the outer periphery of the side ventilation gas branch chamber 12B. The side introduction pipe 12D extends along the central axis, is rotatably supported by the rotary joint 12C, and is in airtight communication with the supply source of the ventilation gas B.

  On the other hand, the central ventilation gas branch chamber 12A is formed so as to form an annular space around the side introduction pipe 12D on the one end side of the side ventilation gas branch chamber 12B. The central ventilation pipe 11A is connected, and further, at one end thereof, a central introduction pipe 12E extends through the side introduction pipe 12D so as to form a coaxial double pipe. While being supported rotatably in front of the end portion of the side introduction pipe 12D, the side introduction pipe 12D is isolated from the communicating portion and is in airtight communication with the supply source of the ventilation gas A. Accordingly, the central and side vent pipes 11A and 11B, the vent gas branch chambers 12A and 12B, and the introduction pipes 12D and 12E can be rotated integrally with the separation roll 7 while the vent gases A and B are supplied. .

  Further, among these, the central ventilation pipe 11A and the side ventilation pipe 11B are supplied with the ventilation gases A and B from the central and side gas branch chambers 12A and 12B to the central and side ventilation chambers 10A and 10B. An automatic valve 13 for controlling the opening and closing is provided for each of the ventilation pipes 11A and 11B. Here, the opening / closing operation of these automatic valves 13 is performed by the vent gas from the central vent gas branch chamber 12A by a limit switch 13A attached to the separation roll 7 and operating according to the rotational position of each vent gas chamber 10. A is controlled by supplying or not supplying A as a signal gas to the automatic valves 13 of the central ventilation pipe 11A and the side ventilation pipe 11B via the supply pipe 13B.

  And by this automatic valve 13 controlled in this way, in this embodiment, among the ventilation gas chambers 10 in the range where the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are wound in the circumferential direction of the separation roll 7, they are further moved to a predetermined rotational position. Only in one aeration gas chamber 10, the aeration gas A in the central aeration gas chamber 10 </ b> A and the aeration gas B in the pair of side aeration gas chambers 10 </ b> B are sequentially switched as the separation roll 7 rotates. It is made to be supplied. That is, when the vent gas chamber 10 is in this predetermined rotational position, the automatic valve 13 is opened and the vent gases A and B are always supplied to the central and side vent gas chambers 10A and 10B to be ejected from the through holes 9. On the other hand, at a position other than the predetermined rotational position, the automatic valve 13 is closed so that ventilation is not performed.

  On the other hand, of the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8, the other separation filter cloth 8 has a width substantially equal to that of the filter cloth (one separation filter cloth) 1. It is possible to travel in the same traveling direction G as the traveling direction F integrally with the filter cloth 1 in the rotation direction T of the separation roll 7 (drive roll 2A). Further, the roll 2B around which the other separation filter cloth 8 is wound next to the separation roll 7 in the traveling direction G is common to the roll 2 around which the filter cloth 1 is wound as shown in FIG. The other separation filter cloth 8 from 2B is drawn downward on the side opposite to the filter cloth 1 and separated, wound around a plurality of rolls 14 and wound endlessly to reach the outer periphery of the separation roll 7 again. Has been.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the squeezing belt 15 is provided on the outer periphery of the separation roll 7 on which the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are overlapped and wound as described above. The squeezing belt 15 travels in the same traveling direction H as the traveling directions F and G along the rotational direction T on the outer periphery of the separation roll 7 together with the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8. It is possible. Here, the squeezing belt 15 is made of a filter cloth similar to the separation filter cloths 1 and 8, a metal belt made of a wire net or a chain, or a high-strength fiber such as an aramid fiber, a polyethylene fiber, a polyarylate fiber, or a carbon fiber. However, the air permeability is higher than that of the separation filter cloths 1 and 8.

  In this embodiment, the squeezing belt 15 is wider than the separation filter cloths 1 and 8, and both ends in the width direction of the squeezing belts 15, as shown in FIG. It is wound around the separation roll 7 so as to cover the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 beyond each other. However, if the width of the squeezing belt 15 is wider than the cake width of the workpiece P that is sandwiched between the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 and squeezed, it needs to be wider than the separation filter cloths 1 and 8. In other words, the width may be approximately equal to the separation filter cloths 1 and 8, or may be narrower than this.

  Further, in the traveling direction H, the squeezing belt 15 next to the separation roll 7 is wound around the common roll 2B around which the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are wound, and then the separation roll as shown in FIG. 7 and the other separation filter cloth 8 wound around the roll 14 are sequentially wound around a plurality of rolls 16, and the other separation filter cloth 8 is immediately before reaching the separation roll 7. It is wound around the roll 14 </ b> A to be wound together with the other separation filter cloth 8 and wound endlessly so as to reach the outer periphery of the separation roll 7 again.

  The rolls 2A, 14A, and 16 around which the compression belt 15 is wound are made larger in diameter than the rolls 2 and 14 around which only the other separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are wound, and more than the separation roll 7. Further, one of the plurality of rolls 16 is attached to an arm 17C of a squeezing belt tensioning device 17 which is rotatable by a cylinder device 17B around a support shaft 17A, and the cylinder device 17B By supplying a predetermined pressure to the arm 17C and rotating the arm 17C, a predetermined tension is applied to the squeezing belt 15.

  Further, at least one end of the other one of the plurality of rolls 16 is attached to the bracket 18B of the squeezing belt meandering correction device 18 that advances and retreats in the running direction H of the squeezing belt 15 by the cylinder device 18A. Thus, when the bracket 18B is moved forward and backward in the traveling direction H and the inclination of the roll 16 with respect to the traveling direction H is finely adjusted, when the meandering occurs in the traveling of the pressing belt 15, this is corrected. Yes. However, in the filtration apparatus and the solid-liquid separation apparatus of this embodiment including these rolls 16, none of the rolls 2, 14, 16 other than the drive roll 2A (separation roll 7) is connected to the drive means. It is supposed to be a roll.

  Further, a squeezing belt cleaning device 19 is provided in the traveling path of the squeezing belt 15, and a separation filter cloth cleaning device 20 is provided in the traveling path of the other separation filter cloth 8. Also, a cleaning device (not shown) is provided, and a tray 21 is disposed at the bottom of the solid-liquid separation device. Furthermore, below the roll 2B, there is provided a discharge port 22 for discharging the cake of the workpiece P that has been solid-liquid separated by the solid-liquid separation device, and from the roll 2B toward the running direction F, respectively. For the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 that are separated from each other in the opposite direction, a scraper 23, a wire, and the like are disposed so as to be in contact with the surface that has been in contact with the workpiece P. Further, on the further outer peripheral side of the portion where the separation filter cloths 1, 8 and the compression belt 15 are wound around the separation roll 7, a collection plate 24 having an arcuate cross section is disposed at a distance from the compression belt 15. The liquid separated by aeration is collected and guided to the tray 21.

  In one embodiment of such a solid-liquid separation device, a filtration device equipped with the solid-liquid separation device, and a solid-liquid separation method of the present invention using the solid-liquid separation device, the solid-liquid separation device is filtered by the filtration means 4 of the filtration device. The processed material P is sandwiched between the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 on the outer periphery of the separation roll 7 of the solid-liquid separator, and in this embodiment, the squeezing belt 15 is wound around the outer periphery with high tension. By being applied, it is squeezed by receiving a pressing force on the radially inner peripheral side of the separation roll 7. Therefore, even when there is a drying step after the solid-liquid separation step of the object P to be processed by the solid-liquid separation device, the load in the drying step can be reduced.

  In addition, the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 wound around the separation roll 7 with the workpiece P sandwiched between them have different distances from the central axis of the separation roll 7 by the thickness of the workpiece P. The separation filter cloth 1 is directly wound around the separation roll 7 (drive roll 2A) and traveled, whereas the other separation filter cloth 5 and the pressing belt 15 are separated from the one separation filter cloth 1 and the workpiece P. Therefore, a circumferential speed difference is generated between the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 5 on the outer periphery of the separation roll 7, and the circumferential speed difference causes the workpiece P to be treated in the circumferential direction. The workpiece P is efficiently squeezed by the shear force and the pressing force.

  Further, in the separation roll 7, the ventilation gases A and B are vented through the ventilation gas chamber 10 at a predetermined rotational position within the range where the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are wound as described above. 9 is blown out through the separation filter cloth 1, the workpiece P, the separation filter cloth 8, and the squeezing belt 15, and aerated in the radial outer peripheral side of the separation roll 7. Accordingly, the liquid component squeezed from the object to be treated P is separated from the object to be treated P through the separation filter cloth 8 and the squeezing belt 15 together with the aeration gases A and B, and dropped onto the collecting plate 24 and recovered. Therefore, it is possible to achieve a sufficient reduction in the liquid content even for the workpiece P, which has conventionally been difficult to achieve sufficient solid-liquid separation.

  The aeration gas chamber 10 is divided into a plurality of parts in the central axis direction of the separation roll 7. In particular, in this embodiment, the central part of the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 and the width of the workpiece P in the central axis direction. The central vent gas chamber 10A and a pair of side vent gas chambers 10B on both sides of the central vent gas chamber 10A and the side vent gas chamber 10B are respectively connected to vent pipes 11A, 11B, Since it is connected to different supply sources of the ventilation gases A and B through the ventilation gas branch chambers 12A and 12B and the introduction pipes 12D and 12E, the ventilation holes are formed from the central ventilation gas chamber 10A and the side ventilation gas chamber 10B. 9 makes it possible to achieve efficient dehydration by ejecting the aeration gases A and B in different modes. .

  That is, the thickness of the workpiece P sandwiched between the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 and pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the separation roll 7 is simplified and shown as a constant thickness in FIG. Since the both side portions in the central axis direction are thinner than the central portion in the range of the workpiece P sandwiched between them, for example, as in the present embodiment, the pair of side ventilation gas chambers 10B includes the workpiece P When the central ventilation gas chamber 10A is positioned in the middle between the two, the ventilation gas B leaks at both sides when the ventilation gases A and B are vented at the same ventilation gas pressure. As a result, efficient dehydration cannot be achieved.

  Therefore, in such a case, since the thickness of the workpiece P is thin on both sides, a high aeration gas pressure is not necessary, and the aeration gas pressure of the aeration gas B vented from the side aeration gas chamber 10B is set to the central aeration. By making the pressure lower than the gas pressure of the gas A in the gas chamber 10A, the gas pressure and the flow rate of the gas A and B as a whole are not increased more than necessary, and the running cost is reduced efficiently. A cake having a low liquid content can be obtained as a whole.

  In addition, the ventilation gas pressure and the ventilation gas flow rate of the ventilation gases A and B are different from each other in the plurality of ventilation gas chambers 10A and 10B, and, for example, normal temperature air is vented to the central ventilation gas chamber 10A. While supplying as the gas A, heated air may be supplied to the side ventilation gas chamber 10B as the ventilation gas B to reduce the liquid content. Further, even in the same air, those having different humidity may be supplied, or in some cases, as the ventilation gases A and B, gases having different compositions and components such as air and steam may be supplied.

  Furthermore, it was pinched | interposed between the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 by the supply amount and property of the to-be-processed P, or by being squeezed on the outer periphery of the separation roll 7 and receiving a shearing force in the circumferential direction as described above. When the width of the workpiece P in the central axis direction itself varies, for example, when the workpiece P does not spread on the side ventilation gas chamber 10B, the width of the workpiece P to the side ventilation gas chamber 10B is increased. The supply of the aeration gas B may be stopped and the aeration gas A may be aerated only from the central aeration gas chamber 10A. That is, the aeration gas is ejected from at least one of the plurality of aeration gas chambers 10A, 10B. Thus, the workpiece P may be dehydrated by aeration in the radial direction of the separation roll 7.

  In addition, as described above, the difference in the thickness of the workpiece P usually occurs between the central portion in the central axis direction and both side portions, and the variation in the width of the workpiece P also varies between the two sides around the central portion. In many cases, the plurality of aeration gas chambers 10A and 10B are divided into the width of the workpiece P in the central axis direction of the separation roll 7, that is, the central portion of the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 as in the present embodiment. It is effective to configure at least three of the central ventilation gas chamber 10A and the side ventilation gas chambers 10B on both sides of the central ventilation gas chamber 10A.

  Of course, for example, the central ventilation gas chamber 10A may be further divided into four or more ventilation gas chambers. Further, for example, when the thickness of the workpiece P is uneven at one end side and the other end side in the central axis direction due to the supply status of the workpiece P from the supply means 3 to the filter cloth 1 or the like. Alternatively, a plurality of ventilation gas chambers may be configured with two of the one end side and the other end side.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the plurality of ventilation gas chambers 10A and 10B at the central portion and the side portion are provided with supply passages including different ventilation pipes 11A and 11B, ventilation gas branch chambers 12A and 12B, and introduction pipes 12D and 12E, respectively. Therefore, it is possible to supply the gas A and B having different properties such as temperature, humidity, composition, and components as described above.

  Further, even when the same ventilation gas is vented to the workpiece P at different ventilation gas pressures and flow rates, according to the present embodiment, the automatic valve 13 provided in the ventilation pipes 11A and 11B is connected to the ventilation pipes 11A and 11B. By simply opening and closing the circulation of the ventilation gases A and B, the ventilation gas pressure and flow rate can be controlled on the ventilation gas supply source side. For example, the ventilation pipes 11A and 11B are connected to a common ventilation gas supply source. Therefore, compared with controlling the ventilation gas pressure or flow rate by adjusting the opening / closing amount of the automatic valve 13 or the like, more accurate control can be promoted to surely improve the dehydration efficiency. .

  On the other hand, in the solid-liquid separation device of the present embodiment, the ventilation gas chamber 10 including the central ventilation gas chamber 10A and the pair of side ventilation gas chambers 10B separated in the central axis direction is mutually connected in the circumferential direction. The automatic valves 13 are thus formed in the vent pipes 11A and 11B that are isolated and formed at substantially equal intervals and are connected to the central and side vent gas chambers 10A and 10B to supply the vent gases A and B. Among the aeration gas chambers 10 in the range where the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are wound, the central and side aeration gas chambers 10A and 10B of the aeration gas chamber 10 at a predetermined rotational position are further provided. Only the ventilation gases A and B are continuously supplied.

  For this reason, it can prevent that ventilation | gas_flowing is performed in the part which does not participate in the spin-drying | dehydration of the to-be-processed object P, the supply amount of ventilation | gas_flowing gas A and B, the power for supply, and running cost increase, as mentioned above. Combined with the fact that the ventilation gas chamber 10 is divided in the central axis direction, more efficient dehydration can be achieved. In addition, since the ventilation is not performed in the portion other than the predetermined rotation position that does not participate in the dewatering, the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 before and after the traveling directions F and G of the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 at the rotation position. Can be prevented and the cake is blown out. On the other hand, in the part related to dehydration, the automatic valve 13 is sequentially switched on and off with the rotation of the separation roll 7, regardless of the rotational position of the ventilation gas chamber 10. In addition, since it is possible to always maintain the state in which the gas A and B are ejected, it is possible to promote more efficient removal of the liquid.

  In addition, in this embodiment, a squeezing belt 15 is wound around the outer periphery of the separation filter cloth 8 on the outer peripheral side wound around the separation roll 7, and the workpiece P is pressed together with the separation filter cloth 8. Therefore, even if the aeration gas pressures of the aeration gases A and B are increased in order to increase the drainage capability, the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 are not lifted up and the cake blows out. The liquid content can be reduced. Moreover, in this embodiment, the air permeability of this squeezing belt 15 is made higher than the air permeability of the separation filter cloths 1, 8, and the liquid component separated from the workpiece P by air ventilation is quickly discharged to It can be recovered from the recovery plate 24 to the tray 21.

  In order to prevent the separation filter cloths 1 and 8 from being lifted by the aeration gases A and B and blowing the cake more reliably, the surface pressure of the squeezing belt 15 wound around the separation roll 7 is set to the separation roll 7. It is desirable to make it larger than the aeration gas pressure of the aeration gas A and B that aerate in the radial direction. For example, when the aeration gas pressure is 0.4 MPa, the surface pressure of the pressing belt 15 is desirably about 0.5 MPa. And in the solid-liquid separator of the said structure, this surface pressure can also be controlled to a predetermined magnitude | size by adjusting the tension | tensile_strength of the pressing belt 15 with the pressing belt tensioning apparatus 17 mentioned above.

  On the other hand, in the filtration device of this embodiment provided with such a solid-liquid separation device on the traveling direction F side of the filter cloth 1 with respect to the filtering means 4, this filter cloth 1 is a pair of separation filter cloths in the solid-liquid separation device. 1 and 8, and the separation roll 7 is one of the plurality of rolls 2 of the filtration device. For this reason, the to-be-processed object P on the filter cloth 1 filtered by the filtration means 4 can be supplied to a solid-liquid separation device by running the filter cloth 1 as it is, and can be efficiently dehydrated as described above.

  Accordingly, it is necessary to recover the material P to be processed, which has been filtered by the filtering means 4 of this filtering device, from the filtering device and dehydrate it by a secondary dehydrating device such as a centrifugal separator or a filter press. Further, for example, it can be applied to a filtering device such as an existing horizontal vacuum filtering device with a slight modification, which is economical. Moreover, even when the workpiece P from which the liquid is separated is dried in a subsequent drying apparatus, the burden on the drying apparatus can be reduced, and the product is conveyed to such a subsequent drying apparatus. In this case, it is possible to solve problems caused by the adherence of the processing object P having a large amount of liquid to a conveying device such as a belt conveyor or a screw conveyor.

  In the solid-liquid separation device and the solid-liquid separation method, the object P is dehydrated on the outer periphery of the separation roll 7 that rotates as the filter cloth 1 travels as described above. Even if the running of 1 is continuous or intermittent, efficient dehydration can be achieved by the pressing force, shearing force, and ventilation. Therefore, when the separation cloth 7 is rotated continuously or intermittently and the filter cloth 1 travels, for example, the filter cloth 1 is clamped and travels by intermittently moving in the traveling direction F with a predetermined stroke. It can be applied to any horizontal vacuum filtration apparatus.

  Furthermore, in the solid-liquid separation device of this embodiment, the compression belt 15 is further wound around and pressed against the outer periphery of the pair of separation filter cloths 1 and 8 wound around the separation roll 7. A large frictional force can be generated by tightly contacting the outer periphery of the separation roll 7. For this reason, even if this frictional force is reduced by ventilation, the separation roll 7 is integrally rotated in the rotation direction T without causing slippage between the separation roll 7 and the separation filter cloth 1. The filter cloth 1 can be made to travel stably in the traveling direction F.

  Therefore, in the filtration apparatus equipped with such a solid-liquid separation device, the separation roll 7 can be used as the drive roll 2A of the filter cloth 1 in the filtration apparatus as in this embodiment, and a pair of separation filter cloths can be used. Combined with the fact that one of 1 and 8 is shared with the filter cloth 1 of the filter device, it is possible to reduce the equipment cost and the running cost. In particular, such a drive roll 2A requires a certain diameter in order to reliably run the filter cloth 1, whereas the separation roll 7 is also formed with the aeration gas chamber 10 on its inner periphery. Therefore, by sharing these, the other rolls 2, 14, 16 can be made smaller in diameter than the drive roll 2A and the separation roll 7, which is more economical. .

It is a side view which shows the outline of one Embodiment of the filtration apparatus of this invention. It is a side view which shows one Embodiment of the solid-liquid separator of this invention used for the filtration apparatus shown in FIG. It is the partially broken rear view which looked at the solid-liquid separator shown in FIG. 2 from the right side of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Filter cloth (separate filter cloth)
2, 14, 16 rolls 2A drive roll 3 supply means 4 filtration means 7 separation roll 8 separation filter cloth 9 through hole 10 vent chamber 10A central ventilation gas chamber 10B side ventilation gas chamber 11A central ventilation pipe 11B side ventilation piping 12A Central ventilation gas branch chamber 12B Side ventilation gas branch chamber 12C Rotary joint 12D Side introduction pipe 12E Center introduction pipe 13 Automatic valve 15 Squeeze belt A, B Aeration gas P Processed object F Running direction of filter cloth G Travel direction of the separation filter cloth 8 Travel direction of the pressing belt 15 T Rotation direction of the separation roll 7

Claims (5)

  A pair of endless separation filter cloths are overlapped and wound around the outer periphery of the separation roll that is rotated in the circumferential direction, and can travel along the rotation direction of the separation roll. The part is formed with a plurality of aeration gas chambers vented in the radial direction of the separation roll, and is separated from each other in the central axis direction of the separation roll, and is supplied between the pair of separation filter cloths. An object is sandwiched and compressed between the separation filter cloths on the outer periphery of the separation roll, and aeration gas is blown out from at least one of the plurality of ventilation gas chambers to vent the separation roll in the radial direction. The solid-liquid separator is characterized in that it is dehydrated.   2. The solid-liquid separation according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of aeration gas chambers are formed at least in a central portion of the width of the separation filter cloth in the direction of the central axis and on both sides of the central portion. apparatus.   3. The solid-liquid separator according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of ventilation gas chambers is connected to a supply path of the ventilation gas different from other ventilation gas chambers. .   An object to be processed is supplied from a supply means onto a filter cloth that is wound around a plurality of rolls and traveled, and the object to be processed is filtered by a filtering means provided on the traveling direction side of the filter cloth from the supply means. The solid-liquid separation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is disposed closer to the traveling direction side than the filtering means. Of the plurality of rolls, a roll positioned on the traveling direction side of the filtration means is the separation roll, and the filter cloth is one of the pair of separation filter cloths. Filtration device.   On the outer periphery of the separation roll that is rotated in the circumferential direction, an endless pair of separation filter cloths are overlapped and wound while traveling along the rotation direction of the separation roll, A plurality of aeration gas chambers that vent in the radial direction of the separation roll are formed to be separated from each other in the central axis direction of the separation roll, and the object to be treated supplied between the pair of separation filter cloths is formed as the separation roll. And sandwiching between the separation filter cloths at the outer periphery of the separation filter cloth, and pressing and dehydrating the separation roll by blowing aeration gas from at least one of the plurality of ventilation gas chambers. Solid-liquid separation method.

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