JP2816659B2 - Rotary filtration method and rotary filtration device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotary filtration method and a rotary filtration apparatus, and more particularly, to a rotary filtration method in which water is passed through a filter medium while filtering a filter medium on which the filter medium is mounted. The present invention relates to a filtration method and a rotary filtration device. In particular, it is useful for removing contaminant components such as industrial wastewater, circulating water in air conditioners and pools, sewage, etc., removing plankton in lake water and swamp water, and pretreating clean water and industrial water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-6807 and Japanese Utility Model Publication
Japanese Patent No. 9061 discloses that while filtering a filter having a filter medium mounted on a peripheral surface of a drum having a rotation axis in the horizontal direction, water is passed through the filter medium while filtering the filter medium, and an upper region where water does not pass and water are filtered. There is disclosed a rotary filter device for washing a filter medium by spraying washing water with a spray on a part of the filter medium in the upper area when the filter drum is divided into a lower area through which the filter drum passes.

[0003]

In the conventional rotary filtration apparatus, when the porosity of the filter medium is reduced, the ability to capture solid components is increased, so that the filtration performance is improved, but the washing effect is reduced. On the other hand, when the porosity is increased, the capturing effect of the solid component is reduced, and the cleaning effect is improved,
Filtration performance decreases. That is, the conventional rotary filtration device has a problem that it is difficult to achieve both the filtration performance and the cleaning effect. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a rotary filtration method and a rotary filtration device that can improve both the filtration performance and the cleaning effect.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filter having a filter having a rotating shaft mounted in a horizontal direction, the filter being provided on a peripheral surface of the drum, and water passing through the filter. In the rotary filtration method of filtering, the filter drum is divided into an upper region through which water does not pass and a lower region through which water passes. A rotary filtration method, wherein the porosity is relatively large, and the porosity of the filter medium is relatively small in a portion of the filter medium substantially in the lower region. In the above configuration, "substantially the upper part of the filter medium" means "from the minimum range including only a part of the upper part of the filter medium" to the whole area of the upper part of the filter medium and the lower area. Means a portion of the filter media in any range up to a maximum range including a portion of the filter media. In addition, "the portion of the filter medium substantially located in the lower region"
Any range between the minimum range that includes most, but not all, of the media in the lower region to the maximum range that includes all of the media in the lower region and includes some of the media in the upper region. Means the portion of the filter media in the range.

[0005] In the rotary filtration method according to the first aspect, the porosity of the filter medium is increased in the upper region where water does not pass, so that the solid component capturing power is reduced and the cleaning effect is improved (here, the cleaning effect is improved). The effect includes a natural cleaning effect in which the captured solid component falls off naturally, and is not necessarily premised on cleaning with cleaning water). On the other hand, in the lower region through which water passes, the porosity of the filter medium is reduced, so that the solid component capturing power is increased and the filtration performance is improved. Therefore, both the filtering performance and the cleaning effect can be improved.

In a second aspect, the present invention is directed to a rotary filtration apparatus for filtering water by passing water through the filtration medium while rotating a filtration drum in which a filtration medium is mounted on a peripheral surface of a drum having a rotation axis in a horizontal direction. In the apparatus, when the filter drum is divided into an upper region through which water does not pass and a lower region through which water passes, when a certain portion of the filter medium is substantially in the upper region and when the filter drum is substantially in the lower region, And a porosity change means for changing a porosity of the portion when the portion is in a region. According to this configuration, the rotary filtration method according to the first aspect can be suitably performed, so that both the filtration performance and the cleaning effect can be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the rotary filter having the above structure, the filter medium includes at least one of a nonwoven fabric and a soft porous body, and the porosity changing means substantially includes the upper region. Or a filter medium pressing means that presses against the drum with a relatively small force or does not press the portion of the filter medium existing in the lower region and substantially presses the filter medium portion in the lower region against the drum with a relatively strong force. A rotary filtration device is provided. If the upper part of the filter medium including the nonwoven fabric or the soft porous material is not pressed or pressed against the drum with a relatively small force, the porosity becomes relatively large due to the elasticity of the nonwoven fabric or the soft porous material. On the other hand, when the lower part of the filter medium is pressed against the drum with a relatively strong force, the nonwoven fabric or the soft porous body is compressed, and the porosity becomes relatively small. Therefore, the rotary filtration method according to the first aspect can be suitably performed, and both the filtration performance and the cleaning effect can be improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the rotary filter device having the above-mentioned structure, the filter medium is a non-woven fabric, a soft porous body or a composite thereof, and is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the drum. The presser means is a net which is rotatably stretched so as not to press the portion of the filter medium substantially in the upper region and to press the portion of the filter material substantially in the lower region against the drum. The present invention provides a rotary filtration device characterized by being an endless belt. If the upper part of the filter medium including the nonwoven fabric or the soft porous material is not pressed by the net-shaped endless belt, the elasticity of the nonwoven fabric or the soft porous material causes the porosity to be relatively large. On the other hand, when the lower part of the filter medium is pressed against the drum with a relatively strong force, the nonwoven fabric or the soft porous body is compressed, and the porosity becomes relatively small. Therefore, the rotary filtration method according to the first aspect can be suitably performed, and both the filtration performance and the cleaning effect can be improved. In addition, since a net-shaped endless belt stretched rotatably is used,
It does not hinder the rotation of the filtration drum or the passage of water.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary filter having the above-mentioned structure, wherein a washing means for washing a portion of the filter medium substantially in the upper region with washing water, and a portion of the filter medium after washing. And a squeezing means for squeezing in the upper region. Simply washing with the washing water causes the washing water to be retained in the filter medium and remains in the filter medium, so that the solid components dispersed in the wash water also remain in the filter medium. Therefore, when the washing water retained in the filter medium is squeezed out by squeezing, the solid components dispersed in the washing water can also be removed. Therefore, the cleaning effect can be further improved.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited by this. FIGS. 1 and 2 are cross-sectional views showing the configuration of a rotary filtration device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the rotary filtration device 100, the treatment tank 1 is divided into a raw water tank 2, a filtrate tank 4, and a discharge tank 6 by a partition wall 3 and a discharge weir 5. Support frames 7a and 7b are provided upright in the filtrate tank 4, and the hollow center shaft 11 is horizontally supported by the support frames 7a and 7b. A disk-shaped seal plate 9 is attached to the hollow center shaft 11. Further, the hollow central shaft 11 includes bearings 12a, 12b.
, The filter drum 13 is rotatably supported. The space between the sealing plate 9 and the filtration drum 13 is sealed watertight by a sealing material 10 and communicates with the raw water tank 2 by a raw water introduction pipe 8. A raw water inlet 16 is opened in an end cover 17 a of the filter drum 13 on the side of the seal plate 9. On the other hand, the end cover 17b on the opposite side has no opening and blocks the inside and outside of the filtration drum 13. The outer periphery of the filter drum 13 includes a plurality of ribs 19, a reinforcing net 20 stretched outside the ribs 19, and a filter medium 21 mounted outside the reinforcing net 20. The filter medium 21 is pressed by a net-like endless belt 23 from the outside. A gear 14 is formed on the outer peripheral edge of the end cover 17a, and the gear 14 meshes with the gear 15. When the gear 15 is driven to rotate by a motor (not shown), the filtration drum 13 rotates.

FIG. 3 shows the sealing plate 9, the end cover 17a, the sealing material 10, the ribs 19,
The positional relationship between the reinforcing net 20, the filter medium 21, and the endless belt 23 is shown.

The filter medium 21 is made of a material having a large porosity, elasticity in the thickness direction, a reduced porosity when compressed, and a restored porosity when the compression is released. Specific examples include a nonwoven fabric such as an acrylic fiber, a soft foam such as polyester or polyvinylidene chloride or a soft porous material such as a sponge, and a laminate of a nonwoven fabric and a soft porous material.

Returning to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the raw water is stored in the raw water tank 2.
Through the raw water introduction pipe 8, is introduced into the inside of the filtration drum 13, and enters up to about の of the height of the filtration drum 13. Then, the reinforcing net 20 and the filter medium 2
The filtrate (water) leaches into the filtrate tank 4 through the endless belt 1 and the net-shaped endless belt 23 and accumulates in the filtrate tank 4. The range of the filter drum 13 not immersed in raw water is called an upper region, and the range of the filter drum 13 immersed in raw water is called a lower region.

As shown in FIG. 2, the net-shaped endless belt 23 is wound around a region including all of the filter medium 21 located in the lower region and slightly including the filter medium 21 located in the upper region. Roller 24a, tension roller 24
b, tension roller 24c and guide roller 24d. For this reason, the portion of the filter medium 21 located in the lower region is compressed by the tension of the net-shaped endless belt 23, and the porosity is reduced. On the other hand, the portion of the filter medium 21 in the upper region is not compressed by the net-shaped endless belt 23, but is restored to its original state and the porosity is increased. The net-shaped endless belt 23 is
It rotates according to the rotation of the filtration drum 13.

A cleaning spray 25 is provided above the filter drum 13. This cleaning spray 25
Washing water is sprayed on the filter medium 21 located in the upper region to wash out the solid components captured by the filter medium 21. The washing water is pumped up from the filtrate tank 4 by a pump 26 and supplied to the washing spray 25 via a pipe 27. The hopper 28 is attached to the hollow central shaft 11 and communicates with the internal space of the hollow central shaft 11. The washing water after washing the filter medium 21 is supplied to the hopper 2
8, flows into the internal space of the hollow central shaft 11, and is discharged from the discharge port 11a.

A squeezing roller 29 is provided downstream of the cleaning spray 25 (downstream in the rotation direction of the filtration drum 13). The squeezing roller 29 has a structure in which a plurality of plate-shaped protrusions are radially projected from a rotating shaft, and squeezes the filter medium 21 after washing with water, and squeezes out the washing water held by the filter medium 21. The squeezing roller 29 rotates as the filter medium 21 is fed.

FIG. 4 shows the positional relationship among the filter medium 21, the guide roller 24a, the net-shaped endless belt 23, the cleaning spray 25, the squeezing roller 29, and the guide roller 24d.

Next, the operation of the rotary filtration device 100 will be described. The raw water introduced into the raw water tank 2 passes through the raw water introduction pipe 8, flows into the filtration drum 13, and accumulates in the filtration drum 13. The water level in the filtration drum 13 is
At the same height as the water level at. And reinforcement net 2
The filtrate (water) leaches into the filtrate tank 4 through the filter medium 21 and the net-shaped endless belt 23 and accumulates in the filtrate tank 4. The filtrate accumulated in the filtrate tank 4 flows out to the discharge tank 6 when its water level exceeds the discharge weir 5. Therefore, if the raw water is continuously introduced so that the water level in the filtration drum 13 is always higher than the discharge weir 5, the raw water can be continuously filtered by the water level difference.

The portion of the filter medium 21 that has entered the lower region due to the rotation of the filter drum 13 is connected to the net-shaped endless belt 2.
Since it is compressed by the tension of 3, the porosity is reduced. Thereby, the capturing power of the solid component is increased, and the filtration performance is improved. On the other hand, the portion of the filter medium 21 that has entered the upper region by the rotation of the filter drum 13 is released from the compression of the net-shaped endless belt 23, so that the porosity returns to a relatively large state due to elasticity, and the solid component capturing force Becomes lower. In this state, since the washing water is sprayed from the washing spray 25, the solid components captured by the filter medium 21 are washed away with a high probability, and the washing effect is improved. Further, the filter medium 21 after washing with water is squeezed by the squeezing roller 29, and the washing water held in the filter medium 21 is squeezed out. This also improves the washing effect.

[0020]

EXAMPLES drum size 300 m m (diameter) × 500 m m
(Length), filtration area 0.47 square m, filtration speed 500m
/ Day, treated water volume was 235 cubic meters / day ≒ 10 cubic meters / hour. The filter medium 21 is made of polyester fiber having a thickness of 80 μm and has a true specific gravity of 1.4, an apparent specific gravity of 0.17, and a porosity of 90%.
Was used. The thickness of the filter medium was 2 cm. The filter material compression ratio (filter material thickness when compressed / filter material thickness when not compressed) was set to 20%. The blowing pressure of the cleaning spray is 3 . 0 kg / square cm
And As raw water, 20 mg / liter of SS (Sus
pended Solids) was used. After continuous operation for 15 hours, the maximum concentration of the SS component in the filtrate was 3 mg.
/ Liter, which proves that sufficient filtration performance can be obtained. Further, even after the continuous operation for 7 days, no increase in the head loss was observed, indicating that a sufficient cleaning effect was obtained.

[0021]

According to the rotary filtration method and the rotary filtration device of the present invention, when water is allowed to pass through, the porosity of the filter medium is reduced to enhance the ability to capture solid components, thereby improving the filtration performance. Can be done. On the other hand, when water is not allowed to pass, the porosity of the filter medium is increased and the ability to capture solid components is reduced, so that the cleaning effect can be improved. That is, both the filtration performance and the cleaning effect can be improved. Further, according to the rotary filtration method and the rotary filtration device of the present invention, the filter medium is washed with the washing water and then squeezed, so that the washing effect can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a rotary filtration device according to an embodiment of the present invention (a longitudinal cross-sectional view in a rotation axis direction of a filtration drum).

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a rotary filtration device according to an embodiment of the present invention (a longitudinal cross-sectional view in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of a filtration drum).

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing an outer peripheral structure of a filtration drum.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing an upper region of a filtration drum.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Rotary filtration device 1 Treatment tank 2 Raw water tank 3 Partition wall 4 Filtrate tank 5 Discharge weir 6 Discharge tank 8 Raw water introduction pipe 9 Seal plate 10 Seal material 11 Hollow central shaft 12a, 12b Bearing 13 Filtration drum 14, 15, Gear 16 Raw water introduction Mouth 17a, 17b End cover 19 Reinforcement rib 20 Reinforcement net 21 Filter medium 23 Net-like endless belt 24a, 24d Guide roller 24b, 24c Tension roller 25 Cleaning spray 28 Hopper 29 Squeezing roller

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B01D 33/11 B01D 33/80

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotary filtration method in which water is passed through said filter medium while filtering a filter having a filter medium mounted on a peripheral surface of a drum having a rotation axis in a horizontal direction, and the filter medium is filtered. When the filter drum is divided into a region and a lower region through which water passes, the porosity of the filter medium is relatively large in a portion of the filter medium substantially in the upper region, and the lower region is substantially reduced. Wherein the porosity of the filter medium is made relatively small in the filter medium portion described in (1). 2. A rotary filtration device for filtering water by passing water through said filter medium while rotating a filter drum comprising a filter medium mounted on a peripheral surface of a drum having a rotating shaft in the horizontal direction, wherein the upper part does not allow water to pass therethrough. When the filter drum is divided into an area and a lower area through which water passes, the filter drum is separated when a part of the filter medium is substantially in the upper area and when it is substantially in the lower area. A rotary filtration device comprising porosity changing means for changing the porosity of a portion. 3. The rotary filtration device according to claim 2, wherein the filter medium includes at least one of a non-woven fabric and a soft porous body, and the porosity changing means includes a filter for the filter medium substantially in the upper region. A rotary member which presses against the drum with a relatively small force or presses a portion of the filter medium substantially in the lower region against the drum with a relatively strong force. Filtration device. 4. The rotary filtration device according to claim 3, wherein the filter medium is a non-woven fabric, a soft porous body, or a composite thereof, is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the drum, and the filter medium holding means is substantially A net-shaped endless belt rotatably stretched so as not to press a portion of the filter medium in the upper region and to substantially press a portion of the filter material in the lower region against the drum. A rotary filtration device, characterized in that: 5. The rotary filtration device according to claim 2, wherein a cleaning means for substantially cleaning a portion of the filter medium in the upper region with cleaning water, and the cleaning device after cleaning. Squeezing means for squeezing a portion of the filter medium in the upper region.