JP3148193B2 - Antifreeze sprayer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an antifreeze spraying apparatus for spraying an antifreeze onto roads mainly in snowy and cold regions to prevent or cancel the freezing of the road surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In winter roads and airports in snowy and cold regions, snow is removed to ensure smooth traffic.
In order to maintain a safe road surface, various road surface measures such as snow melting by load heating, pavement for preventing snow and ice from adhering, and application of anti-slip materials and anti-freezing agents have been taken.

[0003] However, road heating and pavement for preventing snow and ice adhesion require large-scale construction, the construction period is long, the construction cost is enormous, and the running cost is increased. In many cases, a method of spraying a deicing agent to prevent slippage of a traveling wheel is frequently performed.

[0004] Spraying of the antifreeze includes spraying in a liquid form and spraying in granules. Liquid spraying is used at airports because of its rapid effect, but the spraying efficiency is not good because 75 to 85% is water. Granule spraying has a slow onset of effect but is efficient and durable, so it is widely used on roads. In order to increase the effectiveness, granulation spraying may be performed by humidification immediately before spraying.

[0005]

However, the maximum concentration of the liquid spray is limited due to the nature of the solution. For example, 85% for sodium chloride solution often used on roads
Is water, and 50% of the acetic acid used in airports is water. The liquid antifreeze has a different eutectic (saturated) concentration depending on the material. The higher the concentration, the lower the freezing temperature and the higher the performance. However, as the concentration increases, the material crystallizes, so that an excessively high concentration of the antifreeze cannot be used.

Spraying granules is efficient and economical,
In the conventional spraying method, the sprayed material is blown toward the road shoulder by the cross slope of the road or the traveling wheel at the time of spraying, and the retention efficiency is poor. . In addition, if the granules are made smaller to increase the fast-acting effect, dusting will increase, and the spraying performance will decrease.

[0007] Therefore, the problems of the conventional antifreeze spraying method are summarized as follows.

(In the case of liquid) a. Poor spraying efficiency due to high moisture content. b. If the concentration is increased to near the eutectic (saturated) concentration, a part of the crystals may be crystallized and cannot be sprayed. c. When the concentration is reduced, the freezing temperature increases, the effects of snow melting and prevention of freezing are reduced, and the possibility of refreezing increases. d. Since the amount of application per unit area increases, the application distance becomes shorter, and a supply point is required on the way. e. Spraying costs are high. f. Low residual effect.

(In the case of granules) a. The material is blown off toward the shoulder when spraying. b. It takes time to exhibit the snow melting function. During this time, it is scattered by the running of the vehicle and the wind, and the road surface fixing rate is low. c. If the granules are made small to avoid scattering, dust is likely to be generated. d. Reducing the spraying speed of the vehicle to avoid scattering will hinder traffic. e. When the road surface anchorage rate is low, a large amount of dust is applied, and uneconomical and wasteful materials affect the environment. f. Spreading costs increase as the vehicle spray speed is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to spray a slurry-like antifreezing agent on a road surface to improve the quick-acting effect of the antifreezing agent. An object of the present invention is to provide an economical and safe antifreezing agent spraying device by increasing a road surface fixing rate and spraying at a high speed.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is mounted on a traveling vehicle and freezes on a road surface.
In the antifreeze spraying device that sprays antifreeze,
Supply means for supplying the anti-freezing agent and melting of hot water, antifreeze, etc.
A solution supply means for supplying a liquid;
While crushing into a powder, it is mixed with the above solution and crushed into a fine powder.
A slurry containing 50-70% of the solid deicing agent
Crushing / mixing means for receiving and spraying the slurry
Spreading means having a rotatable spreading disk.
And a spraying device for the antifreezing agent.

The slurry comprises a solution and a finely powdered deicing agent.
Because mud-like mixture having a fluidity consisting dust during spraying is not immediately attached to the road surface, the effect of the granule spraying can be expected to the effects such as granules sprayed together.

Further, in the vehicle, equipped with the solution supply means for supplying feed means and the solution supplying solid cryoprotectant, while crushing the solid cryoprotectant pulverized during running of the vehicle, this
Mix the crushed solid deicing agent and the solution
The over-like, since spraying the slurry by spraying disk, antifreeze that is sprayed on the road surface is rather extremely small amount of scattered depressed to passing vehicles, the performance of the cryoprotectant is maximized You.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an apparatus for spraying an antifreeze, and a vehicle 1 is provided with a screw conveyor 3 as a supply means for supplying a solid antifreeze 2 to be described later. The screw conveyor 3 has a screw 5 rotatably housed inside a material transporting cylinder 4 provided substantially horizontally with respect to the vehicle 1.

The rear end side of the material transport cylinder 4 is connected to a material storage hopper (not shown), and a material supply port 6 is provided at the front end. The rear end of the screw 5 is directly connected to a rotary drive source (not shown) such as an electric motor, and the front end extends to the material supply port 6. Further, a shaft 7 of the screw 5 is formed by a pipe, and a solution supply pipe 8 as a solution supply means is inserted into a hollow portion of the shaft 7.

The tip of the solution supply pipe 8 is connected to the material supply port 6.
Is bent downward at a substantially right angle.
Is provided. The solution 10 supplied by the solution supply pipe 8 is a liquid such as warm water, an antifreeze, or a salt solution which is prevented from freezing, and is provided in a substantially vertical direction for mixing the solid antifreeze 2 and the solution 10. It is designed to be guided inside the falling cylinder 11.

In the middle of the mixing drop cylinder 11, a hydraulic motor 1 is provided.
The crushing / mixing machine 13 is provided on the rotating shaft 12a as crushing / mixing means. Hydraulic motor 12
Is connected to a hydraulic pump (not shown) via a hydraulic supply pipe 14 and rotates by hydraulic pressure. However, the crushing mixer 13 is not limited to hydraulic pressure, and is driven by a driving source such as electricity or air. It may be driven.

At the lower end of the mixing and dropping cylinder 11, a hydraulic or electric motor 16 is mounted on a rotating shaft 16 by a mounting member 15.
a is mounted in a state where it is oriented in the vertical direction, and a spray disk 17 constituting spray means is fixed to the rotating shaft 16a. The spreading disk 17 is located in the vicinity of the road surface L, and the upper surface is provided with blades 18 radially. Further, at the lower end of the mixing and dropping cylinder 11, a shout 20 is provided for dropping the slurry-like deicing agent 19 crushed and mixed by the crushing mixer 13 onto the upper surface of the spreading disk 17. . And the spreading disc 1
Numeral 7 is such that the slurry-like antifreezing agent 19 falling from the shoe 20 is scattered by the centrifugal force and sprayed on the road surface L.

Here, the solid antifreeze 2 used is described in Table 1.

[Table 1]

When the concentration of the liquid antifreezing agent is increased to the eutectic concentration, it crystallizes or precipitates, so that it becomes difficult to store and spray. For this reason, as shown by the use concentration% in Table 1,
Since the concentration actually used is lower than the eutectic point concentration, the amount of water to be sprayed increases, and the spraying effect is reduced. However, when an activator or the like is added, the concentration can be increased, but it becomes expensive.

However, the slurry is a fluid mud.
As a result, the solid deicing agent crushed into fine powder forms
There is no scattering. Mixing amount of cryoprotectant is also dependent on the particle size and weather, the cryoprotectant to the slurry 50
It is appropriate to include up to 70%.

Next, a spraying method for spraying an antifreeze using the spraying apparatus configured as described above will be described.

When the screw 5 of the screw conveyor 3 is rotated while the vehicle 1 is running, the solid deicing agent 2 inside the material conveying cylinder 4 is sent to the material supply port 6 by the screw 5 and the solution The solution 10 is sent from the supply pipe 8. Therefore, the solid antifreeze 2 and the solution 10 fall into the crushing mixer 13 inside the mixing and falling cylinder 11.

The crushing / mixing machine 13 crushes the falling solid deicing agent 2 into fine powder, mixes it with the supplied solution 10, and prepares a slurry-shaped deicing agent 19 containing 50 to 70% of the solid deicing agent. To manufacture. Obtained antifreeze agent 19
Is dropped from the crushing mixer 13 and supplied to the upper surface of the spreading disk 17 by the shot 20.

At this time, the spreading disk 17 is connected to the motor 16
Slurry deicing agent 1
9 is scattered in the outer peripheral direction by centrifugal force and is scattered on the road surface L. Since the sprayed anti-freezing agent 19 is wet to the extent that dust is not generated, the road surface fixation rate is high, and both the effect of liquid spraying and the effect of granule spraying are both effective. Moreover, since it is a slurry containing 50 to 70% of the solid deicing agent 2, water (30 to 50%) is small,
There is no risk of re-freezing.

Therefore, the antifreezing agent of the present invention is sprayed.apparatus
Is wide on roads, airports, parks, and grounds in snowy and cold regions
Can be used well.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, 50 to 70% of a crushed solid deicing agent is contained.
Since spraying the slurry, dust and scattering is also rather low, high road retention, persistence of the effect of fast-acting and granules spraying liquid spray is obtained together. Therefore, the amount of use of the antifreezing agent can be reduced, the economical management of the frozen road surface is possible, and the influence on the environment is reduced. In addition, since it is a slurry containing 50 to 70% of a solid antifreezing agent, there is an effect that there is little water (30 to 50%) and there is no fear of refreezing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view showing a part of an antifreeze spraying apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Solid anti-freezing agent 3 Screw conveyor (supply means) 8 Solution supply pipe (solution supply means) 10 Solution 13 Crushing / mixing machine (crushing / mixing means) 17 Spraying disc 19 Antifreezing agent

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An antifreeze spraying device mounted on a traveling vehicle and spraying an antifreeze on a road surface, comprising: a supply unit for supplying a solid antifreeze; and a solution supply for supplying a solution such as hot water or antifreeze. Means, while the solid antifreeze is crushed into fine powder , mixed with the solution and crushed into fine powder 50-70
%, And a dispersing device having a rotatable dispersing disk for receiving and dispersing the slurry .