JP3389676B2 - Filter press equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filter press device for separating a leaked liquid and a dehydrated cake by filtering a slurry through a filter cloth.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional filter press device is shown in FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 4, the filter press device includes a filter press body 1, a tray 2, gutters 3 and 3, and a hopper 4.

The filter press body 1 comprises a plurality of filter plates 1a.
Are stacked and integrally formed, and the inside thereof forms a cavity. Further, outside the filter press body 1, there are provided a first opening 5 for injecting a slurry and a second opening 6 for injecting a pressure medium.

The tray 2 is located below the filter press body 1 and is formed by stacking two flat plates 2a and 2b at the center of the tray 2 so as to cover the entire lower portion of the filter press body 1. ing. The flat plates 2a, 2b, which are both side ends of the tray 2, have one end side slightly lower,
The main surfaces of the flat plates 2a and 2b have a slope so that the center part, which is the other end side where the two overlap, is slightly higher. The tray 2 can be opened and closed by moving the central portion downward with the vicinity of one ends of the flat plates 2a and 2b as a fulcrum.

The gutters 3 are provided at positions slightly lower than the one ends of the flat plates 2a and 2b of the tray 2.

The hopper 4 is located below the tray 2,
It is composed of a housing having an opening at the top.

Next, the filter press body 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Multiple filter plates 1 stacked in parallel
The hollow formed in a has a filter cloth 7 configured in a bellows shape, and one end of the filter cloth 7 is closed to form a space 8 inside thereof. The opening of this space 8 communicates with the first opening 5 located at the center of the outside of the filter press body 1. A bag-shaped diaphragm 9 is provided between the filter cloth 7 and the filter plate 1a. The opening of the diaphragm 9 communicates with a second opening 6 (FIG. 4) provided outside the filter press body 1, and by injecting a pressure medium into the diaphragm 9, a space 9a inside the diaphragm 9 is opened. Can be expanded to narrow the space 8 in the filter cloth 7.

In the filter press main body 1 having such a structure, a plurality of filter plates 1a are arranged in the direction W of the bellows-shaped filter cloth 7 in the direction of expansion and contraction.
When moving in the direction, the filter cloth 7 is separated and the space 8 formed in the filter cloth 7 is increased.

A cleaning nozzle 10 (FIG. 9) that can freely enter the space 8 between the filter plates 1a moved in the W direction is provided above the filter press body 1.

Next, the operation of the filter press device having such a configuration will be described. In FIG. 5, a plurality of filter plates 1a
When the slurry (not shown) in which the powder and the dispersion liquid are mixed is injected into the space 8 from the first opening 5 in a closed state by stacking in parallel, the slurry advances in the direction of the arrow X and the filter plate 1
A space 8 surrounded by a bellows-shaped filter cloth 7 formed between a and the filter plate 1a is filled. At this time, a part of the slurry is filtered through the filter cloth 7, and the leaked liquid is discharged from below the filter plate 1a in the arrow Y direction.

In order to further dewater the slurry remaining in the space 8 of the filter cloth 7, a pressure medium, for example air, is passed through the second opening 6 (FIG. 4) through the diaphragm 9 outside the filter cloth 7.
And the diaphragm 9 is expanded. That is, FIG.
As shown in (1), the inner space 8 surrounded by the filter cloth 7 is compressed as the diaphragm 9 expands, and the slurry inside the filter cloth 7 is squeezed. At this time, the leaked liquid is discharged from below the filter press body 1 in the arrow Y direction. At the time of this filtration, the tray 2 is closed as shown in FIG. 4, and the leaked liquid flowing out from the lower side of the filter press body 1 flows from the closed main surface of the tray 2 to the slightly lower end side. , Gutter 3,3
Through the filter press device.

After completion of the filtration, as shown in FIG. 7, the dehydrated cake 11 retained in the space 8 of the filter cloth 7 is moved by moving the filter boards 1a overlaid in the W direction to open the filter cloth 7. Is dropped downward from the inside of the filter cloth 7. At this time, the saucer 2 is
As shown in FIG. 8, the central portion is moved downward to be opened, and the dehydrated cake 11 is dropped into the hopper 4 and collected.

However, as shown in FIG. 9, the cleaning nozzle 10 is inserted from above into the space 8 which is enlarged by moving the filter plate 1a in the W direction to open the filter cloth 7, and cleaning is performed with cleaning water. By doing so, the dehydrated cake 11 that has adhered to the filter cloth 7 and has not dropped does drop together with the cleaning wastewater. At this time, since the saucer 2 is closed as shown in FIG. 10, the cleaning wastewater that has washed the filter cloth 7 and the dehydrated cake 11 attached to the filter cloth 7 are on the main surface of the saucer 2. It is washed away and discharged from the gutters 3 and 3.

As described above, the dehydrated cake 11 is stored in the hopper 4, while the leaked liquid, the cleaning wastewater, and the dehydrated cake 11 attached to the filter cloth 7 are discharged through the gutters 3, 3.

[0015]

However, in the filter press device having such a structure, when the filter plate 1a is opened and the dehydrated cake 11 is discharged from the inner space 8 surrounded by the filter cloth 7, a part of the dehydrated cake is removed. 11 adheres to the filter cloth 7. Then, the dehydrated cake 11 is washed with the cleaning wastewater that has washed the filter cloth, flows over the main surface of the tray 2, and is discharged from the gutters 3 and 3. Therefore, the recovery rate of the dehydrated cake 11 is deteriorated. Was there.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems. When the inside of the filter cloth of the filter press is washed with washing water, the dehydrated cake adhering to the filter cloth is discharged from the gutter. An object of the present invention is to provide a filter press device that can be collected in a hopper without having to do so.

[0017]

In order to achieve the above object, in the filter pressing apparatus of the present invention, a slurry in which powder and a dispersion liquid are mixed is filtered through a filter cloth to form a liquid leak. A filter press device comprising: a filter press main body that is separated into dehydrated cake; a pan located below the filter press main body; and a hopper that is located below the pan and has an opening at the top thereof. The one side has a lower slope than the other side, covers the lower side of the filter press body, and is made of a substantially flat plate that can be opened and closed with respect to the opening of the hopper. Multiple through holes almost vertically above
It has a thin plate or a weir plate made of a mesh body .

[0018]

[0019]

In the present invention, with the above-mentioned structure, when the filter cloth is washed, the dehydrated cake remaining inside the filter cloth is discharged from the inside of the filter cloth together with the cleaning wastewater.
The dehydrated cake, which is a solid, stays on the dam plate. On the other hand, the cleaning wastewater passes through the through hole of the dam plate provided at one end of the tray and is discharged from the gutter. That is, the dehydrated cake can be collected in the hopper without being discharged together with the cleaning wastewater.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. However, the same parts as those of the above-described conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
The present invention is characterized in that a dam plate is provided on the tray.

In FIG. 1, the filter press device comprises a filter press body 1, a tray 22, troughs 3, 3 and a hopper 4. The tray 22 located below the filter press body 1 is composed of two flat plates 22a and 22b and dam plates 23a and 23b. Flat plates 22a, 2
The main surface of 2b covers the entire lower part of the filter press body 1 and is a flat plate 22a, 22b which is both side end parts of the tray 22.
Has a slope such that one end of the plate is lower than the central portion where the flat plates 22a and 22b overlap. Barrier plates 23a, 23b
Is a thin plate having a plurality of through holes H, and is a flat plate 22.
It is provided on one end side of a, 22b substantially vertically above the main surfaces of the flat plates 22a, 22b. And the saucer 22
Can be opened and closed, for example, by moving the central portion downward with the vicinity of one ends of the flat plates 22a and 22b as a fulcrum.

At both ends of the tray 22, gutters 3, 3 are provided slightly below the flat plates 22a, 22b, and the leaked liquid and the cleaning wastewater discharged from the filter press main body 1 are flat plates 22a, 22b. Flow on the main surface of 22b, and the weir plate 23
It passes through the through holes H of a and 23b and is discharged through the gutters 3 and 3.

Next, the operation of the filter press device having such a structure will be described by replacing the tray 2 of the conventional example shown in FIGS. 4 and 8 with the tray 22.

In FIG. 4, the slurry is injected from the first opening 5 of the filter press body 1 and filtered through the filter cloth 7, and the slurry remaining in the inner space 8 surrounded by the filter cloth 7 is dehydrated. For this purpose, the pressure medium is injected into the diaphragm 9. That is, when the slurry is squeezed through the filter cloth 7, the leaked liquid is discharged from below the filter press body 1,
It flows over the main surface of the closed tray 22 to a slightly lower end side, passes through the through holes H of the dam plates 23a and 23b, and is then discharged to the outside of the filter press apparatus through the gutters 3 and 3. Next, in FIG. 8, the dehydrated cake 11 dehydrated by moving the filter plate 1a and opening the filter cloth 7
It falls downward from the gap a, passes through the open tray 22 with the central part facing downward, and stays in the hopper 4.

Next, the cleaning nozzle 10 is inserted into the space 8 between the opened filter plates 1a to clean the filter cloth 7. At this time,
As shown in FIG. 3, since the tray 22 is closed, the cleaning wastewater that has washed the filter cloth 7 flows over the main surface of the tray 22, passes through the weir plates 23a and 23b, and is discharged from the gutters 3 and 3. .
However, when the filter plate 1a is opened and the dehydrated cake 11 is dropped, a part of the dehydrated cake 1 attached to the filter cloth 7 without dropping.
1 is the saucer 2 which is washed away with the wash water and the wash waste water
Although it is made to flow on the main surface of No. 2, it remains on the main surface of the tray 22 by the dam plates 23a and 23b.

After the washing with the washing water is completed, as shown in FIG. 3, by opening the central portion of the tray 22 downward, the dehydrated cake 11 remaining on the dam plates 23a and 23b is collected in the hopper 4.

The weir plates 23a and 23b provided at one end of the tray 22 discharge only the leaked liquid through the through holes H and do not let the dehydrated cake 11 which is a solid matter flow out into the gutters 3 and 3. belongs to. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
The present invention is not limited to the thin plate having the through holes H, and may be a net-like body or other one having a similar function, for example, a comb-shaped one. In particular, the weir plates 23a and 23b made of fine meshes are effective when the dehydrated cake discharged together with the cleaning wastewater is fine and when the amount of cleaning wastewater is large.

[0028]

As described above, in the filter press device according to the present invention, when the filter cloth is washed, the dehydrated cake remaining inside the filter cloth is discharged from the inside of the filter cloth together with the cleaning wastewater. The solid dewatered cake is retained by the weir plate provided at one end of the tray without being discharged together with the cleaning wastewater. On the other hand, the cleaning wastewater passes through the through hole of the dam plate provided at one end of the tray and is discharged from the gutter.

By opening the tray after the cleaning wastewater is discharged, the dehydrated cake remaining inside the filter cloth can be collected in the hopper. Therefore, the loss amount of the dehydrated cake can be reduced, and the recovery rate of the dehydrated cake can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part showing an embodiment of a filter press device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state in which the inside of the filter cloth is washed in the filter press device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing a state in which the dehydrated cake on the tray is collected in the filter press device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an outline of a conventional filter press device, and particularly showing a state where a tray is closed.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a filter press body.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the filter press body showing a state in which the diaphragm is inflated by a pressure medium to squeeze the slurry injected inside the filter cloth.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the filter press body showing a state in which the filter plate and the filter cloth are opened to drop the dehydrated cake.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the filter press device showing a state in which the filter plate and the tray are opened and the dehydrated cake is dropped.

FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of the filter press body showing a state in which the filter cloth is being washed.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the filter press device showing a state in which the filter cloth is being washed.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Filter press body 1a Filter plate 4 hopper 7 filter cloth 10 Washing nozzle 11 dehydrated cake 22 saucer 22a, 22b Horizontal plate 23a, 23b Weir plate H through hole

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shozo Fujii 2 26-10 Tenjin, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hisaichi Kobayashi 2 26-10 Tenjin, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-7-213811 (JP, A) JP-A-7-232011 (JP, A) Jpn. (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B01D 25/12

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A slurry obtained by mixing powder and a dispersion,
A filter press main body that separates liquid leakage and dehydrated cake by filtering through a filter cloth, a pan located below the filter press main body, and an opening above the pan that is located below the pan In a filter press apparatus including a hopper, the tray has a substantially flat plate that has one end side having a lower gradient than the other end side, covers the lower part of the filter press body, and can be opened and closed with respect to the opening of the hopper. , A plurality of through-holes on one end side of this tray are formed almost vertically above the flat plate.
A filter press device comprising a weir plate made of a thin plate having 2. A slurry obtained by mixing powder and a dispersion,
By filtering through a filter cloth, liquid leakage and dehydrated cake can be obtained.
A filter press main body to be separated, a tray located below the filter press main body, and a hook that is located below the tray and has an opening at the top.
In the filter press device including a par, the tray has a lower slope on one end side than on the other end side, and
Cover the bottom of the filter press body and open the hopper.
It consists of a flat plate that can be opened and closed with respect to the mouth,
On one end side, a net-like body is formed vertically above the flat plate.
A filter press device characterized by having a dam plate .