KR100757173B1 - Waste collection system and operating method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic waste collecting system and a method for operating the same are provided to effectively manage the system by processing the wastes temporarily stored in a plurality of chutes all together. An automatic waste collecting system includes an introduction apparatus(100), a collection apparatus(200), and a control apparatus(300). The introduction apparatus includes a pair of waste introduction units(110,120) and an air suction opening(130). The collection apparatus includes a pipe converter, a general waste processing unit, a food waste processing unit, and a pig receiver(220). The control apparatus includes a suction blower(310) and an environmental contamination preventing unit. The control apparatus controls overall operations of the automatic waste collecting system based on a time arrival signal generated by a time measurement unit.

Description

Waste collection system and operating method {Waste collection system and operating method for the same}

1 is a block diagram of an automatic garbage collection system.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the garbage inlet and the chute.

3 is a configuration diagram showing a communication connection relationship between the control means and each facility.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating an automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention.

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100 input equipment

200 collection equipment

300 control equipment

The present invention relates to an automatic garbage collection system and a method of operating the same, and more particularly, to an automatic garbage collection system and a method of operating the garbage collection system capable of effectively collecting garbage by operating the automatic garbage collection system at regular time intervals.

The generation of garbage in the process of human life is inevitable. Recently, the generation of garbage rapidly increases due to the rapid industrialization, and the disposal of garbage becomes a social problem as it exceeds the limit of natural purification. In order to solve the waste disposal problem, recently, the waste discharger's responsibility has been strengthened through a system such as a pay-as-you-go system and separate collection of food.

On the other hand, the discharged waste is collected and finally collected in a garbage dump and incinerated or recycled according to the type of garbage. Background Art In the past, the collection of the discharged waste is usually selected by a cleaning person using a vehicle, and various problems related to the collection and transportation of the garbage have been solved by increasing the frequency of the collection of personnel, vehicles, and collection. However, there is a problem that the garbage collection method, which is dependent on manpower and vehicles, is inefficient due to a large part of labor cost in terms of cost.

Recently, automatic garbage collection systems have been applied to residential complexes such as apartments to improve the garbage collection method. The automatic garbage collection system is equipped with a plurality of garbage inlets and transports the waste put into the garbage inlet through the underground pipe line and finally collects them in the garbage dump.

This automatic garbage collection system can minimize the manpower can reduce the cost of waste collection. On the other hand, such a waste automatic collection system is required to efficiently manage as the manpower is minimized. In general, the automatic garbage collection system uses a suction blower to collect garbage in a conduit to a garbage dump. If the suction blower is operated at all times, the operating cost of the system is inevitably increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been developed to meet such demands, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic garbage collection system and a method of operating the garbage collection system that can effectively collect garbage by operating the automatic garbage collection system at regular time intervals.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, as a waste automatic collection system for automatically collecting and processing garbage using a transport pipe, a plurality of general wastes provided with a waste inlet and providing a space in which general waste or food waste is input A chute serving as a temporary storage unit of the input means and food waste input means, the general waste or food waste which is provided under each of the general waste input means and the food waste input means, and the general waste supplied from the chute or A general waste treatment facility and a food waste disposal facility for collecting and treating food waste, a transport pipe provided between the chute and the waste disposal facility and providing a transport space for general waste or food waste, and suctioning air in the transport pipe Conveying pipeline A suction blower for providing power to move the waste in the garbage, and between the suction blower and the general waste disposal facility, and between the suction blower and the food waste disposal facility, respectively, to suck in the air in the transfer pipe and the waste disposal facility. An air passage provided with a shutoff valve on one side, an air intake port serving to supply air to the transfer pipe, a transfer pipe connected to the chute, and the general waste disposal facility or food waste treatment It serves to mediate the transport pipe connected to the facility, one side is provided with a medium transport pipe connected to the transport pipe of the chute, one side of the transport transport pipe for transporting or food waste of the general waste treatment facility It consists of a conversion valve that is selectively detached and attached to the transfer pipe of the processing facility. Automatically based on the time arrival signal generated by the time measurement means by establishing a communication connection with a pipeline converter, a time measurement means for generating a time arrival signal at regular time intervals, and various components of the automatic garbage collection system. There is provided an automatic garbage collection system comprising a control means for controlling the overall operation of the collection system.

In the present invention, at the bottom of the chute, there may be provided with a discharge valve that serves to selectively discharge the general waste or food waste loaded in the chute to the delivery line.

In addition, a pig launcher connected to one side of the transport duct to serve to launch the pigs in the transport duct, and a pig receiver connected to the other side of the transport duct to serve the pigs launched from the pig launcher further The air receiver may be provided at one side of the pig receiver connected to the suction blower.

In addition, the general waste disposal facility, a general waste centrifuge that collects the general waste transported through the transfer pipe, and serves to separate the general waste and air, and the general waste separated through the general waste centrifuge It may be configured to include a compression means for compressing, and a storage means for storing the compressed general waste.

The food waste treatment facility includes a food waste separator that collects food waste transported through the transport pipe, separates food waste and air, and removes a garbage bag from the food waste separated through the food waste centrifuge. It may be configured to include a foreign matter separator that serves to separate, and a storage tank for storing food waste passed through the food waste separator and the foreign matter separator.

In particular, by receiving the air exhausted through the air flow path of the general waste disposal facility or food waste treatment facility, there is further provided an environmental pollution prevention facility that serves to remove odors, foreign substances, etc. contained in the air. The prevention equipment may consist of a combination of filtration means, cooling means, deodorization means, disinfection means and discharge means.

In the method of operating the automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention, the general waste or food waste input means is put in the general waste or food waste is loaded into the chute, and the time measuring means to the time arrival signal Generating and transmitting to the control means, selecting any one of general waste or food waste, and the control means transmits a command to block the inlet of the waste injecting means to block the inlet of the waste injecting means. And controlling the conversion valve of the pipeline switcher to be connected to a transport pipe of the waste treatment facility, blocking an air flow path other than the air flow path connected to the waste disposal facility, and the suction unit. Activate the blower to draw air from the air intake Is the phase, and by being obtained by opening the discharge valve of the chute via the transport the waste conduit, for conveying parameters of the channel transition in the pipeline suit including the step of collecting the waste to the treatment facility.

Preferably, after the step of collecting the waste in the waste treatment facility, the step of purifying the odor, foreign matter contained in the air in the waste treatment facility through the filtering means, cooling means, deodorizing means, disinfection means do.

In addition, after the step of collecting the waste in the waste treatment facility, it is determined whether the processing for all the chute has been completed, and if the processing for all the chute is not completed, the suit of the next number of the previous chute Opening the discharge valve further comprises collecting the waste in the chute through the transfer pipe, the intermediate transfer pipe of the pipeline converter to the waste treatment facility.

According to a feature of the present invention, by collectively processing the waste temporarily stored in a plurality of chute at a certain time interval, it is possible to effectively manage the system and to reduce the overall management cost of the system.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail the automatic garbage collection system and its operation method according to the present invention. 1 is a configuration diagram of the automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the garbage inlet and chute, Figure 3 is a configuration diagram showing the communication connection relationship between the control means and each facility.

First, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention is composed of a combination of an input facility 100, a collection facility 200, and a control facility 300.

The input equipment 100 is configured in detail of the waste input means 110, 120, the air inlet 130, and the like. The waste injecting means 110 and 120 are provided on the ground as a device for injecting waste from a waste ejector and may be provided in plural as necessary. As shown in FIG. 2, a chute 160 is provided at a lower end of the garbage injecting means to temporarily store the waste introduced through the inlets 111 and 121 of the waste injecting means. The chute 160 is provided under the ground, and a discharge valve 161 is provided at the lower end of the chute 160 to selectively discharge the waste in the chute 160. In addition, one end of the chute 160 is connected to the conveying pipeline so that the waste in the chute 160 is finally transported to the conveying pipeline through the discharge valve 161. For reference, the garbage input means may be divided into general waste input means 110, food waste input means 120, etc. according to the type of garbage.

The air inlet 130 is provided at a position spaced apart from the waste input means by a predetermined distance, and serves to provide air to the transfer pipe 150. To this end, one end of the air intake port 130 is connected to the transport conduit 150, and the waste in the transport conduit 150 may move by the air sucked through the air intake port 130.

In addition to the waste input means and the air inlet 130, a pig launcher 140 may be further provided in the input equipment 100. The pig launcher 140 is a device for launching a pig having a predetermined shape into the transfer pipe at a predetermined speed as a means for drilling the transfer pipe when it is blocked by foreign matter.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 1, the collection facility 200 includes a pipeline converter, a general waste disposal facility, a food waste disposal facility, a pig receiver 220, and the like. One side of the general waste disposal facility, food waste disposal facility, pig receiver 220 is provided with a transport pipe.

The pipeline switcher 240 serves to selectively connect the transport pipe of the input facility 100 and the transport pipe of the collection facility 200. That is, when the waste transported through the transport pipe of the input facility 100 is general waste, the transport pipe 150 of the input facility 100 is connected to the transport pipe 214 of the general waste treatment facility, and the food waste Is transported to the transport pipe 150 of the feeder 100 to the transport pipe 235 of the food waste, and when the pig is launched by the pig launcher 140, the feed of the feeder 100 It connects the conduit 150 to the transport conduit 221 of the pig receiver 220 serves to accommodate the fired pig is received in the pig receiver 220. In order to perform such a role, the pipeline switcher 240 selectively removes and attaches the intermediate transport pipeline 241 and the intermediate transport pipeline 241 to each transport pipeline of the collection facility 200. For a conversion valve 242.

The general waste disposal facility may be specifically configured as a general waste centrifuge 211, compression means 212, storage means 213 and the like. The general waste centrifugal separator 211 serves to separate waste and air by receiving general waste through a transport pipe, and the separated general waste is compressed by the compression means 212 and the compressed general waste is a container or the like. The same storage means 213 is stored.

The food waste treatment facility may also be subdivided into a food waste separator 231, a foreign matter separator 232, a storage tank 233, a transport conveyor 234, and the like. The food waste separator 231 receives food waste through a transport pipe and separates it into garbage and air, and the foreign matter separator 232 selectively separates a garbage bag put together with food waste. The food waste passed through the food waste separator 231 and the foreign matter separator 232 is carried out to the outside via the storage tank 233 and the export conveyor 234.

On the other hand, the control device 300 is divided into a suction blower 310 and environmental pollution prevention equipment. The suction blower 310 is connected to the general waste treatment facility, the food waste treatment facility, and the pig receiver of the collecting facility 200 through an air flow path, respectively, to provide power for moving garbage or pigs in the transport pipe. Do it. Here, the air flow path 215 between the general waste disposal facility and the suction blower 310, the air flow path 236 between the food waste disposal facility and the suction blower 310, the pig receiver 220 and the suction A shutoff valve 250 is provided at one side of the air flow passage 222 between the blowers 310 to selectively block a specific air flow path to concentrate the operation of the suction blower 310 on the operation target transport pipe.

The environmental pollution prevention facility is composed of filtration means 321, cooling means 322, deodorization means 323, disinfection means 324, etc., the air in the general waste centrifuge 211 and the food waste separator 231 It is supplied through the air passage serves to remove odors, pollutants, etc. contained in the air. In addition, one side of the cooling means 322 may be provided with a thermal utilization facility 325 using the excess heat generated by the cooling means 322.

On the other hand, the control device 300 is further provided with a control means 400 and the time measuring means 410. The time measuring means 410 transmits a signal corresponding to the control means 400 when a certain period of time arrives. As shown in FIG. 3, when the control means 400 receives a signal indicating a specific time, that is, a system operation time, from the time measuring means 410 by establishing a communication connection relationship with all components of the automatic garbage collection system. Operation of the suction blower 310 and the conversion valve 242 of the pipeline switching unit 240, the shutoff valve 250 of the air flow path, the discharge valve 161 of the chute 160, the inlet 111 of the waste inlet means ) 121 and selectively controls. Here, the time setting of the time measuring means 410 may be arbitrarily set through a user interface (not shown) such as an operation panel.

The configuration of the automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention has been described, and the operation of the automatic garbage collection system, that is, the operation method of the automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention will be described. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating an automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, a process of injecting general waste or food waste into the waste injecting means is performed (S401). Garbage put into the garbage injecting means is temporarily stored in the chute 160 provided under the waste injecting means (S402).

In the process of disposing of such waste, the time measuring means 410 continuously checks whether the time set by the user, that is, whether the system time has arrived, and controls the corresponding signal when the set time arrives. It transmits to the means 400 (S403) (S404).

The generation of the time arrival signal corresponds to an event informing the operation of the automatic garbage collection system. When the control means 400 receives the time arrival signal, the control means 400 transmits a control command to each facility of the automatic garbage collection system. Control the operation of the equipment. The specific process is as follows.

First, it is assumed that there are n chute of general waste input means and chute of food waste input means.

When the control means 400 receives the time signal, the control means 400 transmits a command to block the inlet of the first waste input means to block the inlet. At this time, it is also possible to block all the inlet of the general waste input means, including the first general waste input means (S405).

In a state in which the inlets 111 and 121 of the general waste injecting means are blocked, the control means 400 determines the connection state of the pipeline switcher 240 on the basis of preset information. That is, it is determined whether the conversion valve 242 of the pipeline switcher 240 is connected to the transport pipe of any facility among the general waste treatment facility, the food waste treatment facility, and the pig receiver 220 of the collecting facility 200. .

If the conversion valve 242 of the pipeline switcher 240 is not connected to the transport line of the general waste treatment facility and is connected to the food waste treatment facility or the transport line of the pig receiver 220, the conversion valve 242 is Control to be connected to the transport pipe of the general waste treatment facility (S406). Accordingly, the transport pipe of the input facility 100 and the transport pipe of the general waste treatment facility are connected to each other by the medium transport pipe 241 of the pipe line converter 240.

Then, the air flow path between the food waste processing facility and the suction blower 310 and the air shutoff valve 250 provided in the air flow path between the pig receiver 220 and the suction blower 310 are cut off, respectively. As a result, only the air flow path between the suction blower 310 and the general waste injecting means is made open (S407). Subsequently, the intake valve 131 of the air inlet 130 is opened and the intake blower 310 is operated (S408). Through the above process, the preparation process for transferring the material loaded in the transport pipe of the input facility 100 to the collection facility 200 is completed.

In such a state, the discharge valve 161 of the first chute 160 provided in the lower portion of the first general garbage injecting means is opened (S409). Accordingly, the general wastes temporarily stored in the chute 160 are transferred to the input pipe 100, the transfer pipe 241 for the mediation of the pipe changer 240, and the transport pipe of the collecting facility 200. It is collected in the general waste centrifuge 211 via (S410). The general garbage collected in the general waste centrifuge 211 is stored in a compressed form through the compression means 212 and the storage means 213, which is finally carried out by a transport vehicle (S411) (S412). On the other hand, the air separated by the general waste centrifugal separator 211 is exhausted to the filtering means 321, purified through the cooling means 322, deodorizing means 323, disinfection means 324 and discharged to the outside (S415) (S416).

Through the above process, the waste disposal loaded in the chute 1 of the general waste input means is completed. If the above process is repeatedly performed for chute 2 to chute n, it is possible to process the general waste temporarily stored in the chute of all the general waste input means (S413) (S414).

Meanwhile, the general waste disposal method has been described through the above description, and the above-described series of processes are similarly applied to the waste disposal method. The following is a brief summary of how to dispose of food waste.

First, the food waste is injected into the food waste injecting means, and the time input signal is generated by the time measuring means, so that the openings 111 and 121 of the food waste injecting means are blocked and the conversion valve 242 of the pipeline converter is operated. In order to selectively shut off the shutoff valve 250 of the transfer pipe, operate the suction blower 310, and open the discharge valve 161 of the first chute, a series of processes are the same as the general waste disposal method (S401). S409).

Subsequently, the food wastes in the chute 160 are opened to the discharge valve 161 so that the food wastes in the chute 160 may be transported to the input device 100, a transport pipe 241 for the mediation of the pipeline switcher 240, and the collection facility 200. The food waste is collected in the food waste separator 231 through a transport pipe, and the collected food waste is taken out to the outside through the foreign matter separator 232, the storage tank 233, and the export conveyor 234. This is completed (S410 to S412). At this time, the air separated by the food waste separator 231 is exhausted to the filtering means 321, purified through the cooling means 322, deodorizing means 323, disinfection means 324 and discharged to the outside (S415) (S416).

After the process for the first chute is completed, repeating the steps S409 to S412 for the second to nth chute can process food waste temporarily stored in all chute.

On the other hand, according to the present invention in addition to the treatment of the general waste or food waste as described above, if the transport line between the input facility 100 and the collecting facility 200 is blocked, that is, a solution for the pig launcher 140 and the pig receiver We propose a way to remove the blockage of the pipeline using (220). Specifically, when the feed through the pig launcher 140 in the state connected to the conversion valve 242 and the intermediate transfer pipe 241 of the pipeline converter to the feed pipe of the pig receiver 220, the feed of the feeder 100 Through the pipe line and the feed line of the pig receiver 220 is finally accommodated in the pig receiver 220 is able to solve the blocked state in the feed line.

Operation method of the automatic garbage collection system according to the present invention has the following effects.

By batching wastes temporarily stored in multiple chutes at regular intervals, the system can be effectively managed and the overall management cost of the system can be reduced.

Claims (9)

In the garbage collection system for automatically collecting and processing garbage by using a transport pipeline, A plurality of general waste injecting means and food waste injecting means, which provide a space into which the general waste or food waste is input and have a waste inlet; A chute serving to temporarily store the general waste or food waste, which is provided under each of the general waste input means and the food waste input means; A general waste disposal facility and a food waste disposal facility for collecting and processing general waste or food waste supplied from the chute; A conveying conduit provided between the chute and the waste disposal facility to provide a transport space for general waste or food waste; A suction blower that sucks air in the transfer pipe and provides power to move garbage in the transfer pipe; An air flow path provided between the suction blower and the general waste disposal facility and between the suction blower and the food waste disposal facility, respectively, to suck air in the transfer pipe and the waste disposal facility, and having a shutoff valve at one side ; An air inlet serving to provide air to the conveying conduit; A mediation conveying line connected to the chute, and a mediation conveying line connected to the general waste processing facility or a food waste processing facility, one side connected to the chute conveying line of the chute, and A pipe line converter provided at one side of the transfer pipe for conduit and configured to selectively remove and attach to a transfer pipe of the general waste disposal facility or a transport pipe of the food waste disposal facility; Time measurement means for generating a time arrival signal at regular time intervals; And control means for establishing a communication connection relationship with all components of the automatic garbage collection system and controlling overall operation of the automatic garbage collection system based on a time arrival signal generated by the time measurement means. Garbage collection system. The method of claim 1, At the bottom of the chute, the automatic waste collection system, characterized in that the discharge valve that serves to selectively discharge the general waste or food waste loaded in the chute to the transfer pipe. The method of claim 1, It is further provided with a pig launcher connected to one side of the transport duct to serve to launch a pig in the transport duct, and a pig receiver connected to the other side of the transport duct to serve the pigs emitted from the pig launcher. And one side of the pig receiver is provided with an air passage connected to the suction blower. According to claim 1, wherein said general waste disposal facility, A general garbage centrifuge which collects general waste transported through the transfer pipe and serves to separate general waste and air; Compression means for compressing the general waste separated through the general waste centrifuge, And a storage means for storing the compressed general waste. The food waste treatment facility of claim 1, A food waste separator that collects food waste transported through the transport pipe and separates food waste and air; A foreign matter separator that serves to separate the garbage bags from the food waste separated through the food waste centrifuge, Automatic garbage collection system comprising a storage tank for storing food waste passed through the food waste separator and foreign matter separator. According to claim 1, Environmental pollution prevention equipment that serves to remove the odor, foreign substances, etc. contained in the air by receiving the air exhausted through the air flow path of the general waste treatment facility or food waste treatment facility. , The environmental pollution prevention facility is automatic garbage collection system, characterized in that composed of a combination of filtration means, cooling means, deodorization means, disinfection means and discharge means. In the operation method of the automatic garbage collection system of claim 1, Loading general waste or food waste into the chute input means or food waste input means and loading the waste into the chute; Generating, by the time measuring means, a time arrival signal to a control means; Selecting a treatment of either general waste or food waste; Blocking the inlet of the waste injecting means by the control means transmitting a command to block the inlet of the waste injecting means; Controlling the conversion valve of the pipeline converter to be connected to a transport pipeline of a corresponding waste treatment facility; Blocking air passages other than air passages connected to the waste disposal facility; Operating the suction blower to suck air from an air intake; And opening the discharge valve of the chute to collect the waste in the chute at the waste disposal facility via a delivery line, a mediation transfer line of a pipeline switcher. According to claim 7, After the step of collecting the waste treatment facility, And purifying odors and foreign matters contained in the air in the waste treatment facility through filtration means, cooling means, deodorization means, and disinfection means. According to claim 7, After the step of collecting waste to the waste treatment facility, It is determined whether all chutes have been processed, and if all chutes have not been completed, open the discharge valve of the chute corresponding to the next number of the previous chute to transfer the waste in the chute. And collecting the wastes in the waste treatment facility via an intermediary conveying pipeline.

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