Solid-liquid separation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10245527-B2
Application number	US-201515546904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2015
Priority date	Jan 28, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A solid-liquid separation device performs dehydration/deoiling from a mixture of water and/or oil and a solid. Substance A is capable of dissolving water and oil. The device includes substance B circulated while generating phase change in a closed system; a compressor; a first heat exchanger exchanging condensation heat of substance B and evaporation heat of substance A; a second heat exchanger exchanging evaporation heat of substance B and condensation heat of substance A; and a treatment tank for mixing substance A with an object to be treated; substance A having been evaporated while separated from the water or the oil in the first heat exchanger, and condensed in the second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger is lower than the treatment tank in a vertical direction, and a connection port of the first heat exchanger and a lower portion of the treatment tank are connected with a flow path.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solid-liquid separation device that performs dehydration or deoiling from an object to be treated that is a mixture of water and a solid, a mixture of oil and a solid, or a mixture of water, oil, and a solid, as the object to be treated, using a substance A capable of dissolving water and oil, the solid-liquid separation device comprising:
a substance B that is circulated while generating phase change in a closed system;
a compressor that compresses the substance B;
a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat of condensation of the substance B and heat of evaporation of the substance A;
a second heat exchanger that exchanges heat of evaporation of the substance B and heat of condensation of the substance A;
a treatment tank in which the substance A is mixed with the object to be treated, the substance A having been evaporated while separated from the water or the oil in the first heat exchanger, and condensed in the second heat exchanger, wherein
the first heat exchanger is installed in a lower portion than the treatment tank in a vertical direction, and
a connection port of the first heat exchanger and a lower portion of the treatment tank are connected with a flow path; and
a third heat exchanger installed downstream of the treatment tank and upstream of the first heat exchanger in a flow path system of the substance A, and which switches a flow path of the substance B flowing into the heat exchanger 1 in an upper stream of the heat exchanger 1 to exchange heat between the substance B and the substance A, wherein
the third heat exchanger is installed in a lower portion than the treatment tank in a vertical direction.

2. A solid-liquid separation device that performs dehydration or deoiling from an object to be treated that is a mixture of water and a solid, a mixture of oil and a solid, or a mixture of water, oil, and a solid, as the object to be treated, using a substance A capable of dissolving water and oil, the solid-liquid separation device comprising:
a substance B that is circulated while generating phase change in a closed system;
a compressor that compresses the substance B;
a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat of condensation of the substance B and heat of evaporation of the substance A;
a second heat exchanger that exchanges heat of evaporation of the substance B and heat of condensation of the substance A;
a treatment tank in which the substance A is mixed with the object to be treated, the substance A having been evaporated while separated from the water or the oil in the first heat exchanger, and condensed in the second heat exchanger; and
a third heat exchanger installed downstream of the treatment tank and upstream of the first heat exchanger in a flow path system of the substance A, and which switches a flow path of the substance B flowing into the heat exchanger 1 in an upper stream of the heat exchanger 1 to exchange heat between the substance B and the substance A, wherein
the third heat exchanger is installed in a lower portion than the treatment tank in a vertical direction.

3. The solid-liquid separation device according to claim 1 , wherein
a flow path of the substance B is installed above a liquid level of the substance A in the second heat exchanger.

4. The solid-liquid separation device according to claim 1 , wherein
a flow path of the substance B is installed below a liquid level of the substance A in the first heat exchanger.

5. A biofuel extraction device, wherein
in the solid-liquid separation device according to claim 1 , oils and fats are able to be extracted by filling the treatment tank with plant cells or animal cells.

6. A sludge treatment device, wherein
in the solid-liquid separation device according to claim 1 , moisture is able to be removed from sludge that is generated in water treatment by filling the treatment tank with the sludge.

7. A water treatment device, wherein
in the solid-liquid separation device according to claim 1 , filthy water is able to be continuously purified by filling the treatment tank with activated carbon, and alternately switching the filthy water and the substance A to cause the filthy water and the substance A to come in contact with the activated carbon.

8. A water treatment device, wherein
in the solid-liquid separation device according to claim 1 , the substance A is dimethyl ether.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Sano Tadashi
• Kusumoto Hiroshi
• Watanabe Michiharu
• Matsuzawa Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• C01B32/30

  Active carbon · CPC title

• B09C1/06

  thermally · CPC title

• B09C1/08

  chemically · CPC title

• B01J20/3458

  in the gas phase · CPC title

• B01D12/00

  Displacing liquid, e.g. from wet solids or from dispersions of liquids or from solids in liquids, by means of another liquid · CPC title