Drainage processing apparatus and drainage processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10960404-B2
Application number	US-201816021028-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2018
Priority date	Mar 8, 2016
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A drainage processing apparatus that processes drainage expelled from a scrubber apparatus is provided. The drainage processing apparatus includes: a magnetic powder adding unit that adds magnetic powders to the drainage; a transfer unit that transfers the drainage; and an adsorbing unit that: is provided in the transfer unit; adsorbs bound matter that is contained in the drainage and contains at least a process-target substance and the magnetic powders; and retains the bound matter in the transfer unit. In one example, the adsorbing unit is able to re-release adsorbed bound matter into the transfer unit. In one example, the adsorbing unit has a permanent magnet provided to be directly insertable into and removable from within the transfer unit, and the permanent magnet adsorbs the bound matter by being inserted into the transfer unit, and re-releases the bound matter into the transfer unit by being removed from within the transfer unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drainage processing apparatus that processes drainage expelled from a scrubber apparatus, the drainage processing apparatus comprising:
a magnetic powder adding unit that adds magnetic powders to the drainage;
a transfer unit that transfers the drainage; and
an adsorbing unit that is provided in the transfer unit, the adsorbing unit configured to:
absorb bound matter that is contained in the drainage and contains at least a process-target substance and the magnetic powders,
retain the bound matter in the transfer unit,
re-release the adsorbed bound matter into the drainage in the transfer unit and expel the re-released absorbed bound matter to an outside;

a measuring unit that measures a concentration of the bound matter contained in the drainage flowing in the transfer unit downstream of the adsorbing unit; and
a control unit that, if the drainage containing the bound matter is expelled to an outside, causes the adsorbing unit to re-release the bound matter such that a concentration of the bound matter measured by the measuring unit is maintained in a tolerated range, wherein
the transfer unit has a pipe that diverges at a point of divergence into:
a first pipe that feeds the drainage back to be reused at the scrubber apparatus; and
a second pipe that expels the drainage to the outside.

2. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the magnetic powder adding unit feeds the magnetic powders into a tank in which the drainage expelled from the scrubber apparatus stays, and
the adsorbing unit is provided to the transfer unit between the tank and the point of divergence.

3. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the adsorbing unit has a permanent magnet provided to be directly insertable into and removable from within the transfer unit, and
the permanent magnet adsorbs the bound matter by being inserted into the transfer unit, and re-releases the bound matter into the transfer unit by being removed from within the transfer unit.

4. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the adsorbing unit has a permanent magnet,
a tube wall of the transfer unit has a depression to and from which the permanent magnet is insertable and removable, and
by the permanent magnet being inserted into the depression, an inner wall of the depression adsorbs the bound matter, and by the permanent magnet being removed from within the depression, the bound matter is re-released into the transfer unit.

5. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the control unit controls an amount of the permanent magnet to be inserted into the depression, based on a result of measurement at the measuring unit.

6. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the permanent magnet has a bar shape having a longer side, and is inserted such that a direction of the longer side becomes orthogonal to a direction of extension of the transfer unit.

7. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the adsorbing unit has:
a first permanent magnet; and
a second permanent magnet that is provided at a position different from the first permanent magnet in a direction of extension of the transfer unit and is provided to a tube wall opposite to the first permanent magnet.

8. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the adsorbing unit has:
a first permanent magnet provided to be directly insertable into and removable from within the transfer unit; and
a second permanent magnet provided upstream of the first permanent magnet in the transfer unit, and

a tube wall of the transfer unit has a depression to and from which the second permanent magnet is insertable and removable.

9. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the adsorbing unit has a plurality of permanent magnets, and
a density of permanent magnets upstream is lower than a density of permanent magnets downstream.

10. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the permanent magnet has a bar shape having a longer side, and is inserted such that a direction of the longer side becomes parallel with a direction of extension of the transfer unit.

11. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the transfer unit has a large diameter part having a diameter larger than diameters of pipes on an upstream side and a downstream side,
the large diameter part includes side surfaces on which openings for the pipes on the upstream side and the downstream side are formed, and
the permanent magnet is provided to a side surface of the large diameter part.

12. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if causing the adsorbing unit to re-release the bound matter, the control unit causes the bound matter to be re-released from the adsorbing unit sequentially, starting from a downstream side thereof.

13. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein an inner wall of the transfer unit is provided with a protruding part to scrape off the bound matter adsorbed to a surface of the permanent magnet, along with removal of the permanent magnet from the transfer unit.

14. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein an inner wall of the transfer unit is provided with a valve that blocks up an opening into which the permanent magnet has been inserted, along with removal of the permanent magnet from the transfer unit.

15. The drainage processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the adsorbing unit has a permanent magnet provided to be insertable into and removable from within the transfer unit, and
the permanent magnet adsorbs the bound matter by being inserted into the transfer unit, and re-releases the bound matter into the transfer unit by being removed from within the transfer unit.

16. A drainage processing apparatus that processes drainage expelled from a scrubber apparatus, the drainage processing apparatus comprising:
a magnetic powder adding unit that adds magnetic powders to the drainage;
a transfer unit that transfers the drainage; and
an adsorbing unit that is provided in the transfer unit, the adsorbing unit configured to:
absorb bound matter that is contained in the drainage and contains at least a process-target substance and the magnetic powders,
retain the bound matter in the transfer unit, and
re-release the adsorbed bound matter into the drainage in the transfer unit and expel the re-released absorbed bound matter to an outside;

a measuring unit that measures: a concentration of the bound matter contained in the drainage flowing in the transfer unit downstream of the adsorbing unit; or a flow rate of the drainage; and
a control unit that controls an amount of a permanent magnet to be inserted into the transfer unit, based on a result of measurement at the measuring unit; wherein
the transfer unit has a pipe that diverges at a point of divergence into:
a first pipe that feeds the drainage back to be reused at the scrubber apparatus; and
a second pipe that expels the drainage to the outside,

wherein
the adsorbing unit has the permanent magnet provided to be insertable into and removable from within the transfer unit, and
the permanent magnet adsorbs the bound matter by being inserted into the transfer unit, and re-releases the bound matter into the transfer unit by being removed from within the transfer unit.

17. A drainage processing method of processing drainage expelled from a scrubber apparatus, the

Assignees

• Fuji Electric Co Ltd
• Univ Utsunomiya

Inventors

• Hanai Yosuke
• Sakai Yasuzo

Classifications

• B03C1/0332 Primary

  using permanent magnets · CPC title

• B03C1/284

  with associated cleaning means, e.g. retractable non-magnetic sleeve · CPC title

• B03C2201/30

  for use in or with vehicles · CPC title

• B03C1/286

  disposed at the inner circumference of a recipient, e.g. magnetic drain bolt · CPC title

• B03C2201/24

  for measuring or calculating of parameters, e.g. efficiency · CPC title