Anaerobic digestion device based on self-sustained air flotation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11618872-B2
Application number	US-202117566809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2021
Priority date	Aug 26, 2019
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

An anaerobic digestion device based on self-sustained air flotation includes an anaerobic digestion tank unit, a self-sustained air flotation screening unit and a biogas measurement and collection unit. The self-sustained air flotation screening unit includes an air flotation screening part, a material sedimentation part, a reflux part and a three-phase separation part connected sequentially from bottom to top. A digested material in the anaerobic digestion tank unit is pumped into the air flotation screening part, overflows into the material sedimentation part, and then is raised to the reflux part. Gas passing through the three-phase separation part and gas produced in the anaerobic digestion tank unit enter the biogas measurement and collection unit to be measured and collected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An anaerobic digestion device based on self-sustained air flotation, comprising:
an anaerobic digestion tank;
a self-sustained air flotation screening unit; and
a biogas collector equipped with a gas flow meter;
wherein the self-sustained air flotation screening unit is bidirectionally connected with the anaerobic digestion tank through a feeding pump and a reflux pump; and the biogas collector is connected to an air outlet of the self-sustained air flotation screening unit and an air outlet of the anaerobic digestion tank; and
the self-sustained air flotation screening unit comprises an air flotation screening part, a material sedimentation part, a reflux part and a three-phase separation part connected sequentially from bottom to top; the air flotation screening part and the material sedimentation part are arranged side by side at a bottom of the self-sustained air flotation screening unit and are separated through a central partition plate; a bottom of the air flotation screening part and a bottom of the material sedimentation part are both provided with a discharging port; the reflux part is arranged at a middle-upper part of the self-sustained air flotation screening unit; an upper end of the reflux part is higher than the air flotation screening part and the material sedimentation part; a lower end of the reflux part is connected to a reflux valve and is communicated with the reflux pump; a biogas outlet of the three-phase separation part is communicated with the biogas collector; a digested material in the anaerobic digestion tank is pumped from bottom to top to flow into the air flotation screening part through the feeding pump; after a liquid level in the air flotation screening part reaches a height of the central partition plate, the digested material overflows into the material sedimentation part; after a liquid level in the material sedimentation part reaches the height of the central partition plate, the digested material in the material sedimentation part is communicated with the digested material in the air flotation screening part; as the digested material is continuously fed to the self-sustained air flotation screening unit, the liquid level in the air flotation screening part and the liquid level in the material sedimentation part together rise to the upper end of the reflux part, and the digested material overflows into the reflux part; the digested material collected in the reflux part is pumped back to the anaerobic digestion tank through the reflux pump; and gas passing through the three-phase separation part and gas produced in the anaerobic digestion tank enter the biogas collector.

2. The anaerobic digestion device of claim 1 , wherein a height-to-diameter ratio of the air flotation screening part and a height-to-diameter ratio of the material sedimentation part are greater than or equal to 6.

3. The anaerobic digestion device of claim 1 , wherein a diversion baffle plate or a gas diversion tube is arranged in the air flotation screening part and the material sedimentation part; and/or
a plurality of sampling valves are provided at different heights on a side of the air flotation screening part and a side of the material sedimentation part.

4. The anaerobic digestion device of claim 1 , wherein the anaerobic digestion tank comprises a tank main body, a heating system and a stirring system; the stirring system is arranged at an inner center of the tank main body; and the heating system is circumferentially arranged outside the tank main body;
a side surface of the tank main body is provided with a circulating feeding port and a circulating discharging port; the circulating feeding port is communicated with a lower end of the air flotation screening part; the circulating discharging port is communicated with a lower end of the reflux part; a top of the tank main body is provided with a biogas outlet, a solid feeding inlet, an acid liquid inlet, an alkali liquid inlet, a pH or temperature detector and a stirring motor; and a discharging port is provided at a bottom of the tank main body.

5. The anaerobic digestion device of claim 4 , wherein the heating system is a water-bath-jacket heating system or a coil heating system.

6. The anaerobic digestion device of claim 4 , wherein the stirring system is a central axis stirring system, a horizontal stirring system, a side inclined stirring system or an internal submersible stirring system.

Assignees

• Univ Tongji

Inventors

• Dai Xiaohu
• Zhang Yue
• Hua Yu
• Cai Chen

Classifications

• Y02E50/30

  Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel · CPC title

• C12M47/18

  Gas cleaning, e.g. scrubbers; Separation of different gases (separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours B01D45/00; separation of gases or vapours B01D53/00; gas washing apparatus for laboratory uses B01L5/04) · CPC title

• C12M27/06

  with horizontal or inclined stirrer shaft or axis · CPC title

• C12M29/04

  Filters; Permeable or porous membranes or plates, e.g. dialysis · CPC title

• C12M21/04 Primary

  for producing gas, e.g. biogas (digesters for manure with production of biogas A01C3/028, biological treatment of water, waste water or sewage C02F3/00, C02F11/02, preparation of natural gas or syngas C10L3/06, C10L3/10) · CPC title