Immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device and application method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11673076-B2
Application number	US-202217586808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2022
Priority date	Sep 24, 2021
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

The present invention discloses an immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device and an application method thereof, the induction device comprises an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve that are connected up and down and form a communicated inner cavity, a set of infrared emitters and infrared receivers that are located on an inner wall of the upper sleeve and are oppositely arranged, a transparent hard ring that is annularly adhered to front sides of the infrared emitters and the infrared receivers, and a push rod assembly that can move up and down in the inner cavity and is used for cleaning the transparent hard ring; wherein a sludge outlet hole and a water outlet hole located below the sludge outlet hole are arranged on the upper sleeve, a bearing plate is arranged in the inner cavity of the lower sleeve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device, comprising: an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve that are connected up and down and form a communicated inner cavity, a set of infrared emitter and infrared receiver that are located on an inner wall of the upper sleeve and are oppositely arranged, a transparent hard ring that is annularly adhered to front sides of the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver, and a push rod assembly that moves up and down in the inner cavity and is used for cleaning the transparent hard ring; wherein a sludge outlet hole and a water outlet hole located below the sludge outlet hole are arranged on the upper sleeve, a bearing plate is arranged in the inner cavity of the lower sleeve, the push rod assembly passes through and rests on the bearing plate, a clean water cavity is arranged below the bearing plate, a water inlet hole and a water feeding hole that is connected with a water outlet hole through a cleaning bent pipe are arranged on the clean water cavity, and a sludge inlet cavity with a sludge inlet hole is arranged above the bearing plate; in an operating state, the infrared receiver outputs a first signal when the sludge enters the inner cavity from the sludge inlet hole and the infrared receiver receives infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitter, and the infrared receiver outputs a second signal when the sludge blocks the transparent hard ring and blocks the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitter; in a cleaning state, when clean water enters the clean water cavity from the water inlet hole, the clean water pushes the push rod assembly to move upwards, the clean water enters the cleaning bent pipe from the water feeding hole and is sprayed out from the water outlet hole, and the push rod assembly scrubs the transparent hard ring under an action of water flow.

2. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , wherein the push rod assembly comprises an I-shaped push rod and a cleaning ball that is located on an upper surface of the I-shaped push rod and can roll freely, the I-shaped push rod comprises a bottom plate, a support rod and a track groove sequentially arranged from bottom to top, wherein the support rod passes through the bearing plate, and an upper surface of the track groove is provided with an arcuate surface matched with the cleaning ball.

3. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 2 , wherein the cleaning ball is a rubber ball with a plurality of convex points evenly distributed on a surface thereof.

4. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , wherein an outlet direction of the cleaning bent pipe at the water outlet hole is tangent to a wall of the upper sleeve.

5. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , wherein the water inlet hole is located at a bottom portion of the clear water cavity, the water inlet hole is connected with a water inlet bent pipe, and the water inlet bent pipe is provided with an electric valve with a valve controller.

6. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent hard ring is a transparent corundum ring with a hardness greater than that of sand grains.

7. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom portion of the lower sleeve is connected with a vertical pulling weight for maintaining an axis center of the lower sleeve perpendicular to a horizontal plane.

8. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared receiver is connected with a sludge reflux pump controller, the sludge reflux pump controller controls a sludge reflux pump not to start when the infrared receiver outputs the first signal to the sludge reflux pump controller, and the sludge reflux pump controller controls the sludge reflux pump to start when the infrared receiver outputs the second signal to the sludge reflux pump controller.

9. The immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , wherein the sludge inlet cavity is symmetrically provided with 4 circular sludge inlet holes, and an upper portion of a side wall of the upper sleeve is provided with two opposite U-shaped sludge outlet holes.

10. An application method of the immersed active infrared self-cleaning secondary sedimentation tank sludge blanket induction device according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
in the operating state, when sludge level in the secondary sedimentation tank is higher, sludge enters from the sludge inlet hole of the lower sleeve, fills whole of the inner cavity, flows out from the sludge outlet hole and blocks the infrared rays, then the infrared receiver cannot receive the infrared rays and outputs a low-level signal, the low-level signal is transmitted to a sludge reflux pump controller, and the sludge reflux pump controller controls the sludge reflux pump to start; when the sludge is gradually reduced, the sludge flows out from the sludge inlet hole, clear liquid fills in the inner cavity, the infrared rays emitted by the infrared emitter are not blocked by the sludge, the infrared receiver receives the infrared rays and outputs a high-level signal, the high-level signal is transmitted to the sludge reflux pump controller, and the sludge reflux pump controller controls the sludge reflux pump not to start; and
in the cleaning state, the valve controller controls an electric valve to open regularly when the infrared receiver outputs the high-level signal, after the electric valve is opened, water flow flows through the water inlet bent pipe and flows into from the water inlet hole, and impacts a bottom plate of a I-shaped push rod, so that the I-shaped push rod moves upwards and blocks an open hole of the bearing plate, a water pressure in the clean water cavity is higher than an external pressure, the open hole of the bearing plate is blocked, a cleaning ball is pushed upwards to a set position, clean water in the clean water cavity enters the cleaning bent pipe from the water feeding hole and is sprayed out from the water outlet hole, an outflow direction the water flow is tangential to the inner wall of the upper sleeve, the water flow in the inner cavity of the upper sleeve is in a rotating state, the cleaning ball is driven by the water flow to scrub the transparent hard ring, and the water flow entering the inner cavity flows out from the sludge outlet hole and the sludge inlet hole; after cleaning, the electric valve is closed, the water pressure in the clean water cavity is gradually equal to the external pressure, the I-shaped push rod and the cleaning ball fall to initial state under an action of gravity, and a cleaning process is finished.

Assignees

• Univ Hohai

Inventors

• Xu Ming
• Shen Xiaoxiao

Classifications

• G01F23/292

  Light {, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet} · CPC title

• B01D21/34

  Controlling the feed distribution; Controlling the liquid level {; Control of process parameters} · CPC title

• B01D21/302

  Active control mechanisms with external energy, e.g. with solenoid valve · CPC title

• B01D21/0024

  Inlets or outlets provided with regulating devices, e.g. valves, flaps (B01D21/24 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01F23/2921

  for discrete levels · CPC title