Water treatment method and water treatment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11760668-B2
Application number	US-201917263644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2019
Priority date	Jul 31, 2018
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

A water treatment method that uses a reaction tank and involves repeatedly performing an operation cycle including: an inflow step for causing an inflow of waste water; a biological treatment step for subjecting the waste water to biological treatment using biological sludge; a sedimentation step for causing the biological sludge to settle; and a drainage step for draining biologically-treated water that has undergone the aforementioned biological treatment. The reaction tank is provided with an inflow port that is disposed at a position lower than an interface position of a biological sludge bed formed at the bottom of the reaction tank in the sedimentation step, and an inflow pipe that extends upward in the vertical direction from the inflow port. In the inflow step, the waste water is caused to gravitationally flow down in the inflow pipe so as to be fed into the biological sludge bed from the inflow port.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A water treatment method that uses a reaction tank in which an operational cycle is performed repeatedly, the operational cycle having introducing a wastewater, biologically treating the wastewater with a biological sludge, the biological sludge to settle, and discharging a biologically treated water that has undergone the biological treatment, wherein
the reaction tank is provided with at least two inflow ports, where each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports
is disposed at a position lower than an interface position of a biological sludge bed formed in a bottom portion of the reaction tank during the allowing to settle, and
has a corresponding inflow section that extends upward in a vertical direction from the respective inflow port such that the reaction tank is provided with at least two inflow sections;

neither of the at least two inflow sections runs to the bottom of the reaction tank; and
in the introducing, the wastewater flows down inside the at least two inflow sections due to gravity and is supplied into the biological sludge bed from the at least two inflow ports, wherein an opening of each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports is arranged in the corresponding inflow section such that the wastewater that is supplied from each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports is directed into the biological sludge bed in the same direction.

2. The water treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein in the operational cycle, the discharging is conducted while the introducing.

3. The water treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein the method also comprises at least one of supplying the biological sludge inside the reaction tank, and supplying the biologically treated water inside the reaction tank, to a continuous biological treatment tank which conducts a biological treatment with a biological sludge while receiving continuous inflow from at least one wastewater source.

4. The water treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein in the introducing, the wastewater that is supplied in the same direction from each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports is directed into the biological sludge bed in either a horizontal direction or a direction below horizontal.

5. The water treatment method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the operational cycle, the discharging is conducted while the introducing,
the reaction tank is provided with a discharge port disposed at a water surface level inside the reaction tank, and
the wastewater that is supplied in the same direction from each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports is directed into the biological sludge bed in a horizontal direction.

6. The water treatment method according to claim 5 , wherein the reaction tank is a rectangular water tank, and the at least two inflow ports and the discharge port are provided at the same sidewall of the rectangular water tank.

7. The water treatment method according to claim 5 , wherein a flow velocity v (cm/sec) of wastewater through the at least two inflow ports and a distance N (m) in a horizontal direction from the at least two inflow ports to a side surface of the reaction tank opposing the at least two inflow ports satisfies an equation shown below:
20 cm/(sec·m 1/2 )≤ v/N 1/2 ≤80 cm/(sec·m 1/2 ).

8. A water treatment device comprising a reaction tank configured to repeatedly perform an operational cycle, the operational cycle comprising introducing a wastewater, biologically treating the wastewater with a biological sludge, allowing the biological sludge to settle, and discharging a biologically treated water that has undergone the biological treatment, wherein
the reaction tank is provided with at least two inflow ports, where each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports
is disposed at a position lower than an interface position of a biological sludge bed formed in a bottom portion of the reaction tank during the allowing to settle, and
has a corresponding inflow section that extends upward in a vertical direction from the respective inflow port such that the reaction tank is provided with at least two inflow sections;

neither of the at least two inflow sections runs to the bottom of the reaction tank; and
the reaction tank is configured such that in the introducing, the wastewater flows down inside the at least two inflow sections due to gravity and is supplied into the biological sludge bed from the at least two inflow ports, wherein an opening of each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports is arranged in the corresponding inflow section such that the wastewater that is supplied from each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports is directed into the biological sludge bed in the same direction.

9. The water treatment device according to claim 8 , wherein the reaction tank is configured such that in the operational cycle, the discharging is conducted while the introducing is occurring.

10. The water treatment device according to claim 8 , further comprising at least one of a sludge supply section for supplying the biological sludge inside the reaction tank, and a treated water supply section for supplying the biologically treated water inside the reaction tank, to a continuous biological treatment tank which conducts a biological treatment with a biological sludge while receiving continuous inflow of a wastewater.

11. The water treatment device according to claim 8 , wherein the opening of each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports opens in either a horizontal direction or a direction below horizontal.

12. The water treatment device according to claim 8 , wherein
in the operational cycle, the reaction tank is configured such that the discharging is conducted while conducting the introducing,
the reaction tank comprises a discharge port, wherein the discharge port is installed at a location that defines a water surface level inside the reaction tank, and
the opening of each inflow port of the at least two inflow ports opens in a horizontal direction.

13. The water treatment device according to claim 12 , wherein the reaction tank is a rectangular water tank, and the at least two inflow ports and the discharge port are provided at the same sidewall of the rectangular water tank.

14. The water treatment device according to claim 12 , wherein the water treatment device is configured such that a flow velocity v (cm/sec) of wastewater through the at least two inflow ports and a distance N (m) in a horizontal direction from the at least two inflow ports to a side surface of the reaction tank opposing the at least two inflow ports satisfies an equation shown below:
20 cm/(sec·m 1/2 )≤ v/N 1/2 ≤80 cm/(sec·m 1/2 ).

Assignees

• Organo Corp

Inventors

• Miyake Masaki
• Hasebe Yoshiaki
• Yamamoto Shohei
• WAKAYAMA Hizuru

Classifications

• C02F3/1263 Primary

  Sequencing batch reactors [SBR] · CPC title

• C02F3/1236 Primary

  Particular type of activated sludge installations · CPC title

• Y02W10/10

  Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage · CPC title

• C02F2203/006

  details of construction, e.g. specially adapted seals, modules, connections · CPC title

• C02F2209/005

  Processes using a programmable logic controller [PLC] · CPC title