Device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling and anaerobic sludge digestion method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12110244-B2
Application number	US-202017437811-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2020
Priority date	May 15, 2020
Publication date	Oct 8, 2024
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed are a device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling and an anaerobic sludge digestion method. The device comprises a feeder (A- 3 , B- 3 ), a conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor (A- 1 , B- 1 ) and a thermostat (A- 4 , B- 4 ), wherein the bottom of the feeder (A- 3 , B- 3 ) communicates with the top of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor (A- 1 , B- 1 ), and the bottom of the feeder (A- 3 , B- 3 ) is flush with the top of the thermostat (A- 4 , B- 4 ); the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor (A- 1 , B- 1 ) is arranged in the thermostat (A- 4 , B- 4 ); the whole coupling reactor (A- 1 , B- 1 ) is in a regular cone shape or an inverted cone shape; and a main body of the coupling reactor (A- 1 , B- 1 ) is a coiled pipe (A- 2 , B- 2 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling, comprising a feeder, a conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor and a thermostat, wherein
a bottom of the feeder communicates with the-a top of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor;
the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is arranged in the thermostat, and a bottom of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor extends out of the thermostat and is provided with a discharge hole;
the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor as a whole is in a regular cone shape or an inverted cone shape;
a main body of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is a coiled pipe; and
a hole is formed in a shoulder of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor to collect biogas.

2. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is formed in the shoulder of the coiled pipe in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor; and/or
a pipe of the coiled pipe in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is made of a heat-conducting and corrosion-resistant material.

3. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 2 , wherein an interior of the coiled pipe in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is a uniform surface.

4. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 2 , wherein the coiled pipe in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is made of stainless steel; and/or,
an inner wall of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is coated with a coating with electrocatalytic activity.

5. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 4 , wherein the coating with electrocatalytic activity is a titanium dioxide coating.

6. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 1 , wherein an interior of the coiled pipe in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is a uniform surface.

7. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the coiled pipe in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is made of stainless steel; and/or,
an inner wall of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is coated with a coating with electrocatalytic activity.

8. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 1 , wherein a pretreatment structure is arranged in the feeder.

9. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 8 , wherein the pretreatment structure is a screw blade.

10. The device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the thermostat is 25-100° C.

11. An anaerobic sludge digestion method using the device for strengthening anaerobic sludge digestion based on conical-coiled pipe coupling according to claim 1 , comprising:
step 1: treating sludge by a feeder and then enabling the treated sludge to enter a conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor;
step 2: adjusting a temperature of a thermostat so that anaerobic microorganisms in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor are subjected to constant-temperature culture for 1-40 days, collecting biogas, discharging an anaerobic digestion solution and biogas residues through a discharge hole, and meanwhile, repeating step 1;
step 3: repeating step 2 for multiple times to complete starting of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor; and
step 4: keeping the temperature of the thermostat, repeating step 1 so that retention time of the sludge in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is 12-72 h, and collecting biogas.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein repeating step 2 for multiple times to complete the starting of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor comprises:
adjusting the temperature of the thermostat so that anaerobic microorganisms in a conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor are subjected to constant-temperature culture for 10-30 days, collecting biogas, discharging the anaerobic digestion solution and biogas residues through the discharge hole, and meanwhile, repeating step 1;
adjusting the temperature of the thermostat so that anaerobic microorganisms in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor are subjected to constant-temperature culture for 5-20 days, collecting biogas, discharging the anaerobic digestion solution and biogas residues through the discharge hole, and meanwhile, repeating step 1; and
adjusting the temperature of the thermostat so that anaerobic microorganisms in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor are subjected to constant-temperature culture for 1-10 days, collecting biogas, discharging the anaerobic digestion solution and biogas residues through the discharge hole to complete the starting of the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein, in step 2 and step 4, the temperature of the thermostat is 25-100° C. independently.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein, in step 2 and step 4, the temperature of the thermostat is 37° C. or 55° C. independently.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein, in step 4, the retention time of the sludge in the conical-coiled pipe coupling reactor is 12-24 h.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein, in step 1, a feeder treatment comprises a pretreatment method of strong acid, strong alkali, mechanical stirring, hydrothermal or hydrolase.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein, in step 2 and step 4, the temperature of the thermostat is 25-100° C. independently.

18. The method according to claim 11 , wherein, in step 2 and step 4, the temperature of the thermostat is 37° C. or 55° C. independently.

Assignees

• Univ Tongji
• Shanghai Urban Pollution Control Engineering Res Center Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Ying
• Dai Xiaohu

Classifications

• Y02E50/30

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• C02F11/04 Primary

  Anaerobic treatment; Production of methane by such processes · CPC title

• C02F2301/026

  Spiral, helicoidal, radial · CPC title

• C02F3/006

  Regulation methods for biological treatment · CPC title

• C02F3/2866 Primary

  Particular arrangements for anaerobic reactors · CPC title