Method and apparatus for hydrolyzing organic solid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9340442-B2
Application number	US-201514858548-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 3, 2010
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for hydrolyzing an organic solid are described. The method includes mixing an organic solid and a nanobubble water having a plurality of nanobubbles, to form an organic liquid, in which the nanobubbles contain a combustible gas; and applying an ultrasonic wave on the organic liquid, such that the nanobubbles generate an additional cavitation effect. A preprocessor is applicable to an organic solid processing system having an anaerobic digestion tank, in which the anaerobic digestion tank has anaerobic microbes for generating a combustible gas. The preprocessor includes a nanobubble water generator, a digestion tank, and an ultrasonic wave generator. With the method and the structure, the nanobubbles are used to increase the probability of generation of the additional cavitation effect, and the combustible gas is used to improve an impact force of bursts produced by the cavitation effect.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A preprocessor for hydrolyzing an organic solid, applicable to an anaerobic digestion tank, wherein the anaerobic digestion tank has anaerobic microbes for generating a combustible gas, the preprocessor comprising:
a nanobubble water generator, for making a plurality of nanobubbles by using a part of the combustible gas and mixing the nanobubbles with water to form a nanobubble water;
a digestion tank, comprising an organic solid inlet, for accommodating an organic liquid, wherein the organic liquid contains an organic solid and the nanobubble water;
an ultrasonic wave generator, for generating an ultrasonic wave to the organic liquid in the digestion tank, such that the nanobubbles generate a cavitation effect; and
a duct, wherein the duct is connected between the anaerobic digestion tank and the nanobubble water generator, which to guide the combustible gas to the nanobubble water generator, so as to generate the nanobubble water having the combustible gas, the organic solid is filled into the digestion tank through the organic solid inlet from the outside, and the nanobubble water flows into the digestion tank through a water outlet of the nanobubble water generator, and is mixed with the organic solid in the digestion tank to form the organic liquid.

2. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein the combustible gas is a biogas.

3. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein the combustible gas is methane, hydrogen gas, or a mixture thereof.

4. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , further comprising a mixing tank, wherein the mixing tank has an organic solid inlet, a nanobubble water inlet, and an outlet, the mixing tank connects the nanobubble water generator and the digestion tank, the organic solid is filled into the mixing tank through the organic solid inlet from the outside, the inlet is connected to the nanobubble water generator, the nanobubble water flows into the mixing tank through the inlet and is mixed with the organic solid in the mixing tank, to form the organic liquid, and the outlet is connected to the digestion tank, to deliver the organic liquid into the digestion tank.

5. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein a particle diameter of the nanobubbles is in a range of 10 nm to 999 nm.

6. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency of the ultrasonic wave is in a range of 20 kHz to 100 kHz.

7. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein a volume percent ratio of the nanobubble water and the organic solid in the organic liquid is in a range of 0.05:1 to 1:1.

8. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein the nanobubble water generator has a water inlet at one end.

9. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonic wave generator applies ultrasonic wave energy to the organic liquid to generate the cavitation effect.

10. The preprocessor for hydrolyzing the organic solid according to claim 1 , wherein the digestion tank is connected to the anaerobic digestion tank, such that the organic liquid in the digestion tank flows into the anaerobic digestion tank, to increase the amount of the combustible gas generated by the subsequent digestion of the anaerobic microbes.

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Chen Shing-Der
• Chu Chen-Hua
• Chang Wang-Kuan
• Chen Shing
• Liang Teh-Ming
• Chou Shan-Shan

Classifications

• Y02E50/343

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02W10/23

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• C02F2303/26

  Reducing the size of particles, liquid droplets or bubbles, e.g. by crushing, grinding, spraying, creation of microbubbles or nanobubbles · CPC title

• C02F11/04 Primary

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

• C02F1/36

  ultrasonic vibrations · CPC title