Radial flow hydrothermal reactor for sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9994473-B2
Application number	US-201415112688-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2014
Priority date	Apr 3, 2014
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A radial flow hydrothermal reactor for a sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment is provided. An outer and an inner cylinder are successively sleeved in a cylindrical body of the reactor. A guiding cylinder is arranged between the outer and the inner cylinder. Guiding pipes are provided on the guiding cylinder. An agitator is arranged in the inner cylinder, so that sludge has low viscosity and good fluidity after reaching reaction parameters. Because an inlet pipe is arranged below the inner cylinder, the sludge enters the inner cylinder from bottom and flows out from top, and the inner cylinder has a diameter not large, which guarantees heating time. Because of a small height-to-diameter ratio of the reactor, the sludge after heating has the good fluidity, and flows outward radially in the outer cylinder. With an increased flowing radius, a flowing velocity decreases, and a hydrothermal reaction proceeds continuously, which guarantees reaction time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radial flow hydrothermal reactor for a sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, comprising: an agitator ( 5 ), a cylindrical body ( 1 ), an outer cylinder ( 2 ) and an inner cylinder ( 4 ) which are successively coaxially arranged in said cylindrical body ( 1 ), a guiding cylinder ( 3 ) arranged between said outer cylinder ( 2 ) and said inner cylinder ( 4 ), and guiding pipes ( 9 ) provided at a lower part of a sidewall of said guiding cylinder ( 3 ); wherein:
a bottom part of said inner cylinder ( 4 ) is connected with an inlet pipe ( 10 ); a discharging pipe ( 11 ) is provided at a bottom part of said outer cylinder ( 2 ); an overflow groove ( 8 ) is arranged between said cylindrical body ( 1 ) and said outer cylinder ( 2 ); and an outlet pipe ( 12 ) is provided at a bottom part of said overflow groove ( 8 );
said agitator ( 5 ) comprises: an electric motor ( 501 ), a vane ( 502 ), an agitating shaft ( 503 ), and a supporter ( 504 ) located at a bottom part of said agitator ( 5 ); wherein: said electric motor ( 501 ) is located at a top part of said cylindrical body ( 1 ); said agitating shaft ( 503 ) has a first end connected with said electric motor ( 501 ) and a second end penetrating into said inlet pipe ( 10 ) through said cylindrical body ( 1 ) along a central axis; said agitating shaft ( 503 ) is positioned by said supporter ( 504 ); said vane ( 502 ) is arranged on said agitating shaft ( 503 ) and located in said inner cylinder ( 4 ); and
said inlet pipe ( 10 ) comprises an inner pipe ( 101 ) and an outer pipe ( 102 ), which are sleeved with each other coaxially; wherein: a scraper ( 103 ), which clings to a wall surface of said inner pipe ( 101 ), is arranged in said inner pipe ( 101 ); said scraper ( 103 ) is fixedly connected with said agitating shaft ( 503 ); a steam pipe ( 104 ) is arranged on a sidewall of said outer pipe ( 102 ) and inclines downward to connect with said outer pipe ( 102 ).

2. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 1 , wherein: said cylindrical body ( 1 ) has a height-to-diameter ratio smaller than 1, and is made of stainless steel material or reinforced concrete; an upper part of said cylindrical body ( 1 ) tapers gradually, and a sealing head ( 7 ) for sealing is arranged at said upper part of said cylindrical body ( 1 ); and a bottom surface of a lower part of said cylindrical body ( 1 ) has a 1°-2° inclination to a horizontal plane.

3. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 2 , wherein said cylindrical body ( 1 ) and said sealing head ( 7 ) are welded together or connected through a flange.

4. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 1 , wherein: a plurality of holes, for introducing steam in said outer pipe ( 102 ) into said inner pipe ( 101 ) to be mixed with sludge, is evenly opened on said inner pipe ( 101 ).

5. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said agitator ( 5 ) is a helical ribbon agitator, a helical ribbon screw agitator, or any other agitator for pushing axially.

6. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 1 , wherein a guiding cylinder head cover ( 6 ) is arranged at an upper part of said guiding cylinder ( 3 ), for preventing sludge from flowing out.

7. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said guiding pipes ( 9 ) incline downward, and are evenly and circumferentially arranged along an outer wall of said guiding cylinder ( 3 ).

8. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 1 , wherein: a height of a position of said overflow groove ( 8 ) where said overflow groove ( 8 ) is connected with said outlet pipe ( 12 ) is lower than a height of a symmetric position with respect to said agitating shaft ( 503 ) as a symmetry axis; and said height from said position of said overflow groove ( 8 ) where said overflow groove ( 8 ) is connected with said outlet pipe ( 12 ) to said symmetric position with respect to said agitating shaft ( 503 ) as said symmetry axis gradually increases.

9. The radial flow hydrothermal reactor for the sludge thermal hydrolysis treatment, as recited in claim 1 , wherein a concave groove is arranged above said discharging pipe ( 11 ).

Assignees

• Univ Xi An Jiaotong

Inventors

• Wang Shuzhong
• Qian Lili
• Tang Xingying
• Sun Panpan

Classifications

• Y02W10/40

  Valorisation of by-products of wastewater, sewage or sludge processing · CPC title

• C02F2301/026

  Spiral, helicoidal, radial · CPC title

• C02F11/10 Primary

  by pyrolysis · CPC title