The disclosure relates to the technical field of treatment of uranium tailings, and particularly to a device for treating uranium tailings with microorganism.
At present, the treatment of uranium tailings can be carried out through microbial remediation. The microbial remediation mainly involves screening and cultivating microorganisms that have biological adsorption, biological reduction, and biological mineralization effects on uranium, so that oxidized and dissolved uranium in the uranium tailings can be transformed into reduced uranium in a solid state, it exists in a form similar to crystalline uranium ore or pitchblende, and the reduced uranium is no longer continuously leached and migrated into seepage water. The concentration of pollutants in the seepage water is reduced by treating tailings. In addition, sedimentary uranium particles and constantly proliferating microorganisms can play a role in encapsulating and filling the tailings, which reduces the porosity of the tailings and prevents rainfall from entering the tailings, thereby reducing the amount of water seepage and achieving a dual effect of quantity reduction and quality improvement. However, most of the existing devices for treating uranium tailings with microorganisms have the problem of uneven distribution of microorganisms in the uranium tailings, resulting in poor treatment efficiency and low treatment efficiency of microorganisms in the uranium tailings treatment process.
The objective of the disclosure is to provide a device for treating uranium tailings with microorganism, aimed at solving existing problems
To achieve the above objective, a device for treating uranium tailings with microorganism is provided.
The device for treating uranium tailings with microorganism includes a treatment container, a spray water distribution assembly, a microbial incubator and a first pump. A top of the treatment container defines a feeding port configured to add the uranium tailings into the treatment container, the treatment container is provided with a water collection cylinder therein, and the water collection cylinder extends along a depth direction of the treatment container. The spray water distribution assembly is disposed on the top of the treatment container. The spray water distribution assembly includes a main frame body composed of multiple main pipe bodies connected end to end and multiple horizontal spray pipes disposed in the main frame body, two ends of each of the multiple horizontal spray pipes are respectively connected to corresponding two of the multiple the main pipe bodies, and each of the main frame body and the multiple horizontal spray pipes defines multiple spraying holes. The microbial incubator is configured to incubate microorganism. An input end of the microbial incubator is connected with a bottom of the water collection cylinder, an output end of the microbial incubator is connected with the spray water distribution assembly. The first pump is disposed on a pipeline between the microbial incubator and the spray water distribution assembly.
In an embodiment, a buffer collection container is disposed between the input end of the microbial incubator and the bottom of the water collection cylinder. And a second pump is disposed on a pipeline between an output end of the buffer collection container and the input end of the microbial incubator.
In an embodiment, the spray water distribution assembly further includes a vertical main pipe, multiple vertical spray pipes disposed inside the treatment container and extending along the depth direction of the treatment container, multiple connecting pipe bodies disposed between the vertical main pipe and the multiple vertical spray pipes. Each of the multiple vertical spray pipes defines multiple spraying holes distributed at equal intervals along a length direction of the vertical spray pipe.
In an embodiment, the microbial incubator includes a main container configured to contain a liquid and a feeding mechanism disposed at a side of the main container, and the feeding mechanism is configured to add microbial agents or nutrients into the main container.
In an embodiment, the feeding mechanism includes a main box body, a water supply pipeline, a drainage pipeline, a material box, and a sealing cover plate. The main box body is disposed at an outside of the main container and defines an opening at a side of the main box body, and the water supply pipeline is connected to a top of the main box body. A first end of the drainage pipeline is connected with a bottom of the main box body and a second end of the drainage pipeline is disposed inside the main container. The material box is disposed in the main box body and slidably connected to the main box body, a first end of the material box is disposed outside the main box body, and a second end of the material box is disposed inside the main box body. The sealing cover plate is disposed at the first end of the material box and configured to scale the opening of the main box body after an installation of the material box.
In an embodiment, the feeding mechanism further includes: a compression cover plate disposed at the opening of the main box body, and the compression cover plate is configured to compress the sealing cover plate, an end of the compression cover plate is hinged on the side of the main box body, and another end of the compression cover plate is detachably connected to the side of the main box body.
In an embodiment, the feeding mechanism further includes: a pushing block and an elastic flip plate, the second end of the material box is further hinged with the elastic flip plate, a top of the elastic flip plate protrudes from the material box, and the pushing block is disposed on an inner wall of the main box body and configured to drive the elastic flip plate to rotate.
In an embodiment, the second end of the drainage pipeline is disposed on a bottom of the main container, and the discharge assembly is disposed at the second end of the drainage pipeline.
In an embodiment, the discharge assembly includes multiple discharge pipe bodies disposed in a horizontal direction. The multiple discharge pipe bodies are radially wound around the drainage pipeline, and each of the multiple discharge pipe bodies defines multiple drainage holes configured to output water.
In an embodiment, a side of the treatment container is provided with observing windows and defines a waste discharge port configured for discharging the uranium tailings.
The beneficial effects of the device for treating the uranium tailings with the microorganism provided by the disclosure are as follows. Compared with the related art, the disclosure provides the water collection cylinder inside the treatment container and the spray water distribution assembly inside the treatment container, and then the output end of the microbial incubator is connected to the spray water distribution assembly through the pipelines. Therefore, the water containing sufficient microorganisms in the microbial incubator can be transported to the spray water distribution assembly through the first pump. In addition, the spray water distribution assembly includes a main frame body composed of the multiple main pipe bodies connected end to end and multiple horizontal spray pipes disposed in the main frame body, and two ends of each of the multiple horizontal spray pipes are respectively connected to corresponding two of the multiple main pipe bodies, and each of the main frame body and the multiple horizontal spray pipes defines multiple spraying holes. During treatment of uranium tailings, the uranium tailings are added into the treatment container through the feeding port on the top of the treatment container, and then the water is transported from the microbial incubator to the spray water distribution assembly through the first pump, allowing the microorganisms to enter the interior of the uranium tailings in the treatment container. After treatment is completed, the water is collected by the water collection cylinder and sent back to the microbial incubator for recovery, so as to reduce the waste of microorganisms. Moreover, the spray water distribution assembly includes the main frame body and the multiple horizontal spray pipes, which can cover the entire top of the treatment container. The even distribution of horizontal spray pipes can evenly spray water containing microorganisms on the uranium tailings in the treatment container, which makes the distribution of microorganisms in the uranium tailings more uniform and can prevent inadequate treatment and improve the treatment efficiency of microorganisms on uranium tailings.
In order to provide a clearer explanation of the technical solution in the embodiments of the disclosure, a brief introduction will be given below to the attached drawings required in the embodiments or related art descriptions. It is evident that the attached drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other attached drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative labor.
1. treatment container; 101. feeding port; 11. observing window; 12. waste discharge port; 2. spray water distribution assembly; 21. main frame body; 201. vertical main pipe; 211. main pipe body; 22. horizontal spray pipe; 23. vertical spray pipe; 3. microbial incubator; 31. main container; 32. feeding mechanism; 321. main box body; 322. material box; 323. sealing cover plate; 324. compression cover plate; 325. clastic flip plate; 326. pushing block; 33. water supply pipeline; 34. drainage pipeline; 35. discharge assembly; 36. discharge pipe body; 4. first pump; 43. pipeline; 5. buffer collection container; 56. pipeline; 6. second pump; 7. water collection cylinder; 8. connecting pipe body; 9. spraying hole.
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions, and beneficial effects to be solved by the disclosure more clearly, the following will provide further detailed explanations of the disclosure in conjunction with the attached drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only intended to explain the disclosure and are not intended to limit the disclosure.
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Compared with related art, the device of the disclosure provides the water collection cylinder 7 inside the treatment container 1 and the spray water distribution assembly 2 inside the treatment container 1, and the output end of the microbial incubator 3 is connected to the spray water distribution assembly 2 through the pipeline 43. Therefore, the water containing sufficient microorganisms in the microbial incubator 3 can be transported to the spray water distribution assembly 2 through the first pump 4. In addition, the spray water distribution assembly 2 includes the main frame body 21 composed of the main pipe bodies 211 connected end to end and the multiple horizontal spray pipes 22 disposed in the main frame body 21, and two ends of each of the multiple horizontal spray pipes 22 are respectively connected to corresponding two of the multiple the main pipe bodies 211. Each of the main frame body 21 and the multiple horizontal spray pipes 22 defines the multiple spraying holes 9. During the treatment of uranium tailings, the uranium tailings are added into the treatment container 1 through the feeding port 101 defined on the top of the treatment container 1, and then the water is transported from the microbial incubator 3 to the spray water distribution assembly 2 through the first pump 4, allowing the microorganisms to enter the interior of the uranium tailings in the treatment container 1. After the treatment is completed, the water is collected by the water collection cylinder 7 and sent back to the microbial incubator 3 for recovery, so as to reduce the waste of the microorganisms. Moreover, the spray water distribution assembly 2 includes the main frame body 21 and the multiple horizontal spray pipes 22, which can cover the entire top of the treatment container 1. The even distribution of horizontal spray pipes 22 can evenly spray water containing microorganisms on the uranium tailings in the treatment container 1, which makes the distribution of the microorganisms in the uranium tailings more uniform and can prevent inadequate treatment and improve the treatment efficiency of microorganisms on uranium tailings.
It should be noted that the water collection cylinder 7 can be made of a permeable material or defines small holes on a side wall of the collection cylinder 7 that allow only water to pass through to facilitate the collection of water from the tailings into the water collection cylinder 7. The water collection cylinder 7 is disposed in a center of the treatment container 1. After the uranium tailings are laid flat in the treatment container 1, the uranium tailings can flow naturally to form a water flow angle of 1%-1.5% with a slope of a collection pipe (i.e. water collection cylinder 7), allowing the water in the uranium tailings to better penetrate into the water collection cylinder 7.
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In a specific embodiment, inner walls of the buffer collection container 5 and the treatment container 1 are both coated with an epoxy resin anti-corrosion coating with a thickness 2-5 centimeters (cm). After 48 hours of the coating, the epoxy resin anti-corrosion coating is air dried to form a protective layer before use.
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In a specific embodiment, conical blocks are disposed at the bottoms of the vertical spray pipes 23, which can facilitate the insertion of the vertical spray pipes 23 into the interior of the uranium tailings. In addition, the vertical main pipe 201 and the horizontal spray pipes 22 can be connected with the same external pipelines. In another embodiment, the horizontal spray pipes 22 and the main frame body 21 can also be connected to the external pipelines using a pipe body independent from the vertical main pipe 20.
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The feeding mechanism 32, as shown in
In addition, the sealing cover plate 323 is disposed at the first end of the material box 322. When the material box 322 is inserted into the main box body 321, the sealing cover plate 323 can be abut against the side of the main box body 321 to seal the opening, ensuring the sealing of the main box body 321. Moreover, a sealing ring is further disposed on the side of the sealing cover plate 323 to improve the sealing.
In an embodiment, support slides are disposed on the side walls of the main box body 321 configured for supporting material box 322, which can make the sliding of material box 322 more convenient. The support slides are disposed on two sides of the material box 322.
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The discharge assembly 35 as shown in
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A treatment method for uranium tailings using the device is as follows.
Addition and standing of uranium tailings: firstly, the uranium tailings are poured into the treatment container 1 through the feeding port 101 at the top of the treatment container 1, and then the uranium tailings are stood still for 24-48 hours to allow the uranium tailings to deposit naturally.
Microbial cultivation: microbial strains and certain nutrients are added into the microbial incubator 3, with a controlled inoculation amount of 1-1.5%. After adding an appropriate amount of microbial nutrients, the microbial strains grow naturally outdoors for 3-5 days. The reducing activity of microorganisms is qualitatively analyzed in the water using an acetic acid test paper after the growth, with an aim of the test paper turning black as the cultivation endpoint. After the activity is qualified in the microbial incubator 3, the next step of operation is processed.
Microbial injection: the first pump 4 is controlled through a control unit, then microorganisms are injected from the microbial incubator 3 into the spray water distribution assembly 2 inside the treatment container 1. Through the spray water distribution assembly 2, the water containing microorganisms is evenly sprayed throughout the uranium tailings, and the water collected by the water collection cylinder 7 is discharged.
The spray pipes and the water supply pipes are both made of DN40PP material, the horizontal spacing between every adjacent two holes on the spray pipes or the water supply pipes is 10 millimeters (mm), and the vertical spacing between every adjacent two holes on the spray pipes or the water supply pipes is 20 mm, and each hole on the spray pipes or the water supply pipes is evenly drilled with a diameter of about 1-2 mm. By constructing a constant flow pump to continuously inject microbial agents into the DN40PP material pipelines, a flow rate can be controlled at 2-4 cubic meters per hour (m3/h). The spraying water distribution assembly 2 is connected to a surface uniform water replenishment spraying device or a deep liquid injection pipeline device, or a combination of the surface uniform water replenishment spraying device and the deep liquid injection pipeline device (
The above are only specific embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit it. Any amendments, equivalent substitutions, and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the disclosure shall be included within the scope of protection of the disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202310329797.9 | Mar 2023 | CN | national |
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Parent | PCT/CN2023/143296 | Dec 2023 | WO |
Child | 18619120 | US |