Patent Grant
10222190
The present invention relates to the technical field of blasting equipment, in particular relates to a truck for loading emulsion explosive in field with intrinsic safety.
Emulsion explosive is a new type of product developed since 1970s. The emulsion explosive technology is first comprehensively elaborated by Blabm of U.S. in 1969. The earliest emulsion explosive is not sensitive to a detonator, and must be detonated by means of a relay initiating agent. Later, with progress in the research of emulsion explosive, the subsequently developed emulsion explosive has sensitivity to a detonator as well, and has advantages such as good water-resistance, good blast performance, low mechanical sensitivity and good safety, with its cost lower than that of water-gel explosive. Worldwide, bulk emulsion explosive and its loading truck have been widely used. In China, as production safety is increasingly valued, bulk explosive is considered unsuitable to be used as exploder in the production process at a mining hill or mining pit because of its safety risk during transportation. Currently, the production process at a mining hill or mining pit basically utilizes an on-site mixer truck to perform mixing operation, there is no explosive product produced in the mixer truck during preparation, and the explosive product is not produced by sensitizing reaction until 10 minutes before final being loaded into a blast hole, which eliminates risk factors that exist in the transportation process of bulk emulsion explosive, however, the mixer truck in prior art still had safety risks in the production process.
The main components of explosive mixed in an on-site mixer truck is water phase, oil phase and sensitizer, wherein, the water phase solution flows from a water phase pump through a water phase gauge into an emulsification device, the oil phase liquid flows from an oil phase pump through an oil phase gauge into the emulsification device, the water phase and the oil phase are emulsified into emulsion matrix by high speed stirring in the emulsification device; the sensitizer flows from a sensitizer pump through a sensitizer gauge into a mixer, an in the meantime the emulsion matrix is also fed into the mixer to be mixed with the sensitizer; the mixed explosive slurry falls into a charging spout of a screw pump under self-gravity, and is pressed into a blast hole by pressure of the screw pump. In an actual mixing and loading process, because of mixing of the emulsion matrix and the sensitizer in the mixer, part of the matrix has foamed into explosive and already has certain sensitivity, with the existing mixer being a forced stirring device, when foreign substance such as metal impurity gets into the mixer, there is a risk of dangerous heat aggregation caused by friction; meanwhile, the medium pumped by the screw pump has already been emulsion explosive product, as known form experience of long term use of screw pump in the civil blasting industry and according to the structural principle of screw pump, there is great safety potential risk when using a screw pump to pump emulsion explosive product, which severely reduces the overall safety level of the emulsion explosive mixer truck, and multiple explosion accidents with certain casualty have been reported.
In order to solve the technical problem in prior art, the present invention provides a truck for loading emulsion explosive in field with intrinsic safety, which utilizes static devices for both the entire emulsification process and the entire sensitization process so as to eliminates risk factors that exist due to mechanical friction in the emulsification and sensitization process, and performs static mixing of sensitizer and emulsion matrix in a sensitizing device at a terminal end of a transporting hose, so that emulsion explosive product can only be formed in the blast hole, thereby greatly reducing safety risk and preventing personal injury.
The present invention is achieved by the following technical scheme:
A truck for loading emulsion explosive in field with intrinsic safety, comprising a vehicle chassis; an equipment platform mounted on an upper side of the vehicle chassis; a water and oil phase storage transporting system, a sensitizer storage transporting system, an onboard cleaning system, a static emulsification device, a hydraulic system, an auto-control system, a static sensitizing device and a pipe rolling device respectively mounted on the equipment platform; a transporting hose twined on the pipe rolling device, wherein, the water and oil phase storage transporting system comprises a water phase storage transporting system and an oil phase storage transporting system, with its key improvement being that, a terminal end of the water phase storage transporting system is connected to a water phase inlet of the static emulsification device, a terminal end of the oil phase storage transporting system is connected to an oil phase inlet of the static emulsification device, an outlet of the static emulsification device is connected with the transporting hose, a terminal end of the sensitizer storage transporting system is connected to a starting end of the transporting hose, the static sensitizing device is arranged at a terminal end of the transporting hose.
Preferably, the static emulsification device comprises the oil phase inlet, the water phase inlet, a flange sleeve, emulsification inner cores and an emulsification device outlet, wherein, an inner sleeve is provided inside the flange sleeve with a sealed cavity formed between an outer wall of the inner sleeve and an inner wall of the flange sleeve, the water phase inlet is provided on a side wall of the flange sleeve and is communicated with the sealed cavity, at least three stages of emulsification inner cores are mounted inside the inner sleeve along a longitudinal direction thereof, each of the emulsification inner cores comprises an emulsification cylinder and annular end plates fixed on both ends of the emulsification cylinder, with each of the annular end plates having an outer diameter equal to an inner diameter of the inner sleeve and being in contact with the inner sleeve in a sealed manner, an orifice plate is provided on one of the end plates of each emulsification inner core and has an array of through holes provided thereon, the end of each emulsification inner core with the orifice plate provided thereon is set as an outlet end, a chamber is formed by an outer wall of the emulsification cylinder, the end plates on both ends of the emulsification cylinder and an inner wall of the inner sleeve, diffluence holes are provided on a side wall of the inner sleeve and have a total number equal to that of the emulsification inner cores, the diffluence holes are communicated with the chamber outside the emulsification cylinder, at least two rows of jet holes are evenly distributed on the outer wall of the emulsification cylinder around an axis thereof.
Preferably, the static sensitizing device comprises a cylindrical body, a connector, and two stages of sensitizing inner cores provided inside the cylindrical body, wherein, the two stages of sensitizing inner cores includes a first-stage sensitizing inner core and a second-stage sensitizing inner core with the same structure which is a cylindrical structure having one closed end, a mixing chamber is formed by an inner chamber of either sensitizing inner core, scattering holes are provided on the closed end of either sensitizing inner core and are communicated with the mixing chamber, the scattering holes are evenly distributed around the axis of either sensitizing inner core, and the angle formed by an axis of each scattering hole and the axis of the corresponding sensitizing inner core is 10°-20°, the first-stage sensitizing inner core and the second-stage sensitizing inner core are mounted inside the cylindrical body after having their respective open ends joined.
Preferably, the water and oil phase storage transporting system comprises a water phase tank, an oil phase tank, a water phase pump and an oil phase pump, wherein, the water phase tank is mounted on a front part of the equipment platform, the oil phase tank is mounted on a middle part of the equipment platform, the water phase pump and the oil phase pump are mounted on a posterior part of the equipment platform, the water phase pump is connected to the water phase tank by a stainless steel pipe, an outlet of the water phase pump is connected to the water phase inlet of the static emulsification device by a stainless steel pipe, the oil phase pump is connected to the oil phase tank by a stainless steel pipe, an outlet of the oil phase pump is connected to the oil phase inlet of the static emulsification device by a stainless steel pipe, the water phase pump and the oil phase pump are respectively driven by a hydraulic motor.
The water phase pump is a screw pump that comprises a housing and two spiral rotors. The spiral rotors are non-rigid, so that unsafe factors during transportation are eliminated, and the safety level for water phase transportation is increased.
Preferably, the hydraulic system comprises a hydraulic oil tank, a power take-off unit, a main oil pump, a sensitizer pump motor, a water phase pump motor, an oil phase pump motor, a throttle valve, a pressure gauge and a pipe rolling device motor, wherein, the hydraulic oil tank is mounted on a front part of the equipment platform, a power output end of the power take-off unit is coupled to a power input end of the main oil pump, an oil outlet of the main oil pump is respectively connected to oil inlets of the sensitizer pump motor, the water phase pump motor, the pipe rolling device motor and the oil phase pump motor by hydraulic oil pipes.
Preferably, the onboard cleaning system comprises a flush water tank and a water pump, wherein, the flush water tank is mounted on a middle part of the equipment platform, the water pump is mounted on a posterior part of the equipment platform, an water inlet of the water pump is connected to an outlet of the flush water tank by a stainless steel pipe, an outlet of the water pump is respectively connected to water phase pipelines, the water phase inlet of the static emulsification device and an inlet of the static sensitizing device by stainless steel pipes.
Preferably, the sensitizer storage transporting system comprises a sensitizer tank and a sensitizer pump, wherein, the sensitizer tank is mounted on a middle part of the equipment platform, the sensitizer pump is mounted on a side wall of a flush water tank, the sensitizer tank and the sensitizer pump are connected by a stainless steel pipe, an outlet end of the sensitizer tank is connected to an outlet of the static emulsification device by a stainless steel pipe.
Preferably, the pipe rolling device comprises a bracket, a roller and a connecting member arranged on a posterior part of the equipment platform, wherein, a main shaft of the roller is mounted on the bracket by means of a bearing, the connecting member is fixed on the bracket, the transporting hose is twined on the roller, a starting end of the transporting hose is connected to an outlet end of the connecting member, an inlet end of the connecting member is connected to an outlet of the static emulsification device by a stainless steel pipe.
The auto-control system comprises a PLC module and an onboard GPS positioning system, wherein, the PLC module is mounted on a rear part of the equipment platform, the onboard GPS positioning system is mounted in a vehicle drive cabin.
As compared to prior art, the present invention has the following significant advantages:
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The present invention is further illustrated in detail below with reference to the appended drawings.
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The present invention provides a truck for loading emulsion explosive in field with intrinsic safety, comprising: a vehicle chassis 17; an equipment platform 16 mounted on an upper side of the vehicle chassis 17; a water and oil phase storage transporting system 2, a sensitizer storage transporting system 5, an onboard cleaning system 9, a static emulsification device 12, a hydraulic system 13, an auto-control system 14, a static sensitizing device 15 and a pipe rolling device respectively mounted on the equipment platform 16; a transporting hose twined on the pipe rolling device. The water and oil phase storage transporting system 2 comprises a water phase storage transporting system and an oil phase storage transporting system. Wherein, a terminal end of the water phase storage transporting system is connected to a water phase inlet of the static emulsification device, a terminal end of the oil phase storage transporting system is connected to an oil phase inlet of the static emulsification device, an outlet of the static emulsification device is connected with the transporting hose, a terminal end of the sensitizer storage transporting system is connected to a starting end of the transporting hose, the static sensitizing device is arranged at a terminal end of the transporting hose.
Preferably, the static emulsification device 12 (shown in
Preferably, the static sensitizing device 15 (shown in
Preferably, the water and oil phase storage transporting system 2 comprises a water phase tank 3, an oil phase tank 4, a water phase pump 7 (shown in
Preferably, the hydraulic system 13 comprises a hydraulic oil tank 1, a power take-off unit 18, a main oil pump 19, a sensitizer pump motor 21, a water phase pump motor 22, an oil phase pump motor 23, a throttle valve 24, a pressure gauge 25 and a pipe rolling device motor 26, wherein, the hydraulic oil tank 1 is mounted on a front part of the equipment platform 16, a power output end of the power take-off unit 18 is coupled to a power input end of the main oil pump 19, an oil outlet of the main oil pump 19 is respectively connected to oil inlets of the sensitizer pump motor 21, the water phase pump motor 22, the pipe rolling device motor 26 and the oil phase pump motor 23 by hydraulic oil pipes.
Preferably, the onboard cleaning system comprises a flush water tank 10 and a water pump, wherein, the flush water tank 10 is mounted on a middle part of the equipment platform 16, the water pump is mounted on a posterior part of the equipment platform 16, an water inlet of the water pump is connected to an outlet of the flush water tank 10 by a stainless steel pipe, an outlet of the water pump is respectively connected to water phase pipelines, the water phase inlet of the static emulsification device 12 and an inlet of the static sensitizing device 15 by stainless steel pipes.
Preferably, the sensitizer storage transporting system 5 comprises a sensitizer tank 6 and a sensitizer pump 11, wherein, the sensitizer tank 6 is mounted on a middle part of the equipment platform 16, the sensitizer pump 11 is mounted on a side wall of a flush water tank 10, the sensitizer tank 6 and the sensitizer pump 11 are connected by a stainless steel pipe, an outlet end of the sensitizer tank 6 is connected to an outlet of the static emulsification device 12 by a stainless steel pipe.
Preferably, the pipe rolling device (shown in
The auto-control system may be an automatic controller like in prior art, and may be added with various optional controllers such as a positioning system.
Preferably, the auto-control system 14 comprises a PLC module 27 and an onboard GPS positioning system 28, wherein, the PLC module 27 is mounted on a rear part of the equipment platform 16, the onboard GPS positioning system 28 is mounted in a vehicle drive cabin.
The operation principle and process of the present invention is as follows:
A truck for loading explosive in field that carries water phase material, oil phase material and sensitizer is driven to a blast site and parked near a blast hole that has been drilled, so as to ensure the transporting hose can inject the explosive according to the depth of the blast hole. The pipe rolling device motor is turned on, and a terminal end of the transporting hose 20 (mounted with the static sensitizing device) is put into the blast hole. The oil phase pump 8 and the water phase pump 7 is turned on, the two phases of material is emulsified in the static emulsification device 12. Under the pressure of the oil phase pump 8 and the water phase pump 7, the emulsion matrix is fed into the transporting hose 20. Then, the sensitizer pump 11 is turned on, and, the sensitizer together with the emulsion matrix is pushed under pressure into the static sensitizing device 15 at the terminal end of the transporting hose. A first-stage sensitizing inner core 38 and a second-stage sensitizing inner core 39 are mounted within the static sensitizing device 15, and a plurality of scattering holes 40 are distributed on the two stages of sensitizing inner cores, with a respective mixing chamber 41 formed therein. The emulsion matrix and the sensitizer are sufficiently mixed inside the static sensitizing device 15, so as to produce sensitized emulsion explosive to be filled into the bottom of the blast hole, waiting for detonation.
After a blast hole is filled, the water phase pump 7, the oil phase pump 8 and the sensitizer pump 11 are turned off sequentially, and then the pipe rolling device motor 26 is turned on, the transporting hose 20 is put into the next blast hole, thereby repeating the emulsification operation.
After the operations are complete, the onboard cleaning system 9 is turned on, so as to flush the water phase pipeline, the static emulsification device 12 and the static sensitizing device 15 for next time of use. After this is done, the truck is driven out from the operation zone.
Referring to
The oil phase is fed into the first emulsification inner core 32 through a starting end of the oil phase inlet 29 of the static emulsification device 12 from the oil phase tank 4 by means of the oil phase pump 8 according to a ratio for emulsion explosive; the water phase is fed into the water phase inlet 30 from the water phase tank 3 by means of the water phase pump 7 according to a ratio for emulsion explosive, and then the water phase jets at a certain flow velocity and pressure from the jet holes 35 distributed on the emulsification inner core 32 of the static emulsification device 12 so as to enter the emulsification inner core 32 and be mixed with the oil phase, and then the mixture of the two jets at certain flow velocity through the end-face orifice plate 36 of the emulsification inner core 32 so as to form a first-stage coarse emulsion; the effluent is mixed again in the second emulsification inner core 32 with part of the water phase material whose flow is divided from the water phase inlet 30, and subsequently jets at certain flow velocity through the end-face orifice plate 36 of the second emulsification inner core 32 so as to form a second-stage emulsion; as so on, by going through multiple stages of repeated mixing and shear action, the emulsified emulsion is finally produced. Such a method for producing emulsion does not involve mechanical stirring or mechanical shear, and thus operates safely.
Referring to
As compared to an emulsification mixer truck in prior art, in the whole operation process of the present invention, there is no high speed stirring emulsification device, no stirring sensitizing device, and instead, all the emulsification and sensitization processes during operation are done by static emulsification and static sensitization, thereby greatly improves the safety level of the emulsification and sensitization processes; in the meantime, in the present invention, no screw pump is used for transporting the emulsion, and the screw pump is removed from the explosive injecting system to make a safer explosive injecting system, thereby getting a truck for loading emulsion explosive in field with intrinsic safety.
This is the specific implementing operation method of the truck for loading emulsion explosive in field with intrinsic safety of the present invention.
In conclusion, by using the technical means discussed above, the present invention has the following technical effects:
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