Waste water treating device

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6309542
  • Patent Number
    6,309,542
  • Date Filed
    Friday, November 21, 1997
    27 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 30, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Walker; W. L.
    • Ocampo; Marianne
    Agents
    • Darby & Darby
Abstract
A waste water treating device can be simply installed in a small area and destroy combustible wastes and sludge to reduce fuel consumption cost of a burner. Moreover, the waste water treating device can increase a treating amount of the waste water per unit time to thereby reduce an activation time thereof and decrease installation and maintenance cost, to thereby obtain an economic advantage.The waste water treating device includes: a treater( 10) having a burner (13) which evaporates waste water and destroys by fire sludge contained within the waste water, if the waste water ejected through nozzles (32) flows to a combustion chamber (12) and combustible general wastes are inserted through an insertion hole (111); a supplier (20) which supplies the waste water from a collecting tank to the treater (10), an ejector (30) which ejects the waste water supplied from the supplier (20) to the treater (10), and a dust collector (40) which is connected to an ejecting hole (113) of the treater (10), for collecting dusts contained within exhaust gas ejected from the treater (10).
Description




TECHNICAL FIELD




The present invention relates to a waste water treating device, and more particularly, to a waste water treating device which can treat waste water containing waste printing ink which is generated from a printing factory, or waste water containing a variety of oil such as lubricating oil which is generated from a general factory.




BACKGROUND ART




Generally, in a printing factory all kinds of printing products are manufactured by using water or oil ink, and therefore waste water containing waste ink is generated. Further, even lubricating oil may be contained in the waste water due to activation of printing machines.




Meanwhile, the generation of the waste water containing the oil is not excluded in a general factory which machines is worked.




To prevent pollution of environment due to discharge of waste water out of factory, there is provided a conventional device which filters or purifies waste ink or oil contained in the waste water by using a filtering method by means of a filter, a sewage purification method, or a sedimenting method with medicines.




However, in the conventional device using the filtering method with the filter, if the filter through which a variety of sludge such as a waste ink particles, oil particles and so on is filtered is waste without any treatment, the filtered waste water is restored to its original waste water in the case where water is admixed to the wasted filter. Therefore, there is an inconvenience in that the completely used filter should be destroyed by fire.




Also, in the conventional device using the sedimenting method with medicines there are problems in that a purification cost is increased due to expensive medicine usage and a sediment should be re-treated. Additionally, if the treated water with the medicines is directly discharged, there occurs a problem in that river contamination is naturally accompanied since the treated water is short of the biological oxygen demand (BOD).




Due to an illegal exhaust of factory waste water, the waste water flows to general sewage or rivers to deteriorate soil or the water quality, which results in a serious destruction of natural environment.




DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION




An object of the present invention is to provide a waste water treating device which can completely prevent generation of contamination of natural environment caused due to factory waste water in order to be free from the above-mentioned problems.




Another object of the present invention is to provide a waste water treating device which can be installed in a small area and reduce installation and maintenance cost thereof.




To achieve these and other objects according to the present invention, there is provided a waste water treating device including: a treater which destroys by fire sludge such as waste printing ink, waste oil and the like contained in waste water and evaporates the waste water; a supplier which delivers the waste water from a collecting tank to the treater; and an ejector which ejects the waste water supplied from the supplier to a combustion chamber within the treater. With the waste water treating device according to the present invention, since the sludge such as waste printing water or oil ink, lubricating oil, cutting oil and so on can be completely removed in the destruction by fire manner and the waste water is evaporated, a re-treatment process is separately not required and further a large installation area is not occupied.




Further, a waste water treating device according to the present invention includes a separator which electrically separates the sludge such as ink particles or oil particles contained in the waste water and a preheater which preheats the waste water before it is delivered to the treater.




If the waste water is supplied and ejected in the combustion chamber within the treater by the operation of the supplier and the ejector, the waste printing ink or waste oil contained in the waste water is destroyed by the frames of a burner which is mounted within the combustion chamber and the waste water is then evaporated. During the process, if the waste water is passed through the separator, the various kinds of sludge such as printing ink particles, waste oil particles and the like contained within the waste water is electrically separated from the waste water and directly puts in the combustion chamber. Next, since a low density of waste water from which the various kinds of sludge is filtered is delivered to the preheater and is then preheated to be ejected within the combustion chamber, the printing ink particles or the waste oil particles are immediately destroyed by fire and the water is rapidly evaporated, which results in a complete removal of the generation of environment contamination due to the factory waste water.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a top view illustrating a waste water treating device constructed according to a first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 2

is an enlarged sectional view illustrating main parts of

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 3

is a partly sectional view illustrating a schematic construction of a waste water treating device constructed according to a second embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a view illustrating operational states of part components of

FIG. 3

;





FIG. 5

is a partly taken and enlarged plan view illustrating the separating tank of

FIG. 3

; and





FIG. 6

is a circuit diagram illustrating the separating tank of FIG.


5


.











BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION




Hereinafter, an explanation on the construction and operation of a waste water treating device constructed according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be in detail discussed with reference to

FIGS. 1 and 2

.




Referring to

FIGS. 1 and 2

showing a waste water treating device constructed according to a first embodiment of the present invention, there are provided a treater


10


which destroys by fire sludgy such as waste printing ink, waste oil and so on contained in waste water and evaporates the water remaining after the destruction by fire, a supplier


20


which supplies the waste water from a collecting tank to the treater


10


, an ejector


30


which ejects the waste water supplied from the supplier


20


to the treater


10


, and a dust collector which collects dusts contained within exhaust gas ejected from the treater


10


to prevent the dusts from being scattered to the exterior.




Preferably, the treater


10


is comprised of a gas cylinder


11


, a combustion chamber


12


installed within the gas cylinder


11


, a burner


13


mounted on a lower side portion of the combustion chamber


12


, and a blower


14


for supplying external air within the combustion chamber


12


.




On the upper portion of the front surface of the gas cylinder


11


, an inserting hole


111


having an opened/closed door


11




a


is installed, through which combustible general wastes are inserted into the combustion chamber


12


. And, on the lower portion of the front surface of the gas cylinder


11


, a drawing hole


112


having an opened/closed door


11




b


is installed, through which burned ashes are taken out of the combustion chamber


12


. Meanwhile, on the top end portion of the gas cylinder


11


, an ejecting hole


113


is installed to eject the combustion air.




The combustion chamber


12


is installed to be surrounded with a fire-resisting wall


15


which is comprised of fire-resisting bricks piled up on the inner peripheral surface of the gas cylinder


11


, and an air passage


16


is formed by an appropriate interval between the fire-resisting wall


15


and the gas cylinder


11


. Further, a plurality of connecting holes


17


are installed by an appropriate interval on the fire-resisting wall


15


to connect the combustion chamber


12


with the air passage


16


.




And, connection of the blower


14


with the air passage


16


is made by means of a blowing pipe


18


.




Hence, if the blower


14


operates, external air is supplied via the blowing pipe


18


to the air passage


16


and finally flows into the combustion chamber


12


through the plurality of connecting holes. So, oxygen contained within the external air arrives at the combustion chamber


12


to facilitate the combustion operation thereof.




On the other hand, a plurality of guide projections


19


, which are each comprised of a fire-resisting brick and are formed at a crossed position to each other in every directions, are protrudedly installed on the inner wall surface of the fire-resisting wall


15


. In the case where a part of the waste water ejected within the combustion chamber


12


flows along the inner surface of the fire-resisting wall


15


, the part of waste water is distributed in left and right directions by means of the guide projections


19


, such that the waster water is widely distributed, while delaying the flowing speed of the waste water, to thereby activate the combustion and evaporation of the combustion chamber


12


.




Of course, the plurality of guide projections


19


are horizontally protruded, but may be inclinedly protruded at an appropriate angle, as shown by a virtual line ‘A’ of FIG.


2


.




The supplier


20


is preferably comprised of a pump


21


, a storage tank


23


into which the waste water conveyed through a conveying pipe


22


, and a check valve


24


which is mounted on the conveying pipe


22


to prevent the waste water from reversely flowing.




An induction hole


211


of the pump


21


is connected by means of an induction pipe


25


to the waste water collecting tank (not shown), and an ejecting hole


212


thereof is connected to the conveying pipe


22


.




A flutter


26


is installed within the storage tank


23


to thereby control storage of an appropriate amount of waste water therein. Thus, if the waste water to be stored in the storage tank


23


reaches a proper water level, a switch (not shown) of the flutter


26


is turned “off”, activation of the pump


21


stops, and contrarily, if the waste water is under the proper water level, the switch thereof is turned “on”, the pump


21


operates to supply the waste water.




The ejector


30


is preferably comprised of receiving pipe bodies


31


which are mounted on the upper portion of the interior of the gas cylinder


11


, and nozzles


32


are attached by appropriate intervals to the inner peripheral surfaces of the receiving pipe bodies


31


, each of which has an inner end connected to the fire-resisting wall


15


and exposed to the combustion chamber


12


.




The receiving pipe bodies


31


are connected via a supplying pipe


33


to the storage tank


23


, and a check valve


34


and an adjusting valve


35


are each attached on the supplying pipe


33


.




The check valve


34


serves to prevent the waste water supplied to the receiving pipe bodies


31


from reversely flowing, and the adjusting valve


35


serves to artificially adjust a supplying amount of the waste water.




In addition, a pump or a compressor (not shown) may be mounted on the supplying pipe


33


to forcedly eject the waste water to the combustion chamber


12


through the nozzles


32


.




A chimney


114


connects onesurface of the upper side of a gas cylinder


41


of the dust collector


40


with an ejecting hole


113


of the gas cylinder


11


, and an exhaust pipe


42


, which has a diameter smaller than the gas cylinder


41


, is mounted on the center portion of the sealed upper end surface of the dust collector


40


to be vertically passed through the dust collector


40


.




Since the lower end of the exhaust pipe


42


is disposed at a lower position than the connected position of the chimney


114


and the gas cylinder


41


, a circulating space


43


is formed between the inner peripheral surface of the upper portion of the gas cylinder


41


and the outer peripheral surface of the lower end portion of the exhaust pipe


42


.




Therefore, since the combustion air flowing into the upper portion of the gas cylinder


41


through the chimney


114


is circulated at the circulating space


43


and then passes through the lower end of the exhaust pipe


42


to be exhausted to the outside, the dusts contained within the combustion air are dropped to the dust collecting chamber


44


formed in the lower portion of the gas cylinder


41


by its own tare force.




The collected dusts are taken out of a drawing hole


45


having an openable/closeable door


41




a


on the lower portion of the gas cylinder


41


.




Now, an explanation of an operation of the waste water treating device constructed according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be discussed.




Firstly, the burner


13


of the treater


10


is ignited to heat the combustion chamber


12


up to an appropriate temperature, and then the pump


21


of the supplier


20


operates to convey the waste water collected within the collecting tank to the storage tank


23


.




Next, the door


11




a


of the gas cylinder


11


of the treater


10


opens and the combustible wastes such as paper, lumber and so on are inserted within the combustion chamber


12


through the inserting hole


111


. The general wastes are on the a roaster


115


and finally destroyed by the fire of burner


13


.




At the time, since the interior of the combustion chamber


12


is maintained at the high temperature by the fire of the burner


13


, the general wastes can be well burned, even if the roaster


115


is not mounted.




Next, if the blower


14


operates to supply the external air within the air passage


16


, the external air flows to each of the connecting holes


17


, and is supplied t the combustion chamber


12


to facilitate the combustion operation thereof.




Under the above state, if the adjusting valve


35


of the ejector


30


opens to supply the waste water within the storage tank


23


to the receiving pipe bodies


31


, the waste water is ejected into the combustion chamber


12


through the nozzles


32


each attached on the inner peripheral surface of the receiving pipe bodies


31


. At the time, the waste water is ejected by a compressing force of the pump or compressor in a mist shape from the upper portion of the combustion chamber


12


. Alternatively, if the waste water flows naturally, it flows along the inner surface of the fire-resisting wall


15


.




Since the waste water flowing along the inner surface of the fire-resisting wall


15


is distributed in left and right directions by means of the guide projections


19


protruded on the inner surface of the fire-resisting wall


15


, the waste printing ink or the waste oil contained within the waste water is rapidly burned by the heated fire-resisting wall


15


and the fire of burner


13


and even the water remaining after the burning is finally evaporated.




The ashes generated during the combustion are dropped to the lower portion of the gas cylinder


11


, and the evaporated steam is ejected to the dust collector


40


through the ejecting hole


113


and the chimney


114


, along with the exhaust gas.




Then, the exhaust gas flowing to the upper portion of the dust collector


40


is circulated in the circulating space


43


and passes through the lower end of the exhaust pipe


42


to be exhausted to the outside through the exhaust pipe


42


. During the process, the dusts contained within the exhaust gas are dropped to the dust collecting chamber


44


formed in the lower portion of the gas cylinder


41


by its own tare force.





FIGS. 3

to


6


show a waste water treating device constructed according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the same manner as the first embodiment of the present invention, in the second embodiment of the present invention there are provided a treater


10


which destroys by fire sludgy such as waste printing ink, waste oil and so on contained in waste water and evaporates the water remaining after the destruction by fire, a supplier


20


which supplies the waste water from a collecting tank to the treater


10


, an ejector


30


which ejects the waste water supplied from the supplier


20


to the treater


10


, and a dust collector which collects dusts contained within exhaust gas ejected from the treater


10


to prevent the dusts from being scattered to the exterior.




Further, the waste water treating device constructed according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a separator


50


which separates and collects various sludge such as waste printing ink particles or an oil particles contained in the waste water to directly supply the process waste water to the treater


10


before the supplier


20


supplies the waste water to the ejector


30


, and a heat exchanger


60


which heat-exchanges and preheats a low density of waste water from which the sludge is removed with the heat of exhaust gas ejected from the treater


10


and delivers the preheated waste water to the ejector


30


.




Preferably, the separator


50


is comprised of a collecting tank


51


, a separating tank


52


mounted separatably within the collecting tank


51


, separating rollers


53


and


53


′ installed rotatably within the upper end portion of the separating tank


52


, and blades


54


and


54


′ for scratching the sludge attached on the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ to drop the scratched sludge to the collecting tank


51


.




The bottom surface of the collecting tank


51


is formed in a downward inclined manner towards the center portion thereof. A flowing hole


511


of the center portion of the collecting tank


51


is connected to the top end of a supplying pipe


512


, and the bottom end of the supplying pipe


512


is formed to be positioned at the upper side of a burner


13


within the combustion chamber


12


of the treater


10


.




Accordingly, the sludge collected in the collecting tank


51


directly flows within the combustion chamber


12


by means of the supplying pipe


512


and is then burned therein.




The separating tank


52


, which is mounted separatably within the collecting tank


51


, is formed in a smaller size than the collecting tank


51


. An inflowing hole


521


of the one side of the separating tank


52


is connected to one end of a conveying pipe


22


of the supplier


20


, and an outflowing hole


522


of the bottom surface thereof is connected to one end of a conveying pipe


22




a


for conveying a low density of waste water flowing from the outflowing hole


522


to the heat exchanger


60


.




The separating rollers


53


and


53


′ each take a form of a cylindrical body having a cavity in the interior thereof, which are each comprised of shafts


531


and


531


′ mounted to be crossedly passed through the interior thereof, cores


532


and


532


′ each attached to the shafts


531


and


531


′ to be placed on the interior of the cavity, and carbon brushes


534


and


534


′ mounted by appropriate intervals on the inner peripheral surfaces of the separating rollers


53


and


53


′.




The separating rollers


53


and


53


′ are installed rotatably by means of the shafts


531


and


531


′ on the upper end portion of the separating tank


52


and have their lower portions which are under the waste water within the separating tank


52


. Each one end of the shafts


531


and


531


′ is engaged with gears


535


and


535


′, and the gear


535


is engaged with a gear


537


mounted on a shaft of a motor


536


.




If the motor


536


is driven, the driving force of the motor


536


is transmitted by the gear


537


to the gears


535


and


535


′, to thereby rotate the separating rollers


53


and


53


′.




Accordingly, one coil


533


of coils


533


and


533


′ is connected to a positive (+) terminal of a bridge rectification circuit


55


, and the other coil


533


′ is connected to a negative (−) terminal thereof.




If an alternating current power


70


is conductive, the alternating current power is rectified by the bridge rectification circuit


55


, and ripple components contained in the rectified alternating current power are smoothed by a capacitor C and a resistor R and are then transmitted to each of the coils


533


and


533


′.




Since each of the coils


533


and


533


′ generates a magnetic force, the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ become an electromagnet, such that negative (−) particles of the sludge contained in the waste water


538


are attached to the separating roller


53


and positive (+) particles of the sludge are attached to the separating roller


53


′.




Since the sludge contained in the waste water


538


within the separating tank


52


is attached to the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ of the electromagnet, respectively, it is electrically separated from the waste water


538


.




The blades


54


and


54


′, which are mounted on the upper ends of both sides of the separating tank


52


, have the inner ends which are in almost contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ and have the outer ends which are installed to be downwardly inclined to be exposed to the outside of the separating tank


52


.




When the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ are rotated, the sludge attached on the outer peripheral surfaces thereof are scratched by the inner ends of the blades


54


and


54


′ and then passes through the upper surfaces of the blades


54


and


54


′ to be dropped within the collecting tank


51


.




At the time, since the sludge particles collected in the collecting tank


51


is watery, they are poured into the combustion chamber


12


through the outflowing hole


511


and the supplying pipe


512


of the collecting tank


51


.




The heat exchange


60


, which takes a form of a cylindrical body having an inflowing hole


61


and an outflowing hole


62


, is installed on the upper side portion within the circulating space


43


of the dust collector


40


.




The inflowing hole


61


is connected to the other end of the conveying pipe


22




a,


and the outflowing hole


62


is connected by means of the conveying pipe


22




b


to a storage tank


23


in which a flutter


26


is installed.




Hence, after the low density of waste water from which the sludge is separated and removed from the separating tank


52


flows within the heat exchanger


60


and absorbs heat from exhaust gas ejected to the dust collector


40


through a chimney


114


and then preheated, the preheated waste water is delivered to the storage tank


23


and ejected within the combustion chamber


12


by the ejector


30


.




On the other hand, in the second embodiment of the present invention the low density of waste water is delivered to the storage tank


23


through the heat exchanger


60


, but may be delivered to the heat exchanger


60


through the separator


50


and the storage tank


23


and then preheated to be conveyed to the ejector


30


or may be delivered to the heat exchanger


60


through the storage tank


23


and the separator


50


, which is not of course deviated from the scope of the invention.




In addition, in the second embodiment of the present invention two ejector pairs


30


are formed in upper and lower directions to be faced to each other on the intermediate portion of the gas cylinder


11


of the treater


10


, each of which has a nozzle


32


having a crossed horizontal or upward ejecting direction.




And, a pump


36


is mounted on a passage of a supplying pipe


33


, and the waste water is ejected through each of nozzles


32


, as the pump


36


is operated.




At the time, since the waste water is ejected in a misty shape, the water is rapidly evaporated and the remaining sludge is well burned.




In this case, since the ejected waste water is crossed and bumped against each other, an eddy flow phenomenon occurs and therefore since the waste water is widely distributed due to the eddy flow phenomenon, the combustion and evaporation operations can be greatly improved with the fire of the burner


13


and the heat of the fire-resisting wall


15


.




Furthermore, the ejectors


30


are connected to the inner ends of branch pipes


33


′ pipe-arranged on the end portions of the supplying pipe


33


and are directly supplied with the waste water by the branch pipes


33


.




Accordingly, when compared with the first embodiment of the present invention, in the second embodiment of the present invention the installation of the receiving pipe bodies


31


are not needed within the gas cylinder


11


.




And, a pouring pipe


38


of compression air is connected to each of the branch pipes


33


′, and the compression air is poured by means of a compressor


37


.




Pouring the compression air prevents the branch pipes


33


′ having a relative small aperture from being blocked as well as increases an ejecting force of the waste water through the nozzles


32


.




Hence, there is no need to install the pump


36


on the supplying pipe


33


, when using the compressor


37


, and if installed, the pump


36


may be used with the compressor


37


or selectively used.




The compressor


37


may be of course used by one installed in other device within the factory.




Meanwhile, heaters


27


and


56


are each installed in the storage tank


23


and the separating tank


52


to thereby prevent them from being frozen in the winter.




Now, an explanation of an operation of the waste water treating device constructed according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be discussed.




Firstly, the burner


13


of the treater


10


is ignited to heat the combustion chamber


12


up to an appropriate temperature, and simultaneously the door


11




a


is opened to pour combustible wastes through the inserting hole


111


into the combustion chamber


12


. Then, the pump


21


of the supplier


20


operates to convey the waste water collected within the collecting tank


201


to the separating tank


52


of the separator


50


.




At the time, the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ of the separator


50


are rotated by the driving of the motor


536


, and the power of the cores


532


and


532


′ and the coils


533


and


533


′ mounted in the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ is conductive. As a result, since the separating roller


53


becomes an electromagnet having a positive (+) magnetic force and the separating roller


53


′ becomes an electromagnet having a negative (−) magnetic force, the sludge contained within the waste water is electrically separated by the magnetic force thereof and is attached on the outer peripheral surfaces of the separating rollers


53


and


53


′.




While the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ are continually rotated, since the inner ends of the blades


54


and


54


′ are in almost contact with the outer peripheral surface of the separating rollers


53


and


53


′, the sludge attached on the outer peripheral surfaces of the separating rollers


53


and


53


′ is scratched by the inner ends of the blades


54


and


54


′ and passes through the upper surface thereof to be dropped within the collecting tank


51


.




At the time, the sludge separatedly collected from the waste water


538


is directly delivered to the combustion chamber


12


through the outflowing hole


511


and the supplying pipe


512


of the bottom surface of the collecting tank


51


and is immediately burned by a high temperature of fire of the burner


13


.




The low density of waste water from which the sludge particles are separated and removed flows within the heat exchanger


60


through the outflowing hole


522


and the conveying pipe


22




a.






At the time, since the heat exchanger


60


is heated by the heat of the exhaust gas ejected to the interior of the dust collector


40


through the chimney


114


from the treater


10


, the low density of waste water within the heat exchanger


60


is heat-exchanged with the exhaust gas and heated.




Next, the heated waste water is delivered to the storage tank


23


through the outflowing hole


62


and the conveying pipe


22




b,


and the waste water in the storage tank


23


is delivered to the receiving pipe body


31


of the ejector


30


and is ejected within the combustion chamber


12


through the nozzles


32


.




Since the low density of waste water is in a heated state within the heat exchanger


60


, the water and the sludge remaining can be rapidly evaporated and burned within the combustion chamber


12


.




On the other hand, in the second embodiment of the present invention the waste water is delivered to the heat exchanger


60


through the separator


50


, but may be delivered from the separator


50


to the ejector


30


, not passing through the heat exchanger


60


, which is not of course deviated from the scope of the invention.




Furthermore, all operations of the first and second embodiments of the present invention are automatically controlled by a general automatic control apparatus (not shown).




Industrial Applicability




As apparent from the foregoing, a waste water treating device constructed according to the present invention can rapidly evaporate waste water in which waste water or oil printing ink, or waste oil such as lubricating oil, cutting oil and so on is contained in a treater and completely destroys by fire sludge contained in the waste water, to thereby eliminate an environment contamination problem caused due to the factory waste water.




In addition, a waste water treating device constructed according to the present invention can be simply installed in a small area and destroy combustible wastes and sludge to reduce fuel consumption cost of a burner. Moreover, a waste water treating device constructed according to the present invention can increase a treating amount of the waste water per unit time to thereby reduce an activation time thereof and decrease installation and maintenance cost, to thereby obtain an economic advantage.



Claims
  • 1. A waste water treating device comprising:a combustion chamber having an inlet passage by which combustible wastes of waste water and sludge are inserted into the combustion chamber, a burner for burning the wastes while evaporating waste water and incinerating the sludge within a waste incineration part of the combustion chamber, an outlet for taking ashes out of the combustion chamber and a gas outlet for discharging combustion gas from the combustion chamber; a waste water supplier for supplying the waste water from a collecting tank into the combustion chamber having: a pump for the collecting tank, a storage tank for temporarily storing the waste water supplied from the waste water collecting tank by said pump prior to injecting the waste water into said combustion chamber, and an ejector for discharging the waste water from said supplier into said combustion chamber through a plurality of nozzles; a dust collector including: an exhaust pipe for exhausting the combustion gas from said combustion chamber gas outlet into the atmosphere, and a dust treating and collecting chamber for collecting and treating dust from the combustion gas before the combustion gas is discharged from the exhaust pipe into the atmosphere; and a sludge separator installed at a position between said supplier and said ejector for electrically separating the sludge from the waste water prior to directly feeding the sludge into the combustion chamber and feeding the diluted waste water to said ejector, said sludge separator comprising: a collecting tank connected to an upper end of a supplying pipe at its bottom wall, with a lower end of said supplying pipe being positioned within said combustion chamber; a separating tank mounted within said collecting tank and connected to a conveying pipe of said supplier at its sidewall and to a diluted waste water conveying pipe at its bottom wall; a plurality of separating rollers rotatably mounted within an upper portion of said separating tank with a part of said separating rollers to be immersed in the waste water of said separating tank, said separating rollers being selectively turned on so as to become electromagnets capable of attracting the sludge thereon; and a plurality of blades for scraping the sludge-on said separating rollers prior to dropping the sludge into said collecting tank, said blades being inclinedly mounted to an upper portion of said separating tank at opposite positions in a way such that each blade is inclined downwardly from an inside end to an outside end thereof, with the inside end being positioned close to an associated separating roller and the outside end being positioned within said collecting tank.
  • 2. The waste water treating device according to claim 1, further comprising:a heat exchanger installed at a position between said supplier and said ejector, said heat exchanger being adapted for heating the waste water from the supplier using the combustion gas from said dust collector, thus allowing the waste water to be preheated to a desired temperature prior to being fed to said ejector.
  • 3. The waste water treating device according to claim 2, wherein said heat exchanger comprises a cylindrical body, provided with a waste water inlet hole and a waste water outlet hole and installed within an upper portion of said dust collector.
  • 4. The waste water treating device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of guide projections are interiorly provided on a sidewall of the combustion chamber at alternate positions.
  • 5. The waste water treating device according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of nozzles are provided on a sidewall of the combustion chamber with a pair of nozzles placed at opposite positions with water ejecting directions of the nozzles crossing each other.
Priority Claims (2)
Number Date Country Kind
96-45644 Dec 1996 KR
97-21385 Aug 1997 KR
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