CN207247724U - Zinc sulfate drying device - Google Patents

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CN207247724U
CN207247724U CN201721070720.0U CN201721070720U CN207247724U CN 207247724 U CN207247724 U CN 207247724U CN 201721070720 U CN201721070720 U CN 201721070720U CN 207247724 U CN207247724 U CN 207247724U
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王全归
李文波
贺全国
汪子成
刘珍宝
李勇全
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Hengyang Xuguang Zinc Germanium Technology Co Ltd
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The utility model belongs to zinc sulfate drying equipment technical field, provide a kind of zinc sulfate drying device, the cyclone separator connected including spray dryer, with spray dryer and the fluidized bed dryer connected with spray dryer discharge bucket, the feed pipe of spray dryer connects zinc sulfate liquid storage tank by feeding engine, and the first hot blast pipe of spray dryer connects the first Roots blower by the first air heater;Cyclone separator bottom is connected by closing wind discharger and feed back pipe with fluidized bed dryer;Second hot blast pipe of fluidized bed dryer is communicated with the second Roots blower by the second air heater, and the cool air hose of fluidized bed dryer connects the 3rd Roots blower, and fluidized bed dryer connects exhaust blower with the exhaust pipe that the top of cyclone separator is equipped with.The utility model improves the quality of production of zinc sulfate drying with production efficiency, has saved the energy, has simplified production technology, effectively prevent the generation of environmental pollution phenomenon.

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Zinc sulfate drying device
Technical field
It the utility model is related to zinc sulfate drying equipment technical field, and in particular to a kind of zinc sulfate drying device.
Background technology
At present, the use scope of zinc sulfate is more and more extensive, is one of common industrial chemicals, be chiefly used in soil improvement, Disease and the industrial additive in fruit tree nursery etc. are prevented, as the continuous development of science, its effect are increasingly important.
Zinc sulfate drying is used as a vital step in its production technology, it directly affects the quality of zinc sulfate production, Zinc sulfate drying of the prior art, makees the pneumatic conveying drying method of heat source frequently with fire coal, it is difficult to realizes the accurate behaviour of drying temperature Control, because zinc sulfate can decompose rotten when temperature is higher than 280 DEG C of temperature, therefore Chang Fashengyin temperature controls inaccurately cause to do Zinc sulfate after dry contains the generation for decomposing contaminant problem, and dried sulfuric acid zinc product will also be crushed, screen analysis etc., not only Complex operation, and the continuous and automatic of production procedure is difficult to realize, it is dried the quality of production and also needs into one with efficiency Step improves, in addition, manufacturer using pneumatic conveying drying method while zinc sulfate drying production is realized, it is also necessary to add at exhaust gas The environmental protection equipments such as device are managed, to solve the pollution produced in zinc sulfate drying production process so that production cost greatly increases, and Many small-sized manufacturers do not increase processing equipment, and directly the dirt that gives up of the exhaust gas in production process is discharged into air, is made Into serious environmental pollution.
Therefore, a kind of new zinc sulfate drying device is developed, not only with urgent researching value, it may have good warp Benefit of helping and commercial application potentiality, this is exactly where the power that the utility model is accomplished and basis.
Utility model content
For in the prior art the defects of, the utility model provides a kind of zinc sulfate drying device, improves zinc sulfate and does The dry quality of production has saved the energy, has simplified production technology, effectively prevent the hair of environmental pollution phenomenon with production efficiency It is raw.
The utility model provides a kind of zinc sulfate drying device, including spray dryer, cyclone separator and fluid bed Drier, the top of the spray dryer are equipped with feed pipe and the first hot blast pipe, and the feed pipe is communicated with by feeding engine Zinc sulfate liquid storage tank, first hot blast pipe are communicated with the first Roots blower by the first air heater;
The cyclone separator is connected with the spray dryer, and the bottom of the cyclone separator, which is equipped with, closes wind discharging Device, the wind discharger that closes are connected by feed back pipe with the fluidized bed dryer;
The bottom of the spray dryer is equipped with discharge bucket, and the discharge bucket passes through conveying pipeline and the fluidized bed dryer Feed inlet connection, the bottom of the fluidized bed dryer is equipped with the second hot blast pipe and cool air hose, and second hot blast pipe passes through Second air heater is communicated with the second Roots blower, and the cool air hose is communicated with the 3rd Roots blower, and the cold wind Pipe is positioned at the bottom of the fluidized bed dryer close to the discharge bucket position of the fluidized bed dryer, the fluidized bed dryer Exhaust pipe is equipped with the top of the cyclone separator, and exhaust blower is communicated with by the exhaust pipe.
As an improvement technical solution, between the zinc sulfate liquid storage tank and the feeding engine be equipped with zinc sulfate it is molten Liquid filter.
As an improvement technical solution, first Roots blower, the second Roots blower and the 3rd Roots drum The air inlet of wind turbine is communicated with air filter.
As an improvement technical solution, the spray dryer uses atomizer drier.
As an improvement technical solution, the fluidized bed dryer uses horizontal multicompartment fluidized bed dryer, and institute The both sides for stating fluidized bed dryer are respectively arranged with vibrating motor, and the fluidized bed dryer is by spring supporting on base support.
As a kind of further improved technical solution, screen is equipped with the fluidized bed dryer, the fluid bed is done The feed inlet and discharge bucket of dry device are respectively positioned on the top of the screen, and the fluidized bed dryer is located above the screen Internal cavities are equipped with some flow aprons vertically.
As an improvement technical solution, be communicated with bag hose between the cyclone separator and the exhaust blower.
As an improvement technical solution, the top of the spray dryer is equipped with gas distributor, the gas point The air inlet of cloth device is connected with first hot blast pipe, and the gas outlet of the gas distributor is located at the interior of the spray dryer In portion's cavity.
Due to being had the advantages that using above technical scheme, the utility model;
Solution of zinc sulfate in zinc sulfate liquid storage tank, under the action of feeding engine, is realized dry to spraying by feed pipe The feeding of dry device, the high pressure draught that the first Roots blower produces, after the heat effect of the first air heater, passes through First hot blast pipe realizes the supply to spray dryer, and the zinc sulfate droplet and the first hot blast pipe by spray dryer atomization are sent The thermal current entered is in contact, and realizes the drying of zinc sulfate droplet, the zinc sulfate particle formed after spray dryer is dried, leads to Cross conveying pipeline and enter further convective drying in fluidized bed dryer, after drying convection current in spray dryer and fluidized bed dryer Air flow direction cyclone separator, the zinc sulfate particle being entrained with air-flow is under the trapping effect of cyclone separator, by closing Wind discharger and feed back pipe are re-mixed to fluidized bed dryer, eventually pass through pair of spray dryer and fluidized bed dryer The discharge port outflow of the sulfuric acid zinc product self-fluidized type bed dryer of composite drying standard after weight desiccation;Compare traditional air-flow Seasoning, realizes efficiently using for heat, improves heating efficiency, has saved the energy, and spray dryer is dry in realization While dry function, have the function of to be granulated, therefore the zinc sulfate produced after drying is the product of laminating production requirement, without carrying out The operating processes such as unnecessary broken, screen analysis;The zinc sulfate dried by different level using spray dryer and fluidized bed dryer is done Dry mode, can realize the accurate manipulation of temperature, reduce solution of zinc sulfate and dry the required time, substantially increase zinc sulfate Drying efficiency, avoid because drying temperature control inaccurately cause dried zinc sulfate contain decompose impurity phenomenon hair It is raw, provide reliable guarantee to realize that the zinc sulfate of high quality and high efficiency low power consuming dries production.
The solution of zinc sulfate filter being equipped between zinc sulfate liquid storage tank and feeding engine, can realize to solution of zinc sulfate Effective filtering, the impurity for avoiding to contain in solution of zinc sulfate impacts follow-up dried sulfuric acid zinc product, is Realize that the drying production of high quality zinc sulfate provides guarantee.
The air mistake that the air inlet of first Roots blower, the second Roots blower and the 3rd Roots blower is communicated with Filter, can effectively filter out the impurity waste contained in air, realize to the dry purified treatment with required air-flow, to realize The drying production of high quality zinc sulfate provides guarantee.
Spray dryer uses atomizer drier, and easy to operate, Granularity Distribution is uniform, to zinc sulfate material Strong applicability, be suitable for the production of heat sensitive material.
Fluidized bed dryer uses horizontal multicompartment fluidized bed dryer, and drying efficiency is high, and the both sides of fluidized bed dryer Be respectively arranged with vibrating motor, fluidized bed dryer by spring supporting on base support, while convective drying is realized, material Under mechanical oscillation and the double action of air-flow, easy to goods fluid;The screen and flow apron being equipped with fluidized bed dryer, Holdup time of the zinc sulfate in drier is extended, material heating temperature is uniform, realizes the high efficiency drying of zinc sulfate.
The bag hose being communicated between cyclone separator and exhaust blower, can discharge air-flow to the exhaust duct of cyclone separator In the zinc sulfate fine powder that contains further trap, realize resources conservation, preventing from discharging in air-flow from cyclone separator to contain Some zinc sulfate pollutes environment.
The gas distributor that the top of spray dryer is equipped with, can carry out the high-pressure hot gas stream that the first hot blast pipe is sent into It is scattered so that air-flow is passed through mode in the internal cavities of spray dryer in cocurrent, to ensure the dry mass of zinc sulfate.
In conclusion the utility model improves the quality of production of zinc sulfate drying with production efficiency, traditional gas is compared Drain off drying method, has saved the energy, simplifies production technology, effectively prevent the generation of environmental pollution phenomenon, meets people To the production requirement of zinc sulfate drying.
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, below will be right in order to illustrate more clearly of the utility model embodiment or technical solution of the prior art Embodiment or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art are briefly described.In all of the figs, it is similar Element or part are generally identified by similar reference numeral.In attached drawing, each element or part might not be according to actual ratios Draw.
Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of the utility model;
Reference numeral:1- spray dryers;2- cyclone separators;3- fluidized bed dryers;301- screens;302- water conservancy diversion is kept off Plate;4- feed pipes;The first hot blast pipes of 5-;6- feeding engines;7- zinc sulfate liquid storage tanks;The first air heaters of 8-;First sieve of 9- Thatch air blower;10- closes wind discharger;11- feed back pipes;12- conveying pipelines;The second hot blast pipes of 13-;14- cool air hoses;15- second is empty Hot-air heater;The second Roots blowers of 16-;The 3rd Roots blowers of 17-;18- exhaust pipes;19- solution of zinc sulfate filters; 20- air filters;21- bag hoses;22- gas distributors;23- exhaust blowers.
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The embodiment of technical solutions of the utility model is described in detail below in conjunction with attached drawing.Following embodiments are only For clearly illustrating the technical solution of the utility model, therefore example is only used as, and this practicality cannot be limited with this New protection domain.
As shown in Figure 1, the utility model provides a kind of zinc sulfate drying device, including spray dryer 1, cyclonic separation Device 2 and fluidized bed dryer 3, the top of spray dryer 1 are equipped with 4 and first hot blast pipe 5 of feed pipe, and feed pipe 4 passes through feeding Pump 6 is communicated with zinc sulfate liquid storage tank 7, and the first hot blast pipe 5 is communicated with the first Roots blower 9 by the first air heater 8; Cyclone separator 2 is connected with spray dryer 1, and the bottom of cyclone separator 2, which is equipped with, closes wind discharger 10, and it is logical to close wind discharger 10 Feed back pipe 11 is crossed to connect with fluidized bed dryer 3;The bottom of spray dryer 1 is equipped with discharge bucket, and discharge bucket passes through conveying pipeline 12 Being connected with the feed inlet of fluidized bed dryer 3, the bottom of fluidized bed dryer 3 is equipped with the second hot blast pipe 13 and cool air hose 14, the Two hot blast pipes 13 are communicated with the second Roots blower 16 by the second air heater 15, and cool air hose 14 is communicated with the 3rd Roots drum Wind turbine 17, and cool air hose 14 is located at discharge bucket position of the bottom close to fluidized bed dryer 3 of fluidized bed dryer 3, fluid bed The top of drier 3 and cyclone separator 2 is equipped with exhaust pipe 18, and is communicated with exhaust blower 23 by exhaust pipe 18.
For ease of realizing drying to zinc sulfate, in the present embodiment, spray dryer 1 using atomizer drier 1, Easy to operate, Granularity Distribution is uniform, to the strong applicability of zinc sulfate material, is suitable for the production of heat sensitive material;Fluidisation Bed dryer 3 uses horizontal multicompartment fluidized bed dryer 3, and drying efficiency is high, and the both sides of fluidized bed dryer 3 are respectively arranged with vibration Motor, fluidized bed dryer 3 is by spring supporting on base support, and while convective drying is realized, material shakes in machinery Under dynamic and air-flow double action, easy to goods fluid, screen 301 is equipped with fluidized bed dryer 3, fluidized bed dryer 3 Feed inlet and discharge bucket are respectively positioned on the top of screen 301, and the internal cavities that fluidized bed dryer 3 is located above screen 301 erect Some flow aprons 302 are directly equipped with, the screen 301 and flow apron 302 being equipped with, extend delay of the zinc sulfate in drier Time, material heating temperature is uniform, realizes the high efficiency drying of zinc sulfate.
To avoid to have an impact zinc sulfate quality in drying process, in the present embodiment, zinc sulfate liquid storage tank 7 with Solution of zinc sulfate filter 19 is equipped between feeding engine 6, the solution of zinc sulfate filter 19 being equipped with, can realize molten to zinc sulfate Effective filtering of liquid, the impurity for avoiding to contain in solution of zinc sulfate impact follow-up dried sulfuric acid zinc product, Guarantee is provided to realize that high quality zinc sulfate dries production;First Roots blower 9, the second Roots blower 16 and the 3rd sieve The air inlet of thatch air blower 17 is communicated with air filter 20, and the air filter 20 being communicated with, can effectively filter out air In the impurity waste that contains, realize to the dry purified treatment with required air-flow, to realize that the dry of high quality zinc sulfate is given birth to Production provides guarantee.
In the present embodiment, bag hose 21 is communicated between cyclone separator 2 and exhaust blower 23, can be to cyclone separator 2 Exhaust duct discharge air-flow in the zinc sulfate fine powder that contains further trap, realize resources conservation, prevent from cyclone separator 2 The zinc sulfate that may contain in discharge air-flow pollutes environment.
The top of spray dryer 1 is equipped with gas distributor 22, and the air inlet of gas distributor 22 connects with the first hot blast pipe 5 Logical, the gas outlet of gas distributor 22 is located in the internal cavities of spray dryer 1, and the gas distributor 22 being equipped with can be right The high-pressure hot gas stream that first hot blast pipe 5 is sent into is disperseed so that air-flow is in and circulates in the internal cavities of spray dryer 1 Enter mode, to ensure the dry mass of zinc sulfate.
In use, the solution of zinc sulfate in zinc sulfate liquid storage tank 7, real by feed pipe 4 under the action of feeding engine 6 The high pressure draught now produced to the feeding of spray dryer 1, the first Roots blower 9, in adding by the first air heater 8 After heat effect, the supply to spray dryer 1 is realized by the first hot blast pipe 5, the zinc sulfate mist being atomized by spray dryer 1 The thermal current that drop and the first hot blast pipe 5 are sent into is in contact, and realizes the drying of zinc sulfate droplet, after the drying of spray dryer 1 The zinc sulfate particle of formation, enters further convective drying in fluidized bed dryer 3,1 He of spray dryer by conveying pipeline 12 The air flow direction cyclone separator 2 after convection current is dried in fluidized bed dryer 3, the zinc sulfate particle being entrained with air-flow is in whirlwind Under the trapping effect of separator 2, re-mixed by closing wind discharger 10 and feed back pipe 11 to fluidized bed dryer 3, finally The sulfuric acid zinc product self-fluidized type of composite drying standard after the dual desiccation of spray dryer 1 and fluidized bed dryer 3 The discharge port outflow of bed dryer 3.
The zinc sulfate drying device based on said structure, compares traditional pneumatic conveying drying method, effectively prevent environment dirt The generation of phenomenon is contaminated, efficiently using for heat is realized, improves heating efficiency, saved the energy, spray dryer 1 exists While realizing functions/drying, have the function of to be granulated, therefore the zinc sulfate produced after drying is the product of laminating production requirement, nothing It need to carry out the operating processes such as unnecessary broken, screen analysis;It is somebody's turn to do using what spray dryer 1 and fluidized bed dryer 3 were dried by different level Zinc sulfate drying mode, can realize the accurate manipulation of temperature, reduce solution of zinc sulfate and dry the required time, greatly improve The drying efficiency of zinc sulfate, avoids and decomposes impurity because drying temperature control inaccurately causes dried zinc sulfate to contain and show The generation of elephant, reliable guarantee is provided to realize that the zinc sulfate of high quality and high efficiency low power consuming dries production.
Finally it should be noted that:Various embodiments above is only to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model, rather than it is limited System;Although the utility model is described in detail with reference to foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should Understand:It can still modify the technical solution described in foregoing embodiments, either to which part or whole Technical characteristic carries out equivalent substitution;And these modifications or replacement, the essence of appropriate technical solution is departed from this practicality newly The scope of each embodiment technical solution of type, it should all cover among the claim of the utility model and the scope of specification.

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  1. A kind of 1. zinc sulfate drying device, it is characterised in that:Including spray dryer, cyclone separator and fluidized bed dryer, The top of the spray dryer is equipped with feed pipe and the first hot blast pipe, and it is molten that the feed pipe by feeding engine is communicated with zinc sulfate Liquid storage tank, first hot blast pipe are communicated with the first Roots blower by the first air heater;
    The cyclone separator is connected with the spray dryer, and the bottom of the cyclone separator, which is equipped with, closes wind discharger, institute State and close wind discharger and connected by feed back pipe with the fluidized bed dryer;
    The bottom of the spray dryer is equipped with discharge bucket, the discharge bucket by conveying pipeline and the fluidized bed dryer into Material mouth connects, and the bottom of the fluidized bed dryer is equipped with the second hot blast pipe and cool air hose, and second hot blast pipe passes through second Air heater is communicated with the second Roots blower, and the cool air hose is communicated with the 3rd Roots blower, and the cool air hose position In the bottom of the fluidized bed dryer close to the discharge bucket position of the fluidized bed dryer, the fluidized bed dryer and institute The top for stating cyclone separator is equipped with exhaust pipe, and is communicated with exhaust blower by the exhaust pipe.
  2. 2. zinc sulfate drying device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The zinc sulfate liquid storage tank is sent with described Solution of zinc sulfate filter is equipped between material pump.
  3. 3. zinc sulfate drying device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:First Roots blower, second sieve The air inlet of thatch air blower and the 3rd Roots blower is communicated with air filter.
  4. 4. zinc sulfate drying device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The spray dryer uses centrifugal spray Mist drier.
  5. 5. zinc sulfate drying device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The fluidized bed dryer is using horizontal more Room fluidized bed dryer, and the both sides of the fluidized bed dryer are respectively arranged with vibrating motor, the fluidized bed dryer passes through bullet Spring is supported on base support.
  6. 6. zinc sulfate drying device according to claim 5, it is characterised in that:Grid are equipped with the fluidized bed dryer Plate, the feed inlet and discharge bucket of the fluidized bed dryer are respectively positioned on the top of the screen, and the fluidized bed dryer position Internal cavities above the screen are equipped with some flow aprons vertically.
  7. 7. zinc sulfate drying device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The cyclone separator and the exhaust blower Between be communicated with bag hose.
  8. 8. zinc sulfate drying device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The top of the spray dryer is equipped with gas Body distributor, the air inlet of the gas distributor are connected with first hot blast pipe, the gas outlet position of the gas distributor In in the internal cavities of the spray dryer.
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CN107477981A (en) * 2017-08-25 2017-12-15 衡阳旭光锌锗科技有限公司 Zinc sulfate drying device
CN110813041A (en) * 2019-11-28 2020-02-21 湖南力泓新材料科技股份有限公司 Quick drying device is used in zinc sulfate production

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CN107477981A (en) * 2017-08-25 2017-12-15 衡阳旭光锌锗科技有限公司 Zinc sulfate drying device
CN110813041A (en) * 2019-11-28 2020-02-21 湖南力泓新材料科技股份有限公司 Quick drying device is used in zinc sulfate production

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