Liquid extracting apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Okamoto, Eiji Ochi, Atsushi Tatani, Susumu Okino, Toru Takashina
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Abstract
A liquid extracting apparatus in accordance with the present invention is configured so that a connection pipe 22a (suction-side pipe) of a pump 22 for extracting slurry liquid content is connected to the upper end side of a liquid content introduction path to which slurry in a tank 8 can be introduced to attain the precipitation and separation of solid content, and a number of tubes 26 are packed at the lower end portion of the liquid content introduction path 21. The present invention can provide a simple liquid extracting apparatus that can effectively extract only liquid content in the slurry (suspension) moving in the tank.
Claims20
A liquid extracting apparatus for discharging slurry liquid content with a lower suspended solid concentration than that of slurry in which solid content is suspended in liquid from a tank in which said slurry is stored, comprising:
- a liquid content extraction path configured so that the lower end thereof is open toward the bottom surface of said tank so that said slurry can be introduced from the lower end side to achieve the precipitation and separation of solid content;
- liquid extracting means connected to the upper end side of said liquid content extraction path to extract slurry liquid content from said tank via said liquid content extraction path;
- and flow straightening means provided at the lower end portion of said liquid content extraction path;
- wherein said flow. straightening means is configured so that the lower end portion of said liquid content extraction path is divided into a number of long flow paths along the flow direction;
- wherein said flow straightening means is configured so that a number of tubes are provided at the lower end portion of said liquid content extraction path in a packed state;
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- wherein the flow straightening means is a bundle of tubes, wherein the shape of each of the tubes is a tapered shape, a bellows shape, or a spirally bent shape.
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