Circulating flushing type compost tea production equipment

Abstract

The utility model provides circulating flushing type compost tea production equipment, which is characterized in that compost materials in a hopper pass through a separator shell and are flushed by water sprayed from a nozzle in the separator shell, so that microorganisms in the compost materials are washed away, and washing water carrying the microorganisms is conveyed into a separator tank positioned below the separator shell. The wash water from the water tank apparatus cyclically flushes the compost tea in the separator tank until a desired concentration of microorganisms is achieved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a compost tea production equipment, specifically the utility model relates to an improved equipment for producing compost tea, which can continuously wash compost materials by circulating water until the desired compost tea concentration is reached, and then directly spray the produced compost tea on the ground to enhance soil fertility. BACKGROUND

[0002] Compost tea is a compost liquid obtained by fully soaking compost in water and adding oxygen. Compared with compost mixed into the soil, compost tea has better effects on plants.

[0003] Compost tea can be directly applied to the soil or sprayed on the leaves. When applied to the soil, compost tea can penetrate the soil and directly enter the root zone, affecting the plant's rhizosphere. The nutrients in compost tea are utilized by plants and microorganisms. The microorganisms in compost tea enter the soil and compete with soil microorganisms, eventually becoming part of the soil and rhizosphere ecology. Compost tea applied directly to the soil does not need to be filtered before application, thus retaining more microorganisms and providing greater microbial quantity and diversity than leaf spraying.

[0004] Current compost tea equipment designed by many families has the problems of uncontrollable microbial concentration of produced compost tea and inconvenience of use. The equipment described in this paper is improved based on existing equipment. The equipment can wash the compost to make nutrients and microorganisms dissolve in the washing water, and the washing water is recycled until the desired compost concentration is reached. SUMMARY

[0005] The utility model relates to a kind of compost tea production equipment of circular washing, including the hopper of compost material into equipment in it. The bottom of hopper is inclined, first screw conveyor is installed at the bottom of hopper, the first screw conveyor is sent compost material towards its lower end and enters discharge pipe. Anti-clogging screw conveyor is located in the compost hopper above first screw conveyor, to prevent compost material from being blocked in hopper. Compost material is discharged downward from the lower end of hopper to the lower end of upwardly inclined separator housing by discharge pipe, second screw conveyor is rotatably installed in the separator housing, for compost material is sent from the lower end of separator housing to the upper end of separator housing. Second screw conveyor includes hollow screw shaft, and a plurality of drainage nozzles are installed on the screw shaft. Separator housing has cylindrical screen around second screw conveyor, to prevent compost material from entering separator. Separator tank is located below separator housing and is in fluid communication therewith, for containing washing water containing microorganisms in compost.

[0006] The apparatus also includes a water tank having a first water conduit extending from a water tank drain to an inlet side of the pump. A second water conduit extends from a discharge side of the pump to an inlet side of the filter. A third water conduit extends from a first filter outlet to a screw shaft of the second screw conveyor to supply water to the discharge nozzle. A fourth water conduit extends from the second water conduit to a compost tea jar for receiving finished compost tea. A stop valve is installed in the fourth water conduit for controlling discharge of the finished compost tea. A fifth water conduit extends from a lower end of the separator jar to the first water conduit.

[0007] Water is supplied through the third water conduit to the screw shaft in the separator housing to spray water from the discharge nozzle on the screw shaft onto the compost material passing through the separator housing to cause the microorganisms on the compost material to be flushed into the wash water. The washed wash water is collected in the separator jar and recirculated to the first water conduit. The spent compost material is discharged from the separator housing to a spent compost material pile. The compost tea is recirculated through the apparatus until the compost tea reaches a desired concentration. When the concentration of the compost tea in the separator jar reaches the desired concentration, the stop valve is opened to discharge the compost tea through the fourth water conduit to a designated compost tea jar.

[0008] Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved apparatus for producing compost tea that flushes microorganisms from the compost with water and recirculates the compost tea through the apparatus until a proper concentration of microorganisms is achieved in the compost tea. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0009] The present invention will be further described with reference to the drawings.

[0010] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a cyclic flushing type compost tea production apparatus;

[0011] Figure 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a cyclic flushing type compost tea production apparatus.

[0012] In the drawings:

[0013] 1, hopper, 2, hopper outlet, 3, first screw conveyor, 4, anti-clogging screw conveyor, 5, discharge pipe, 6, separator housing, 7, separator jar, 8, bottom, 9, second screw conveyor, 10, screw shaft, 11, thread, 12, nozzle, 13, water tank, 14, drain, 15, water inlet, 16, first water conduit, 17, motor I, 18, pump, 19, second water conduit, 20, filter, 21, filter first outlet, 22, filter second outlet, 23, third water conduit, 24, fourth water conduit, 25, fifth water conduit, 26, sixth water conduit, 27, stop valve, 28, control valve, 29, float assembly, 30, motor II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0014] The utility model will be described in detail below in combination with the drawings.

[0015] Referring to Figure 1 It is a kind of structure schematic diagram of cyclic flush type compost tea production equipment, including the hopper 1 for carrying compost material, it preferably has the lower end of inclination. The lower end of hopper 1 is provided with hopper outlet 2, hopper outlet 2 is communicated with the first screw conveyor 3, and the first screw conveyor 3 is used to deliver compost material in hopper 1 to the lower end of hopper 1. Anti-blocking screw conveyor 4 is arranged in hopper 1 to prevent compost material from blocking above the first screw conveyor 3.

[0016] Referring to Figure 1 It is a kind of structure schematic diagram of cyclic flush type compost tea production equipment, and discharge pipe 5 extends from the lower end of hopper 1 to the lower end of inclined separator shell 6. Separator shell 6 is provided with open bottom 8 communicated with the upper end of separator tank 7. Second screw conveyor 9 is rotatably installed in separator shell 6 to deliver compost material from the lower end of separator shell. Second screw conveyor 9 includes a hollow screw shaft 10, and helical thread 11 is installed on the screw shaft 10. A plurality of discharge nozzles 12 are installed on screw shaft 10 and are in fluid communication with the inside of screw shaft 10.

[0017] Referring to Figure 2 It is a kind of internal structure schematic diagram of cyclic flush type compost tea production equipment, and the equipment further includes water tank 13 with water outlet 14 and water inlet 15. First water guide pipe 16 extends from water outlet 14 of water tank 13 to the inlet side of pump 18 driven by motor I 17. Second water guide pipe 19 extends from the discharge side of pump 18 to filter 20. Third water guide pipe 23 is in fluid communication between filter first outlet 21 and screw shaft 10. Fourth water guide pipe 24 extends from second water guide pipe 19 to the container receiving compost tea, and stop valve 27 is provided on fourth water guide pipe 24. Fifth water guide pipe 25 extends from the lower end of separator tank 7 to first water guide pipe 16. Sixth water guide pipe 26 extends from filter second outlet 22 of filter 20 to water inlet 15 of water tank 13. Control valve 28 is installed in sixth water guide pipe 26 to control water flow in sixth water guide pipe.

[0018] Referring to Figure 1 It is a kind of structure schematic diagram of cyclic flush type compost tea production equipment, and float assembly 29 is arranged in the lower part inside separator tank 7, which can prevent water from being discharged unevenly from separator shell 6. Motor II 30 drives first screw conveyor 3, anti-blocking screw conveyor 4 and second screw conveyor 9 through suitable chain and sprocket mechanism.

[0019] Referring to Figure 1 AndFigure 2 The specific operation of the device is as follows: the compost material is placed in the hopper 1, and the pump 18 is driven by the motor I17. At this time, the stop valve 27 will be closed, and the control valve 28 will be opened, the water from the water tank 13 passes through the first water guide pipe 16 to the inlet side of the pump 18, the water from the pump 18 passes through the second water guide pipe 19 into the filter 20 for filtering, part of the water is discharged from the second outlet 22 of the filter 20 and returns to the inlet side of the water tank 13, the other part of the water enters the separator housing 6 and is sprayed onto the compost by the nozzle 12, at this time the float assembly 29 is opened to allow the washing water to flow out from the separator tank 7, the washing water containing the microorganisms of the compost material is conveyed to the first water guide pipe 16 by the fifth water guide pipe 25 for recirculation. The washing water passes through the pump 18 and enters the filter 20, part of the washing water is conveyed to the water tank 13 by the sixth water guide pipe 26, and the other part of the washing water is conveyed to the separator housing 6 by the third water guide pipe 23 to continue to flush the compost material until the desired concentration of microorganisms is reached.

[0020] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 The device washes the compost material in the separator housing 6 and recirculates the washing water containing the microorganisms washed from the compost material through the system until the microorganisms in the washing water reach an appropriate concentration, so that the ideal compost tea is obtained. When the compost tea reaches the required concentration, the stop valve 27 is opened to transfer the compost tea to the compost tea tank through the fourth water guide pipe 24.

[0021] The above is a detailed description of the present application in combination with specific preferred embodiments, which cannot be considered as limiting the specific implementation of the present application to these descriptions. The architecture form can be flexible and variable, and a series of products can be derived without departing from the concept of the present application. If some simple deductions or substitutions are made, they should be considered as belonging to the patent protection range determined by the claims submitted by the present application.

Claims

1. A recirculating flush compost tea production apparatus characterized by The composting apparatus includes a hopper for feeding composting material into the apparatus, the composting material being discharged from a lower end of the hopper through a discharge pipe downwardly into a lower end of an upwardly inclined separator housing, a second screw conveyor being rotatably mounted in the separator housing for conveying composting material from the lower end of the separator housing to an upper end of the separator housing, a water spray nozzle being mounted on the second screw conveyor for spraying water onto compost being conveyed by the second screw conveyor to wash microorganisms from the compost, a separator tank being located below and in fluid communication with the separator housing to receive the wash water carrying the microorganisms.

2. A recirculating flush compost tea production apparatus as defined in claim 1, further characterized by The second screw conveyor includes a screw flight and a screw shaft, the spray nozzle being mounted on the screw shaft.

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