Sedimentary Trap With Filtration Sheet For Floating Particle Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sedimentary traps fail to capture floating particles, which can degrade effluent water quality and cause pipe blockages, as these particles pass through unobstructed and into the effluent pipe.
Innovation Solution
A sedimentary trap design featuring a container with a filtration sheet of materials like fiberglass or foam positioned below the lid, where inlet and outflow pipes extend through, allowing sediment to settle while capturing floating particles on the surface as they rise and become entrained in the mesh, preventing them from exiting with the water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional sedimentary traps are used to trap plaster and sediments, then sediment trapping effectiveness is improved, but floating particles pass through unobstructed degrading effluent quality
Solution Approach 1:
The trap is divided into distinct functional zones: an upper filtration zone with the filtration sheet for capturing floating particles, and a lower sedimentation zone for settling heavier sediments. This segmentation allows each zone to address specific types of contamination independently, resolving the contradiction between sediment trapping and floating particle removal.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the trap are assigned different functional properties: the upper region contains a filtration sheet with specific mesh characteristics optimized for floating particle capture, while the lower region provides an unobstructed sedimentation zone. This local differentiation of functional qualities enables simultaneous handling of both floating and suspended particles.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a filtration sheet is added to capture floating particles, then effluent water quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The filtration sheet is designed as a disposable component that can be easily installed and removed. When becomes clogged with floating particles, the entire sheet can be replaced rather than cleaned, simplifying maintenance and reducing the complexity of ongoing operations. This disposable approach makes the added filtration function economically viable.
Solution Approach 2:
The use of a thin filtration sheet rather than a bulky filtration system minimizes the added complexity. The sheet can be made from flexible materials that conform to the trap structure, requiring minimal installation infrastructure and maintaining simplicity in the overall device design while still providing effective floating particle capture.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the filtration sheet captures all floating particles, then pipe blockages are prevented, but maintenance frequency increases due to sheet clogging
Solution Approach 1:
The filtration sheet is designed to be easily extracted from the trap for replacement. This extraction capability allows maintenance personnel to quickly remove clogged sheets and install new ones without disassembling the entire trap, significantly reducing maintenance time while maintaining continuous protection against pipe blockages.
Solution Approach 2:
The filtration sheet is treated as a consumable component that is discarded after capturing floating particles. Rather than attempting to clean and reuse the sheet, the system is designed to efficiently discard clogged sheets and replace them with fresh ones, minimizing maintenance complexity and time investment while ensuring consistent blockage prevention.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively captures floating particles, improving effluent water quality and preventing pipe blockages by ensuring that only clear water exits the trap, reducing maintenance and plumbing costs.
Implementation Method 1
A sheet of filtration material (fiberglass, foam etc.) is situated within the container, below the interior surface of the lid. The inlet and outflow pipes extend through the filtration sheet into the trap
Implementation Method 2
When the trap has largely fill with sediment, it is sealed and disposed of. Once the water is in the container, the sediment falls to bottom of the container unobstructed by the filtration sheet
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AI summary
The trap includes a container with a top opening covered by a lid. Inlet and outflow pipes extend through the lid into the container. A sheet of mesh filtration material (fiberglass, foam etc.) is situated within the container, below and preferably bonded to the interior surface of the lid. The inlet and outflow pipes extend through the filtration sheet into the container such that as the water level rises, sediment from the water flowing through the container settles to the bottom of the container and floating particles on the surface of the water which would otherwise be carried out of the trap with the water as the water exits the container remain in the filtration sheet.