Waste Fluid Bath Filtration With Inclined Debris Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In waste fluid treatment apparatuses, sediment deposition at the bottom of fluid baths leads to processing debris mixing back with filtered waste fluid, preventing its reuse as a processing fluid.
Innovation Solution
A waste fluid treatment apparatus with a fluid bath featuring an inclined collecting area at the bottom to concentrate and discharge processing debris, preventing it from mixing with filtered clear water, and utilizing a filter and discharging means to ensure continuous treatment and reuse of the processed fluid.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If processing debris is deposited at the bottom of the fluid bath, then the debris concentrates at the bottom, but the debris flows upward with the processing waste fluid and mixes back with the filtered clear water
Solution Approach 1:
The fluid bath is divided into two distinct functional zones: a first area for receiving and filtering processing waste fluid, and a second collecting area for concentrating and discharging processing debris. This segmentation prevents debris from mixing back with filtered fluid by spatially separating the filtration and debris collection functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The processing debris is extracted from the filtered clear water by allowing it to settle in the dedicated collecting area at the bottom of the fluid bath. The collected debris is then discharged through discharge means, removing the harmful substance from the system and preventing it from contaminating the reusable processed fluid.
2Productivity
If processing debris is continuously discharged, then continuous waste fluid treatment is enabled, but the device complexity increases with additional discharging means
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service continuous treatment by automatically discharging accumulated processing debris from the collecting area. The discharging means periodically or continuously removes debris without requiring manual intervention, maintaining the simplicity of the overall system while achieving continuous operation.
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
Enables continuous waste fluid treatment by isolating processing debris from filtered water, allowing the reuse of processed fluid as a processing fluid, thereby preventing debris from re-mixing with clear water.
Implementation Method 1
a filter (28) that filters the processing waste fluid (L)
Implementation Method 2
a collecting area (22) formed in the fluid bath (20) to have an inclined surface for depositing processing debris (B) at a predetermined portion of a bottom (200) of the fluid bath (20) in a concentrated manner
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AI summary
A waste fluid treatment apparatus removing processing debris from a processing waste fluid discharged from a processing apparatus. The waste fluid treatment apparatus includes a fluid bath storing the processing waste fluid, an inflow port through which the processing waste fluid is introduced to the fluid bath, a collecting area having an inclined surface for depositing the processing debris at a predetermined portion of a bottom of the fluid bath in a concentrated manner, a vacuum pump discharging the processing debris deposited in the collecting area to an outside of the fluid bath, and an outflow port through which a processing waste fluid obtained by removing the processing debris is discharged.