Water-Plant Harvesting Ship With Steel-Belt Dewatering and Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning ships for harvesting water plants face challenges in adapting to waters of different depths, have low load utilization rates for collected plants, and affect overall working efficiency and fuel economy due to the need for high waterproof performance and repeated unloading.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning ship design featuring a steel belt conveying mechanism, driven shaft, push block, and cutting mechanism that allows for efficient harvesting of water plants without deep underwater operation, utilizing a steel belt to pull and cut plants while minimizing water content, enhancing load utilization and reducing the need for frequent unloading.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the water plant pulling mechanism goes deep below the water surface to contact the river bed, then the uprooting effect is improved, but the waterproof performance requirement increases, leading to higher production and maintenance costs
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into an above-water processing section and a below-water harvesting section. The steel belt conveying mechanism and processing mechanisms are positioned above water, while only the harvesting components extend below water, separating the complex processing functions from the harsh underwater environment and reducing waterproof requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The steel belt acts as an intermediary carrier that transfers water plants from the underwater harvesting area to the above-water processing area. This allows the harvesting function to operate underwater while the complex processing mechanisms remain in the easier-to-maintain above-water environment.
2Productivity
If the water plants are collected with high water content and stacked with gaps, then the harvesting process is simple, but the hull load utilization rate decreases, requiring repeated unloading trips
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs preliminary processing actions (removing water and crushing) while the water plants are being conveyed on the steel belt, before they are loaded into the hull. This preliminary dewatering and compaction reduces the volume and weight of plants requiring hull capacity, maximizing load utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functions (conveying, dewatering, crushing, and loading) are merged into a continuous integrated process. The steel belt conveying mechanism combines transportation with water removal and size reduction, eliminating separate operations and continuously preparing plants for efficient hull loading.
3Quantity of substance
If the cleaning ship returns to unload water plants frequently, then the hull capacity is optimized, but the overall working efficiency and fuel economy decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The steel belt conveying mechanism operates continuously, constantly removing water and crushing plants as they are harvested. This continuous processing reduces the volume of material requiring hull storage, extending the interval between unloading trips and maintaining steady harvesting operations without interruption.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to the field of water surface treatment, and in particular to a cleaning ship for water surface treatment for harvesting water plants. In order to solve the technical problems that the existing cleaning ship cannot adapt to the waters of different depths for harvesting water plants, and a hull has low load utilization rate for the collected water plants and affects the overall working efficiency and the fuel economy of the hull, the present invention provides a cleaning ship for water surface treatment for harvesting water plants, comprising a steel belt conveying mechanism, a driven shaft and the like. The steel belt conveying mechanism drives the driven shaft to rotate.