Method for treating liquid in a tank and liquid jetting device used in the method

• US 5,810,473 A
• Filed: 12/10/1996
• Issued: 09/22/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Taiho Industries Co., Ltd. (ICHINEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.)
• Original Assignee: Taiho Industries Co., Ltd. (ICHINEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.)
• Inventors: Goto, Takahiro, Manabe, Nobuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): SOOHOO, TONY GLEN
• Application Number:
  US08/762,965
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 366/136, 366/137, 366/165.1, 366/165.4, 366/165.5, 366/182.1, 366/167.1, 366/173.1, 366/173.2, 366/132, 366/608, 239/227, 239/226, 239/225.1, 134/167 R, 134/180, 134/181, 134/8, 210/205, 210/194, 210/220, 210/525
• US Class Current: 366/132
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 3/14 with oscillating elements; with intermittent operation
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 9/0933 Removing sludge or the like from tank bottoms

Abstract

A method for treating liquid stored in a tank includes the steps of installing a liquid jetting device having a nozzle in a tank, providing the device with separate power sources for swinging the nozzle in the vertical and horizontal directions, jetting liquid from the nozzle at high pressure, monitoring the jetting of liquid from outside the tank, and controlling the power sources from outside the tank. The liquid jetting device used in the method includes a frame mounted on the tank, a casing provided to be swingable inside the frame, a first shaft extending laterally inside the casing, a jet nozzle for jetting liquid provided to be swingable by the first shaft in a direction perpendicular to the swinging direction of the casing, a first power source for swinging the casing, a second power source for swinging the jet nozzle in the direction perpendicular to the swinging direction of the casing, and means enabling the driving of the first and second power sources to be controlled from outside the tank.

Claims

1. A method for treating liquid stored in a tank to remove precipitate deposited on a bottom of the tank, comprising the steps of:

installing a plurality of liquid jetting devices, each having a nozzle swingable in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, in a lower side wall of a tank at predetermined intervals so that liquid can be jetted from the nozzle into the tank;

providing each liquid jetting device with separate power sources for swinging the nozzle thereof in the vertical and horizontal directions;

jetting liquid from the nozzle of each said liquid jetting device at high pressure;

monitoring, from outside the tank, the jetting of the liquid from the nozzle of each said liquid jetting device; and

simultaneously controlling the swinging of the nozzles by the power sources from outside the tank to efficiently treat the liquid stored in the tank to remove the precipitate.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of forming a plurality of opening sections in the lower side wall of the tank, attaching a detachable cover to each opening section, and providing each liquid jetting advice in the detachable cover.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of recirculating liquid remaining in the tank after the treatment and wherein the recirculated liquid is used as the liquid jetted from the nozzle at high pressure.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the recirculated liquid is heated and then used as the liquid jetted from the nozzle at high speed.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of providing the liquid remaining in the tank after the treatment to a reduced pressure recovery vessel and wherein the recovered liquid is used as the liquid jetted from the nozzle at high pressure.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of stirring the liquid stored in the tank with the liquid jetted from the nozzle at high pressure, thereby fluidizing the precipitate, and removing the fluidized precipitate together with a mixture of the stored liquid and the jetted liquid.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid jetted from the nozzle at high pressure is jetted directly onto the precipitate, thereby fluidizing the precipitate, and removing the precipitate together with the jetted liquid.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of varying a supply of a driving fluid to the power sources so that the swinging of the nozzle by the power sources is controllable in angular range and speed from outside the tank.

9. A liquid jetting device comprising:

a plurality of frames mounted on a lower side wall of a tank to be cleaned at predetermined intervals;

a casing mounted to be swingable inside each frame;

a first shaft extending laterally inside the casing;

a jet nozzle having a port for jetting liquid and connected with the first shaft so as to be swingable in a direction perpendicular to the swinging direction of the casing;

a first power source supplied with driving fluid for swinging the casing;

a second power source supplied with driving fluid for swinging the jet nozzle in the direction perpendicular to the swinging direction of the casing; and

means enabling the driving of the first and second power sources to be controlled from outside the tank in accordance with a state of liquid jetted from the port of the jet nozzle.

10. The liquid jetting device according to claim 9, wherein the driving fluid supplied to the first and second sources is air.

11. The liquid jetting device according to claim 9, wherein the lower side wall of the tank has a plurality of opening sections, further comprising a detachable cover that is attached to each opening section, and wherein each frame is mounted on the detachable cover.