JPH1099879A - Coombined treating method of independent treatment purifying tank - Google Patents

Coombined treating method of independent treatment purifying tank

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JPH1099879A
JPH1099879A JP25484796A JP25484796A JPH1099879A JP H1099879 A JPH1099879 A JP H1099879A JP 25484796 A JP25484796 A JP 25484796A JP 25484796 A JP25484796 A JP 25484796A JP H1099879 A JPH1099879 A JP H1099879A
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Yukiya Tsuchiya
幸也 土屋
Nobuyoshi Katagai
信義 片貝
Toshimasa Umehara
敏正 梅原
Atsushi Hibino
淳 日比野
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a purifying tank using an existing independent treatment purifying tank and capable of performing combined treatment. SOLUTION: This combined treatment tank is constituted by arranging a biological treatment tank 18 consisting of a contact aeration tank 20 having a contact material 13, the backwashing pipe 15 provided to the lower part of the contact material and an air diffusion cylinder 14 and provided with a second inflow port 36 and a sedimentation tank 21 and a disinfection tank 22 in the vicinity of an existing independent treatment purifying tank 1 wherein a sedimentation separation chamber 4 having a first inflow port 33, a contact aeration chamber 5, a sedimentation chamber 6 and a disinfection chamber 7 are allowed to communicate with each other in this order and the first outflow port 34 of the independent treatment purifying tank 1 is allowed to communicate with the second inflow port 36 of the biological treatment tank 18 by a communication pipe 35 and the communication pipe 35 is branched on the way thereof to set the branch part to a drain inflow pipe 25.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、既設の単独処理浄
化槽に生物処理槽を連結することにより、合併処理可能
とする単独処理浄化槽の合併処理化方法に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for merging a single treatment wastewater treatment tank by connecting a biological treatment tank to an existing single treatment wastewater treatment tank.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】従来から、し尿浄化の方法として、単独
処理浄化槽を用いる方法がある。図3を用いて単独処理
浄化槽について説明すると、浄化すべきし尿は、第1流
入口33より沈澱分離室4に流入し、該沈澱分離室4に
て固液分離が行われる。分離された上澄み液は、接触ば
っ気室5上部に移流され、該接触ばっ気室5内に設置さ
れた散気管9より吐出される空気泡により撹拌される。
撹拌により、上澄み液は、接触ばっ気室5内に設けられ
た接触材12に接触し、栄養基質の酸化除去が徐々に行
われる。このまま撹拌を継続すると、接触材12表面に
生物膜が厚く堆積し閉塞してしまうので、接触材12下
部に設けられた逆洗管10により定期的に生物膜の剥離
を行う。尚、剥離された生物膜は、沈澱分離室4へ返送
される(図示省略)。接触ばっ気室5を通過した後は、
沈澱室6へ流入し沈澱分離を行い、上澄み液のみ消毒室
7へ入り塩素剤による滅菌を行った後、第1流出口34
より放流される。
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of purifying human waste, there is a method using a single treatment septic tank. Explaining the single treatment septic tank with reference to FIG. 3, human waste to be purified flows into the sedimentation / separation chamber 4 from the first inlet 33, where solid-liquid separation is performed. The separated supernatant liquid is transferred to the upper part of the contact aeration chamber 5 and is stirred by air bubbles discharged from the air diffuser 9 installed in the contact aeration chamber 5.
By the stirring, the supernatant liquid comes into contact with the contact material 12 provided in the contact aeration chamber 5, and the oxidative removal of the nutrient substrate is gradually performed. If the stirring is continued as it is, the biofilm is thickly deposited on the surface of the contact material 12 and becomes blocked. Therefore, the biofilm is periodically removed by the backwash tube 10 provided below the contact material 12. The detached biofilm is returned to the precipitation separation chamber 4 (not shown). After passing through the contact aeration chamber 5,
After flowing into the sedimentation chamber 6 for sedimentation separation, only the supernatant liquid enters the disinfection chamber 7 and is sterilized with a chlorine agent.
It is released more.

【0003】[0003]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】以上述べた単独処理浄
化槽は、その浄化すべき水の種類がし尿のみであり、単
独処理浄化槽を既に既設してある家庭で、生活排水を同
時に処理することはできない。従って、し尿及び生活排
水を合併処理する場合には、合併処理浄化槽を新たに購
入設置するしか方法がなかった。しかし、これでは費用
が多くかかることとなり、古い単独処理浄化槽の処分問
題も深刻なものとなってしまう。周知のように、浄化槽
の多くはFRPによって製造されており、その廃棄には
多くの労力を要する。廃棄できないために、単独処理浄
化槽を埋め殺しにする場合には、その土地の有効利用が
できないとの新たな問題も浮上してくる。
In the above-mentioned single treatment septic tank, the type of water to be purified is only human waste, and it is not possible to simultaneously treat domestic wastewater in a household already having a single treatment septic tank. Can not. Therefore, in the case where human waste and domestic wastewater are combined, the only option is to purchase and install a new wastewater treatment tank. However, this is costly, and the disposal problem of the old single treatment septic tank becomes serious. As is well known, many septic tanks are manufactured by FRP, and disposing of the septic tank requires much labor. If the septic tank is buried and killed because it cannot be discarded, a new problem that the land cannot be used effectively arises.

【0004】本発明は、既設の単独処理浄化槽を有効利
用し、単独処理浄化槽を合併処理浄化槽の一部として使
用することにより、単独処理浄化槽の処分問題を解決
し、新たに合併処理浄化槽を購入するより安価に合併処
理浄化槽に改造することを目的とするものである。
The present invention solves the disposal problem of a single treatment septic tank by effectively using an existing single treatment septic tank and uses the single treatment septic tank as a part of a combined treatment septic tank, and purchases a new combined treatment septic tank. The purpose is to convert to a merger treatment septic tank at a lower cost.

【0005】[0005]

【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は、図1に示すよ
うに、第1流入口33を有した沈澱分離室4と、接触ば
っ気室5と、沈澱室6と、第1流出口34を有した消毒
室7とをこの順番に連通させた既設の単独処理浄化槽1
近傍に、接触材13と該接触材13下部に設けた逆洗管
15と散気筒14とを有し、且つ、第2流入口36を設
けた接触ばっ気槽20と、沈殿槽21と、消毒槽22と
からなる生物処理槽18を設置し、前記単独処理浄化槽
1の第1流出口34と前記生物処理槽18の第2流入口
36を連通パイプ35により連通させ、前記連通パイプ
35を途中にて分岐させることにより、該分岐部分を排
水流入管25とすることを特徴とする。
According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a sedimentation separation chamber 4 having a first inlet 33, a contact aeration chamber 5, a sedimentation chamber 6, and a first outlet are provided. The existing single treatment septic tank 1 in which the disinfection chamber 7 having the pipes 34 is communicated in this order.
In the vicinity, a contact aeration tank 20 having a contact material 13, a backwash pipe 15 provided below the contact material 13, and an air diffuser 14, and having a second inlet 36, a settling tank 21, The biological treatment tank 18 including the disinfecting tank 22 is installed, and a first outlet 34 of the single treatment / purification tank 1 and a second inlet 36 of the biological treatment tank 18 are communicated by a communication pipe 35. By branching on the way, the branch portion is formed as a drainage inflow pipe 25.

【0006】[0006]

【発明の実施の形態】本発明の概略を図1を用いて説明
する。本発明は、家庭から排出される汚水を、「し尿及
び台所排水(以下排水Aという)」と「風呂水及び洗濯
排水(以下排水Bという)」とで分けて処理するもので
あり、排水Aは、既設の単独処理浄化槽1へ排水し、排
水Bは、単独処理浄化槽1を経ることなく直接生物処理
槽18へ排水するものである。尚、台所排水は、必ずし
も単独処理浄化槽1へ排出させる必要はなく直接生物処
理槽18へ排出しても固形分が少ない場合には問題がな
い。具体的には、排水Aは、し尿流入管23及び排水流
入管24から流入させ、排水Bは、排水流入管25から
流入させる。
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The outline of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The present invention separates and treats sewage discharged from homes into "human waste and kitchen wastewater (hereinafter referred to as wastewater A)" and "bath water and laundry wastewater (hereinafter referred to as wastewater B)". Drains water to the existing single treatment septic tank 1 and drains water B directly to the biological treatment tank 18 without passing through the single treatment septic tank 1. It should be noted that kitchen wastewater does not necessarily need to be discharged to the single treatment septic tank 1 and can be discharged directly to the biological treatment tank 18 without any problem if the solid content is small. More specifically, the drainage A is caused to flow from the human waste inflow pipe 23 and the drainage inflow pipe 24, and the wastewater B is caused to flow from the wastewater inflow pipe 25.

【0007】本発明の浄化槽にて浄化を行なう場合に
は、既設の単独処理浄化槽1に本来設置してあった消毒
室7内の薬筒(塩素剤等の滅菌剤を入れる容器)を取外
し、且つ、接触ばっ気室5へブロワ8からの空気供給を
停止させて使用する。こうすることにより、既設の単独
処理浄化槽1は、その容器全体で沈殿分離槽としての働
きをするようになり、付設する生物処理槽の容積を小さ
くすることが可能になる。
[0007] When purifying in the septic tank of the present invention, a medicine tube (a container for containing a sterilizing agent such as a chlorine agent) in the disinfecting chamber 7 originally installed in the existing single treatment septic tank 1 is removed. The air supply from the blower 8 to the contact aeration chamber 5 is stopped before use. By doing so, the existing single treatment / purification tank 1 functions as a sedimentation / separation tank in the entire vessel, and the volume of the attached biological treatment tank can be reduced.

【0008】[0008]

【実施例】本発明の実施例を図1に基づいて説明する
と、排水Aがし尿流入管23及び排水流入管24から単
独処理浄化槽1に自然流入し、流入した排水Aは固形物
質及び栄養基質を除去され連通パイプ35によって生物
処理槽18へと移送される。尚、前記生物処理槽18へ
は、連通パイプ35から分岐されている排水流入管25
からも排水Bが流入する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. Drainage A naturally flows into the single treatment septic tank 1 from the human waste inflow pipe 23 and the wastewater inflow pipe 24. Is removed and transferred to the biological treatment tank 18 by the communication pipe 35. The wastewater inflow pipe 25 branched from the communication pipe 35 is connected to the biological treatment tank 18.
Wastewater B also flows in from.

【0009】生物処理槽18へ流入した排水は、接触ば
っ気槽20にて散気筒14から供給される空気内の酸素
により生物処理が行なわれ、接触材13に徐々に生物膜
を形成する。排水の浄化をそのまま継続すると、生物膜
により接触材13が閉塞してしまうため、定期的に逆洗
管15を使用して生物膜を接触材13から剥ぎ落す作業
を行なう。前述した散気筒14及び逆洗管15への空気
供給は、専用ブロワ16から行なわれるが、単独処理浄
化槽1にて使用していたブロワ8を使用してもかまわな
い。接触ばっ気槽20にて生物処理された処理水は、沈
殿槽21を通過し、消毒槽22にて塩素による滅菌を行
なった後、ポンプ17にて排出される。
The wastewater flowing into the biological treatment tank 18 is subjected to biological treatment by oxygen in the air supplied from the air diffuser 14 in the contact aeration tank 20, and a biological film is gradually formed on the contact material 13. If the purification of the wastewater is continued as it is, the contact material 13 is clogged by the biofilm. Therefore, an operation of periodically peeling the biofilm from the contact material 13 using the backwash tube 15 is performed. The above-described air supply to the air diffuser 14 and the backwash pipe 15 is performed from the dedicated blower 16, but the blower 8 used in the single treatment septic tank 1 may be used. The treated water biologically treated in the contact aeration tank 20 passes through the sedimentation tank 21, is sterilized with chlorine in the disinfection tank 22, and then discharged by the pump 17.

【0010】図2は、排水Aのうちし尿のみを単独処理
浄化槽1へ流入させるものであり、台所排水及び排水B
を生物処理槽18へ流入させている。前述したように、
本発明では、単独処理浄化槽を沈殿分離槽として使用し
ているために、台所排水に固形分が少ない場合には、直
接生物処理槽18へ流入させることが可能となる。
FIG. 2 shows that only the night soil of the wastewater A flows into the single treatment septic tank 1, and the kitchen wastewater and the wastewater B
Into the biological treatment tank 18. As previously mentioned,
In the present invention, since the single treatment septic tank is used as the sedimentation separation tank, it is possible to directly flow into the biological treatment tank 18 when the solid content of the kitchen wastewater is small.

【0011】[0011]

【発明の効果】以上説明したとおり、本発明によれば既
設の単独処理浄化槽を使用し、容易に合併処理槽にする
ことが可能となる。そのため、既設の単独処理浄化槽を
廃棄する必要がなく、新たに合併処理浄化槽を設置する
よりも経費を低く抑えることが可能となる。
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to use an existing single treatment septic tank and easily form a combined treatment tank. Therefore, there is no need to dispose of the existing single treatment septic tank, and it is possible to keep costs lower than installing a new combined treatment septic tank.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】本発明の1実施例を示す浄化槽の側方断面図で
ある。
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a septic tank showing one embodiment of the present invention.

【図2】本発明の他の実施例を示す浄化槽の側方断面図
である。
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a septic tank showing another embodiment of the present invention.

【図3】従来用いられていた単独処理浄化槽の概略断面
図である。
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a single treatment septic tank conventionally used.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1.単独処理浄化槽 2.仕切壁 3.仕切壁 4.沈
殿分離室 5.接触ばっ気室 6.沈殿室 7.消毒室
8.ブロワ 9.散気管 10.逆洗管 11.薬筒
12.接触材 13.接触材 14.散気筒 15.
逆洗管 16.専用ブロワ 17.ポンプ 18.生物
処理槽 19.仕切壁 20.接触ばっ気槽 21.沈
殿槽 22.消毒槽 23.し尿流入管 24.排水流
入管 25.排水流入管 26.生物処理槽 33.第
1流入口 34.第1流出口 35.連通パイプ 3
6.第2流入口
1. Separate treatment septic tank 2. Partition wall 3. Partition wall 4. Sedimentation separation chamber 5. 5. Contact aeration chamber Settling chamber 7. Disinfection room 8. Blower 9. Diffuser tube 10. Backwash tube 11. Medicine cartridge 12. Contact material 13. Contact material 14. Aeration cylinder 15.
Backwash tube 16. Dedicated blower 17. Pump 18. Biological treatment tank 19. Partition wall 20. Contact aeration tank 21. Sedimentation tank 22. Disinfection tank 23. Night soil inflow tube 24. Drainage inflow pipe 25. Drainage inflow pipe 26. Biological treatment tank 33. First inlet 34. First outlet 35. Communication pipe 3
6. 2nd inlet

───────────────────────────────────────────────────── フロントページの続き (72)発明者 日比野 淳 茨城県下館市大字下江連1250番地 日立化 成工業株式会社結城工場内 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Jun Hibino 1250 Shimoedori, Shimodate-shi, Ibaraki Pref.Hitachi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 第1流入口を有した沈澱分離室と、接触
ばっ気室と、沈澱室と、第1流出口を有した消毒室とを
この順番に連通させた既設の単独処理浄化槽近傍に、接
触材と該接触材下部に設けた逆洗管と散気筒とを有し、
且つ、第2流入口を設けた接触ばっ気槽と、沈殿槽と、
消毒槽とからなる生物処理槽を設置し、前記単独処理浄
化槽の第1流出口と前記生物処理槽の第2流入口を連通
パイプにより連通させ、前記連通パイプを途中にて分岐
させることにより、該分岐部分を排水流入管とすること
を特徴とする単独処理浄化槽の合併処理化方法。
1. An existing single treatment / purification tank in which a sedimentation separation chamber having a first inlet, a contact aeration chamber, a sedimentation chamber, and a disinfection chamber having a first outlet are communicated in this order. In the, having a contact material and a backwash tube and an air diffuser provided below the contact material,
And a contact aeration tank provided with a second inlet, a settling tank,
By installing a biological treatment tank consisting of a disinfection tank, the first outlet of the single treatment purification tank and the second inlet of the biological treatment tank are communicated by a communication pipe, by branching the communication pipe in the middle, A method for merging single treatment septic tanks, wherein the branch portion is a drainage inflow pipe.
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