To provide an air-lift pump capable of maintaining stable water transfer amount and a septic tank equipped with the air-lift pump.
This air-lift pump is equipped with a lifting pipe having an inlet and an outlet, an air supply pipe feeding air into inside of the lifting pipe, a first storage box storing liquid flowing out of the outlet of the lifting pipe, and a second storage box to which liquid stored in the first storage box is transferred. The first storage box has a water transfer opening positioned on a bottom part of a wall face contacting the second storage box, and a return opening provided on a wall face other than the wall face provided with the water transfer opening and returning liquid to a tank provided with the inlet of the lifting pipe. The height of the bottom part of the return opening is set higher than the height of the bottom part of the water transfer opening.
WO/2013/021840 | GAS LIFT SYSTEM AND GAS LIFT METHOD |
JPS62195498 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCOOPING UP LIQUID |
YAMASHITA HIROSHI
SAWARA AKIO