CN114262022A

CN114262022A - Water purifier with double TDS probes

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Publication number: CN114262022A
Application number: CN202111649549.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宾倩韵; 刘梦薇; 孙天厚; 谈菲
Original assignee: Foshan Midea Qinghu Water Purification Equipment Co ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Midea Qinghu Water Purification Equipment Co ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-29
Filing date: 2021-12-29
Publication date: 2022-04-01

Abstract

The invention discloses a water purifier with double TDS probes, which is characterized in that waste water flows back to the front of a first reverse osmosis filter element through a pipeline, is mixed with tap water and then enters the first reverse osmosis filter element again for secondary filtration. The method can greatly reduce the discharge of waste water while ensuring the performance and the service life of the first reverse osmosis filter element; meanwhile, the waste water is connected with an original tap water faucet of a household kitchen of a user, the waste water discharge is completed when the tap water faucet is opened, and meanwhile, the waste water is secondarily utilized, so that the requirement of ecological environment protection is met. In addition, a TDS probe and a waste water direct discharge pipeline are added for directly discharging waste water when the pure water effluent desalination rate is not qualified.

Description

Water purifier with double TDS probes

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of water purifiers, in particular to a water purifier with double TDS probes.

Background

By the reverse osmosis process, water can be passed from a solution with a high concentration to a solution with a low concentration. Since inorganic ions, colloidal substances and macromolecular solutes cannot pass through the reverse osmosis cartridge, unwanted substances remain at the end of the high concentration solution and the lower concentration end of the solution receives purified pure water during this process. The process of the core component reverse osmosis filter element of the water purifier is actually a liquid concentration process, the salt content in water is continuously increased along with the water flowing through the surface of the reverse osmosis filter element, and the osmotic pressure of the water is also continuously increased. When the osmotic pressure increases to the pressure of the booster pump, water cannot flow into the clean water side through the reverse osmosis cartridge. The part of the water which fails to pass is the waste water generated in the process of making water.

The lower the amount of wastewater, the higher the recovery rate (water yield/total water intake 100%), the more easily colloids, organic pollutants and scale-forming ions are deposited on the surface of the reverse osmosis filter element, which causes the blockage of the reverse osmosis filter element, and the reduction of the water yield and the desalination rate. Therefore, in order to ensure the performance of the reverse osmosis filter element and prolong the service life of the reverse osmosis filter element, the recovery rate of the reverse osmosis system on the market is generally 50-60%. But the recovery rate is not high, so that the waste water is excessive, and the resource utilization is not facilitated.

Disclosure of Invention

The main objective of this application is to provide a water purifier with two TDS probes, aims at solving the too much problem that is unfavorable for resource utilization of waste water that current water purifier produced.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a water purifier with a dual TDS probe, comprising:

a first wastewater direct discharge pipeline, one end of which is communicated with a pipeline between the wastewater inlet of the first reverse osmosis filter element and the domestic water inlet, wherein the first wastewater direct discharge pipeline is provided with a first flow limiting valve (14a) and a first switch valve, and the first switch valve is arranged at the downstream of the first flow limiting valve;

one end of the first branch is communicated with a pipeline between the first flow limiting valve and the first switch valve, the other end of the first branch is communicated with a water inlet of the booster pump, and a first one-way valve flowing towards the water inlet of the booster pump is arranged on the first branch;

the first TDS probe is arranged at the upstream of the booster pump;

a second TDS probe disposed between the first reverse osmosis filter element and the potable water inlet;

the electric control unit is respectively electrically connected with the water outlet assembly, the booster pump, the first flow limiting valve, the first switch valve (18a), the first TDS probe and the second TDS probe;

the electric control unit is used for turning on the booster pump and turning off the first switch valve when receiving a signal that the drinking water inlet is communicated with the water outlet; and when the salt rejection rate that acquires first TDS probe and second TDS probe detect is less than preset salt rejection rate, open first ooff valve.

The electronic control unit is further used for controlling the first switch valve to be opened when the TDS value detected by the second TDS probe is larger than a preset TDS value and the drinking water inlet and the signal of the water outlet blocking are received.

In one embodiment, when the time that the water outlet assembly is not opened exceeds a preset time, the first switch valve is opened.

The water purifier with two TDS probes still including set up in for the first waste water on the straight pipeline second reverse osmosis filter core, the water inlet of second reverse osmosis filter core (with the waste water mouth intercommunication of first reverse osmosis filter core, the waste water mouth of second reverse osmosis filter core with the domestic water inlet intercommunication, the waste water mouth of second reverse osmosis filter core with pipeline intercommunication between the domestic water inlet with the end intercommunication of intaking of first current-limiting valve, the delivery port of second reverse osmosis filter core with the delivery port of first reverse osmosis filter core with flow path intercommunication between the second TDS probe.

In an embodiment, the water purifier with the double TDS probes further comprises a second reverse osmosis filter element, a water inlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element is communicated with a water outlet of the booster pump, a wastewater outlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element is communicated with one end of a second wastewater direct discharge pipeline, a second flow limiting valve and a second switch valve are arranged on the second wastewater direct discharge pipeline, the second switch valve is located downstream of the second flow limiting valve, a flow path between the second switch valve and the second flow limiting valve is communicated with the pump inlet through a second branch, and a second one-way valve flowing towards a water inlet of the booster pump is arranged on the second branch;

the electric control unit is used for closing the second switch valve when receiving a signal for communicating the drinking water inlet and the water outlet); and when the salt rejection rate that acquires first TDS probe and second TDS probe detect is less than preset salt rejection rate, open the second ooff valve.

In one embodiment, the electronic control unit is further configured to control the second on-off valve to open when the TDS value detected by the second TDS probe is greater than a preset TDS value and a signal indicating that the drinking water inlet (131) is blocked from the water outlet is received.

In one embodiment, when the time that the water outlet assembly is not opened exceeds a preset time, the second switch valve is opened.

In one embodiment, the water purifier with dual TDS probes further comprises a pre-filter disposed between the booster pump and the first TDS probe.

In one embodiment, a water inlet valve is arranged between the upstream of the pre-filter element or the intersection of the flow path where the pump inlet is positioned and the first branch path and the pre-filter element.

In one embodiment, the water purifier with the dual TDS probe further comprises a post-filter element disposed on a flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter element and the potable water inlet.

In one embodiment, the pre-filter element is a PP filter element, an activated carbon filter element, an ultrafiltration filter element or a nanofiltration filter element; the rear filter element is an activated carbon filter element; the water outlet flow of the preposed filter element is less than 8L/min.

In one embodiment, the predetermined salt rejection rate is 70% to 95%.

In one embodiment, the water purifier with dual TDS probes further comprises a post-filter disposed in the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter and the second TDS probe.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow diagram of a first embodiment of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow diagram of a second embodiment of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow diagram of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to a third embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow diagram of a fourth embodiment of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow diagram of a fifth embodiment of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow diagram of a waterway system of a purifier according to a sixth embodiment of the present application with dual TDS probes;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flow diagram of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to a seventh embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow diagram of an eighth embodiment of a waterway system in a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flow diagram of a ninth embodiment of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flow diagram of a tenth embodiment of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic flow diagram of an eleventh embodiment of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to the present application;

FIG. 12 is a flow diagram of a waterway system of a water purifier with dual TDS probes according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				11a	First reverse osmosis filter element	111	First water inlet
112	The first water outlet	113	First waste water port
				11b	Second reverse osmosis filter element	114	Second water inlet
115	Second water outlet	116	Second waste water port
				12	Booster pump	121	Pump inlet
122	Pump outlet	P₁	First branch
				P₂	Second branch	Q₁	First-degree water straight-discharging pipeline
Q₂	Second wastewater direct discharge pipeline	14a	First flow limiting valve
				14b	Second flow limiting valve	15a	First check valve
15b	Second check valve	13	Water outlet assembly
				131	Drinking water inlet	132	Water inlet for domestic water
133	Water outlet	17a	Front filter element
				17b	Rear filter element	18a	First switch valve
18b	Second switch valve	19a	First TDS Probe
				19b	Second TDS Probe	S1	First pure water pipeline
S2	Second pure water pipeline

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, if appearing throughout the text, "and/or" is meant to include three juxtaposed aspects, taking "A and/or B" as an example, including either the A aspect, or the B aspect, or both A and B satisfied aspects. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention provides a reverse osmosis high-water-saving intelligent system matched with an intelligent faucet. And (3) returning the wastewater generated by the reverse osmosis filter element in the water purification process to the front of the reverse osmosis filter element through a pipeline, mixing the wastewater with tap water, and then feeding the wastewater into the reverse osmosis filter element again for secondary filtration.

The waste water that the reverse osmosis filter core produced except that before backward flow to the reverse osmosis filter core through the return line, this system still links to each other reverse osmosis filter core waste water with life tap, opens life tap through the user and accomplishes washing reverse osmosis filter core and waste water return line, and waste water discharge supplies the user to live and uses, accomplishes the reutilization to waste water, satisfies ecological environmental protection's requirement. In addition, still added TDS probe and the straight pipeline of waste water of a way, can be used to directly discharge waste water when detecting that the effluent desalination rate is not up to standard.

The first embodiment is as follows: see fig. 1. The intelligent double-water faucet is added into the wastewater backflow system, and the intelligent faucet can complete electric control on other components in the system through the change of the opening/closing state of the intelligent faucet. The pure water outlet end of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a is connected with the drinking water end of the double water taps, the waste water outlet end is divided into two paths, one path is directly connected with the domestic water end of the double water taps, the other path is a waste water return line, waste water can flow back to the front of the booster pump 12 through the first flow limiting valve 14a, and one path on the waste water return line is a first waste water direct discharge line Q1 and is used for directly discharging the waste water directly when necessary. A first TDS probe 19a is arranged at the front end of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the waste water return line and is used for detecting the TDS of the tap water inlet; the rear end of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a is provided with a second TDS probe 19b for detecting the TDS of the pure water effluent; the first flow limiting valve 14a on the wastewater return pipeline is a valve body with a flow limiting function (in a flow limiting state, the flow is small, the flow can be 5% -80% in a fully open state, and preferably, the flow can be 10% -30% in the fully open state); the first on-off valve 18a on the first wastewater straight line Q1 is a valve body having a fully open or fully closed function.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; after tap water flows into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, the tap water is divided into a path of pure water and a path of wastewater, the pure water is discharged by a drinking water faucet for drinking, the wastewater flows back to the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a and is mixed with the tap water to enter the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for filtration, and zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

The user turns on the life faucet: tap water enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a through a booster pump 12 (the pump is not started) and then flows out of the waste water end of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a in two ways, one way of the tap water is directly discharged through a domestic tap in a large flow rate, and the other way of the tap water flows back to the pump through a first flow limiting valve 14a (the flow is limited and small), is mixed with the tap water and then enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again to flush the waste water side of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11 a; namely, when a user opens the living water faucet, tap water with lower ion concentration can replace the waste water with high ion concentration accumulated at the waste water side of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, so that the problem of the first cup of water is effectively solved; moreover, as the domestic water flow is large, when passing through the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, the water can flush out pollutants such as scale and organic matters deposited on the side surface of the wastewater of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, so that the scaling risk of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a is reduced, and the service life of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a is prolonged; meanwhile, the process can flush the wastewater backflow waterway and the first flow limiting valve 14a, the risk that the first flow limiting valve 14a is blocked due to scaling is reduced, and the service life of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a is further prolonged. When the domestic faucet is opened, the waste water generated and accumulated in the water production process can be discharged through the domestic faucet for domestic water use, and the waste water utilization is realized in the true sense.

Wastewater straight-line procedure 1: when the user got the drinking water, because the waste water backward flow, it can increase along with the increase of water intaking time to go out the water TDS, consequently, when first TDS probe 19a and second TDS probe 19b detected that the system desalination is less than the setting value (preferred 70-95%), start the straight line procedure of waste water (preferred 5-300s of time), booster pump 12 keeps starting, keeps normal system water state promptly, first ooff valve 18a opens, the waste water that first reverse osmosis filter core 11a produced is discharged along with the straight calandria of waste water, can resume initial level in the play water TDS short time, and weak to drinking water flow influence.

Wastewater straight-line procedure 2: when the user is monitored not to use the water purifier for a long time (preferably 10min-10h), starting a waste water direct discharge program (preferably 5-300 s); the booster pump 12 is not started, the first flow limiting valve 14a and the first switch valve 18a are opened, tap water flows out from the wastewater end after entering the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a depending on the pressure of tap water and is directly discharged into the wastewater straight discharge pipeline, so that the replacement of water in the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the wastewater pipeline is completed, the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the first flow limiting valve 14a are prevented from scaling, and the service lives of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the first flow limiting valve 14a are prolonged. Under the normal condition, the user opens life tap and can accomplish the washing to first reverse osmosis filter core 11a and waste water return line, and this procedure mainly used avoids having no use life water needs again after the user has got the drinking water, makes backward flow waste water be detained in first reverse osmosis filter core 11a and return line for a long time, causes the incrustation scale deposit and influences life's problem.

Example two: see fig. 2. In this embodiment, a front filter element 17a is added to the front end of the booster pump 12, the type of the front filter element 17a can be PP with different forms, activated carbon with different forms, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, composite filter elements made of the above materials, and the like, and the front effluent flow rate is less than 8L/min. The first TDS probe 19a is either before the wastewater return line, before the pre-filter 17a or after the pre-filter 17 a.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water is roughly filtered by the preposed filter element 17a and then flows into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, and then is divided into a path of pure water and a path of waste water, the pure water is discharged by a drinking water faucet for drinking, the waste water flows back to the front of the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a and is mixed with the preposed outlet water to enter the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for filtration, and zero discharge of the waste water is realized.

Example three: see fig. 3. In this embodiment, based on the first embodiment, a post-filter 17b is added to the pure water outlet pipe of the first reverse osmosis filter 11a, and the type of the post-filter 17b may be different forms of activated carbon. The second TDS probe 19b is provided on the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the potable water inlet 131.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water is divided into a path of pure water and a path of waste water after flowing into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, the pure water is discharged by a drinking water faucet for drinking after passing through the post-positioned filter element 17b, and the waste water flows back to the front of the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a to be mixed with the tap water and then enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a for secondary filtration, so that zero discharge of the waste water is realized.

Example four: see fig. 4. In the embodiment, on the basis of the first embodiment, a front filter element 17a is added at the front end of the booster pump 12, and a rear filter element 17b is added on a pure water outlet pipeline of the reverse osmosis filter element; the type of the preposed filter element 17a can be PP with different forms, active carbon with different forms, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, composite filter elements made of the materials and the like, and the preposed effluent flow is less than 8L/min; the kind of the post-filter 17b may be activated carbon of different forms. The first TDS probe 19a is arranged in front of the wastewater return line, in front of the pre-filter element 17a or behind the pre-filter element 17 a; the second TDS probe 19b is provided on the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the potable water inlet 131.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water is coarsely filtered by the front filter element 17a and then flows into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, and then is divided into a path of pure water and a path of wastewater, the pure water is discharged by a drinking water faucet for drinking after passing through the rear filter element 17b, and the wastewater flows back to the front of the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a and is mixed with the front effluent to enter the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for secondary filtration, so that zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

Example five: see fig. 5. In this embodiment, a second reverse osmosis filter element 11b is added on the basis of the first embodiment, the first wastewater outlet 113 of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a is connected with the second water inlet 114 of the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b performs secondary filtration on the wastewater of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, and the wastewater is mixed with tap water before returning to the booster pump 12 through the first flow limiting valve 14a and enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for secondary filtration.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; after tap water flows into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, pure water and waste water are divided into one path, the pure water flows into the first pure water pipeline S1, the waste water flows into the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b and is divided into one path of pure water and waste water after secondary filtration, the pure water flows into the second pure water pipeline S2 to be converged with the first pure water pipeline S1, the pure water is discharged through the drinking water faucet for drinking, the waste water flows back to the front of the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a and is mixed with the tap water to enter the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for secondary filtration, and zero discharge of the waste water is realized.

The user turns on the life faucet: tap water enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a through the booster pump 12 (the pump is not started), then flows out from the waste water end of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, enters the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, then flows out from the waste water end of the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b in two ways, one way of the tap water is directly discharged through a domestic tap, the other way of the tap water flows back to the front of the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a (with flow limitation and small flow), is mixed with the tap water, and then enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b again to flush the waste water sides of the two reverse osmosis filter elements; namely, when a user opens the domestic faucet, tap water with lower ion concentration can replace the wastewater with high ion concentration accumulated at the wastewater side of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, so that the problem of the first cup of water is effectively solved; moreover, as the domestic water flow is large, when passing through the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, pollutants such as scale and organic matters deposited on the side surfaces of the wastewater of the two reverse osmosis filter elements can be washed away, the scaling risk of the two reverse osmosis filter elements is reduced, and the service lives of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are prolonged; meanwhile, the process can flush the wastewater backflow waterway and the first flow limiting valve 14a, the risk that the first flow limiting valve 14a is blocked due to scaling is reduced, and the service lives of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are further prolonged. When the domestic faucet is opened, the waste water generated and accumulated in the water production process can be discharged through the domestic faucet for domestic water use, and the waste water utilization is realized in the true sense.

Wastewater straight-line procedure 1: when the user got the drinking water, because the waste water backward flow, it can increase along with the increase of water intaking time to go out the water TDS, consequently, when first TDS probe 19a and second TDS probe 19b detected that the system desalination is less than the setting value (preferred 70-95%), start the straight row procedure of waste water (preferred 5-300s of time), booster pump 12 keeps starting, keeps normal system water state promptly, first ooff valve 18a opens, the waste water that two reverse osmosis filter core produced is discharged along with the straight calandria of waste water, can resume initial level in the play water TDS short time, and weak to drinking water flow.

Wastewater straight-line procedure 2: when the user is monitored not to use the water purifier for a long time (preferably 10min-10h), starting a waste water direct discharge program (preferably 5-300 s); the booster pump 12 is not started, the first flow limiting valve 14a and the first switch valve 18a are opened, tap water flows out from the waste water end after sequentially entering the two reverse osmosis filter elements by depending on the pressure of the tap water and is directly discharged into the waste water straight discharge pipeline, the replacement of water in the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the waste water pipeline is completed, the scaling of the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the first flow limiting valve 14a is prevented, and the service lives of the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the first flow limiting valve 14a are prolonged. Under the normal condition, the user opens life tap and can accomplish the washing to two reverse osmosis filter cores and waste water return line, and this procedure mainly used avoids having no use life water needs again after the user has got the drinking water, makes backward flow waste water be detained in two reverse osmosis filter cores and return line for a long time, causes the incrustation scale deposit and influences life's problem.

Example six: see fig. 6. In this embodiment, a front filter element 17a is added to the front end of the booster pump 12, the type of the front filter element 17a can be PP with different forms, activated carbon with different forms, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, composite filter elements made of the above materials, and the like, and the front effluent flow rate is less than 8L/min. The first TDS probe 19a is either before the wastewater return line, before the pre-filter 17a or after the pre-filter 17 a.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water flows into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a after being roughly filtered by the front filter element 17a, and then is divided into one path of pure water and one path of wastewater, the pure water flows into the first pure water pipeline S1, the wastewater flows into the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b and is divided into one path of pure water and one path of wastewater after being secondarily filtered, the pure water flows into the second pure water pipeline S2 to be converged with the first pure water pipeline S1 and is discharged through the drinking water faucet for drinking, the wastewater flows back to the front of the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a to be mixed with the front outlet water and then enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for filtering, and zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

Wastewater straight-line procedure 2: when the user is monitored not to use the water purifier for a long time (preferably 10min-10h), starting a waste water direct discharge program (preferably 5-300 s); the booster pump 12 is not started, the first flow limiting valve 14a and the first switch valve 18a are opened, tap water flows out from the waste water end after entering the two reverse osmosis filter elements by depending on the pressure of the tap water and is directly discharged into the waste water straight discharge pipeline, so that the replacement of water in the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the waste water pipeline is completed, the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the first flow limiting valve 14a are prevented from scaling, and the service lives of the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the first flow limiting valve 14a are prolonged. Under the normal condition, the user opens life tap and can accomplish the washing to two reverse osmosis filter cores and waste water return line, and this procedure mainly used avoids having no use life water needs again after the user has got the drinking water, makes backward flow waste water be detained in two reverse osmosis filter cores and return line for a long time, causes the incrustation scale deposit and influences life's problem.

Example seven: see fig. 7. In this embodiment, based on the fifth embodiment, a post-filter 17b is added to the pure water outlet pipes of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, and the type of the post-filter 17b may be different forms of activated carbon. The second TDS probe 19b is provided on the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the potable water inlet 131.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water flows into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, and then is divided into one path of pure water and one path of wastewater, the pure water flows into the first pure water pipeline S1, the wastewater flows into the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b and is divided into one path of pure water and one path of wastewater after secondary filtration, the pure water flows into the second pure water pipeline S2 and is converged with the first pure water pipeline S1, the pure water is discharged by a drinking water faucet for drinking after passing through the rear filter element 17b, the wastewater flows back to the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a and is mixed with the tap water to enter the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for secondary filtration, and zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

Example eight: see fig. 8. In the embodiment, on the basis of the fifth embodiment, a front filter element 17a is added at the front end of the booster pump 12, and a rear filter element 17b is added on a pure water outlet pipeline of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11 b; the type of the preposed filter element 17a can be PP with different forms, active carbon with different forms, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, composite filter elements made of the materials and the like, and the preposed effluent flow is less than 8L/min; the kind of the post-filter 17b may be activated carbon of different forms. The first TDS probe 19a is arranged in front of the wastewater return line, in front of the pre-filter element 17a or behind the pre-filter element 17 a; the second TDS probe 19b is provided on the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the potable water inlet 131.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water is coarsely filtered by the front filter element 17a and then flows into the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a, pure water and waste water are divided into one path, the pure water flows into the first pure water pipeline S1, the waste water flows into the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b and is secondarily filtered, the pure water flows into the second pure water pipeline S2 and is converged with the first pure water pipeline S1, the pure water is discharged by the drinking water faucet after passing through the rear filter element 17b for drinking, the waste water flows back to the pump through the first flow limiting valve 14a and is mixed with the front outlet water to enter the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a again for secondary filtration, and zero discharge of the waste water is realized.

Example nine: see fig. 9. In this embodiment, a second reverse osmosis filter element 11b is added on the basis of the first embodiment, and is connected with the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a in parallel. The second reverse osmosis filter element 11b is provided with a second water inlet 114, a second water outlet 115 and a second waste water outlet 116, the second water inlet 114 is communicated with the pump outlet 122, the second waste water outlet 116 is communicated with one end of a second waste water direct discharge pipeline Q2, a second flow limiting valve 14b and a second switch valve 18b are arranged on the second waste water direct discharge pipeline Q2, the second flow limiting valve 14b has a flow limiting function, and the flow direction of the second flow limiting valve 14b flows from the second waste water outlet 116 to the other end of the second waste water direct discharge pipeline Q2; the second switching valve 18b is located downstream of the second flow restriction valve 14b, a flow path between the second switching valve 18b and the second flow restriction valve 14b communicates with the pump inlet 121 through a second branch P2, a second check valve 15b is provided in the second branch P2, and the flow direction of the second check valve 15b flows from the second waste water port 116 to the pump inlet 121.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; running water respectively enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, and pure water pipelines of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are converged after filtration and are discharged through a drinking water faucet for drinking; the wastewater flows back to the booster pump 12 through the first flow limiting valve 14a and the second flow limiting valve 14b, is mixed with tap water and then enters the two reverse osmosis filter elements again for secondary filtration, and zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

The user turns on the life faucet: tap water respectively enters a first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and a second reverse osmosis filter element 11b after passing through a booster pump 12 (the pump is not started), then respectively flows out of the waste water ends of the two reverse osmosis filter elements in two paths, one path of the tap water is converged in a large flow rate and then is directly discharged through a domestic water faucet, and the other path of the tap water flows back to the pump through a first flow limiting valve 14a and a second flow limiting valve 14b (the flow is limited and small), is mixed with the tap water and then enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b again to flush the waste water sides of the two reverse osmosis filter elements; namely, when a user opens the domestic faucet, tap water with lower ion concentration can replace the wastewater with high ion concentration accumulated at the wastewater side of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, so that the problem of the first cup of water is effectively solved; moreover, as the domestic water flow is large, when passing through the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, pollutants such as scale and organic matters deposited on the side surfaces of the wastewater of the two reverse osmosis filter elements can be washed away, the scaling risk of the two reverse osmosis filter elements is reduced, and the service lives of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are prolonged; meanwhile, the process can flush the wastewater backflow waterway, the first flow limiting valve 14a and the second flow limiting valve 14b, the risk that the two flow limiting valves are blocked due to scaling is reduced, and the service lives of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are further prolonged. When the domestic faucet is opened, the waste water generated and accumulated in the water production process can be discharged through the domestic faucet for domestic water use, and the waste water utilization is realized in the true sense.

Wastewater straight-line procedure 1: when the user got the drinking water, because the waste water backward flow, it can increase along with the increase of water intaking time to go out the water TDS, consequently, when first TDS probe 19a and second TDS probe 19b detected that the system desalination is less than the setting value (preferred 70-95%), start the straight row procedure of waste water (preferred 5-300s of time), booster pump 12 keeps starting, keeps normal system water state promptly, first ooff valve 18a and second ooff valve 18b open, the waste water that two reverse osmosis filter core produced is discharged along with the straight calandria of waste water, it can resume initial level in the play water TDS short time, and weak to drinking water flow influence.

Wastewater straight-line procedure 2: when the user is monitored not to use the water purifier for a long time (preferably 10min-10h), starting a waste water direct discharge program (preferably 5-300 s); the booster pump 12 is not started, the first flow limiting valve 14a and the second flow limiting valve 14b, the first switch valve 18a and the second switch valve are opened, tap water flows out from the wastewater end after entering the two reverse osmosis filter elements by means of the pressure of tap water and is directly discharged into the wastewater straight discharge pipeline, the replacement of water in the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the wastewater pipeline is completed, the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the first flow limiting valve 14a and the second flow limiting valve 14b are prevented from scaling, and the service lives of the two reverse osmosis filter elements and the two flow limiting valves are prolonged. Under the normal condition, the user opens life tap and can accomplish the washing to two reverse osmosis filter cores and waste water return line, and this procedure mainly used avoids having no use life water needs again after the user has got the drinking water, makes backward flow waste water be detained in two reverse osmosis filter cores and return line for a long time, causes the incrustation scale deposit and influences life's problem.

For this embodiment, it should be noted that, since the flow limiting valve and the check valve are respectively disposed on the first branch P1 and the second branch P2, an adjustment effect is achieved, so that the wastewater recovery rates of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are greatly improved, and the flux of the two reverse osmosis filter elements is greater than 2 times that of a single reverse osmosis filter element under the combined action.

Example ten: see fig. 10. In this embodiment, on the basis of the ninth embodiment, a pre-filter 17a is added to the front end of the booster pump 12; the type of the preposed filter element 17a can be PP with different forms, active carbon with different forms, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, composite filter elements made of the materials and the like, and the preposed effluent flow is less than 8L/min. The first TDS probe 19a is either before the wastewater return line, before the pre-filter 17a or after the pre-filter 17 a.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water is coarsely filtered by the preposed filter element 17a and then respectively enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, and after filtration, pure water pipelines of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are converged and discharged through a drinking water faucet for drinking; the wastewater flows back to the booster pump 12 through the first flow limiting valve 14a and the second flow limiting valve 14b, is mixed with the front effluent, and then enters the two reverse osmosis filter elements again for secondary filtration, so that zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

Example eleven: see fig. 11. In this embodiment, on the basis of the ninth embodiment, a post-filter element 17b is added to the pure water outlet merging pipeline of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11 b; the kind of the post-filter 17b may be activated carbon of different forms. The second TDS probe 19b is provided on the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the potable water inlet 131.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; running water respectively enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, and after filtration, pure water pipelines of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are converged, and the pure water is discharged by a drinking water tap for drinking after passing through the post-filter element 17 b; the wastewater flows back to the booster pump 12 through the first flow limiting valve 14a and the second flow limiting valve 14b, is mixed with tap water and then enters the two reverse osmosis filter elements again for secondary filtration, and zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

Example twelve: see fig. 12. In this embodiment, on the basis of the ninth embodiment, a front filter element 17a is added at the front end of the booster pump 12, and a rear filter element 17b is added on a pure water outlet merging pipeline of the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11 b; the type of the preposed filter element 17a can be PP with different forms, active carbon with different forms, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, composite filter elements made of the materials and the like, and the preposed effluent flow is less than 8L/min; the kind of the post-filter 17b may be activated carbon of different forms. The first TDS probe 19a is arranged in front of the wastewater return line, in front of the pre-filter element 17a or behind the pre-filter element 17 a; the second TDS probe 19b is provided on the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the potable water inlet 131.

The user opens the drinking water tap: starting the booster pump 12 to start water production; tap water is coarsely filtered by the preposed filter element 17a and then respectively enters the first reverse osmosis filter element 11a and the second reverse osmosis filter element 11b, and after being filtered, pure water pipelines of the two reverse osmosis filter elements are converged, and after passing through the postposition filter element 17b, the tap water is discharged by a drinking water tap for drinking; the wastewater flows back to the booster pump 12 through the first flow limiting valve 14a and the second flow limiting valve 14b, is mixed with the front effluent, and then enters the two reverse osmosis filter elements again for secondary filtration, so that zero discharge of the wastewater is realized.

In order to facilitate the control of the inflow water, on the basis of the above embodiment, an inflow valve may be disposed between the upstream of the pre-filter 17a or the intersection of the flow path where the pump inlet 121 is located and the first branch P1 and the pre-filter 17a, and the inflow valve is a valve body with a full-open or full-close function.

The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a water purifier with two TDS probes, includes booster pump, first reverse osmosis filter core and the play water subassembly that links to each other in order, it has outlet port, drinking water inlet and domestic water inlet to go out the water subassembly, the drinking water inlet with the delivery port intercommunication of first reverse osmosis filter core, the domestic water inlet communicates with the waste water mouth of first reverse osmosis filter core, its characterized in that, water purifier with two TDS probes still includes:

a first wastewater direct discharge pipeline, one end of which is communicated with a pipeline between the wastewater inlet of the first reverse osmosis filter element and the domestic water inlet, wherein the first wastewater direct discharge pipeline is provided with a first flow limiting valve and a first switch valve, and the first switch valve is arranged at the downstream of the first flow limiting valve;

the first TDS probe is arranged at the upstream of the booster pump;

the electric control unit is electrically connected with the water outlet assembly, the booster pump, the first flow limiting valve, the first switch valve, the first TDS probe and the second TDS probe respectively;

2. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of claim 1, wherein the electronic control unit is further configured to control the first on/off valve to open when the TDS detected by the second TDS probe is greater than a predetermined TDS and a signal is received to block the potable water inlet from the water outlet.

3. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of claim 2, wherein the first on/off valve is opened when the water outlet assembly is not on for more than a preset time.

4. The water purifier with dual TDS probes as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a second reverse osmosis filter element disposed on the first wastewater straight line, wherein the water inlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element is connected to the wastewater inlet of the first reverse osmosis filter element, the wastewater inlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element is connected to the domestic water inlet, the pipeline connection between the wastewater inlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element and the domestic water inlet is connected to the water inlet of the first flow limiting valve, and the water outlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element is connected to the flow path between the water outlet of the first reverse osmosis filter element and the second TDS probe.

5. The water purifier with the dual TDS probe as recited in claim 3, further comprising a second reverse osmosis filter element, wherein a water inlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element is connected to a water outlet of the booster pump, a waste water outlet of the second reverse osmosis filter element is connected to one end of a second waste water straight line, a second flow limiting valve and a second switch valve are disposed on the second waste water straight line, the second switch valve is located downstream of the second flow limiting valve, a flow path between the second switch valve and the second flow limiting valve is connected to the pump inlet through a second branch line, and a second check valve is disposed on the second branch line to flow toward the water inlet of the booster pump;

the electric control unit is used for closing the second switch valve when receiving a signal that the drinking water inlet is communicated with the water outlet; and when the salt rejection rate that acquires first TDS probe and second TDS probe detect is less than preset salt rejection rate, open the second ooff valve.

6. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of claim 5, wherein the electronic control unit is further configured to control the second on/off valve to open when the TDS detected by the second TDS probe is greater than a predetermined TDS and a signal is received to block the potable water inlet from the water outlet.

7. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of claim 6, wherein the second on/off valve is opened when the water outlet assembly is not on for more than a preset time.

8. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of any of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a pre-filter disposed between the booster pump and the first TDS probe.

9. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of claim 8, wherein a water inlet valve is provided upstream of the pre-filter element or between the pre-filter element and the intersection of the first branch and the flow path at which the pump inlet is located.

10. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of claim 8, further comprising a post-filter disposed in the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter and the potable water inlet.

11. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of claim 10, wherein the pre-filter is a PP filter, an activated carbon filter, an ultrafiltration filter, or a nanofiltration filter; the rear filter element is an activated carbon filter element; the water outlet flow of the preposed filter element is less than 8L/min.

12. The water purifier with dual TDS probes as recited in any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the preset desalination rate is 70% to 95%.

13. The water purifier with dual TDS probes of any of claims 1 to 7 further comprising a post-filter disposed in the flow path between the first reverse osmosis filter and the second TDS probe.