CN116986767A - Mineral water generator and mineral water preparation method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a mineral water generator and a mineral water preparation method, relates to the technical field of water treatment, and mainly aims to provide equipment capable of well controlling mineral dissolution concentration and a preparation method thereof, aiming at the problem that the traditional drinking water mineralization equipment cannot accurately control mineralization degree. The mineral water generator comprises a filtering unit, a mineralizing unit, a magnetizing unit and an ultrafiltration unit which are sequentially connected through pipelines, raw water flows into the filtering unit through the pipelines, and after sequentially flowing through the mineralizing unit, the magnetizing unit and the ultrafiltration unit, the flowing water is mineral water; the mineralization unit comprises a mineralization tank, and a water quantity regulating valve is arranged at the upstream of the mineralization tank; the magnetizing unit includes a housing and a permanent magnet positioned within the housing.

Description

Mineral water generator and mineral water preparation method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of water treatment, in particular to a mineral water generator and a mineral water preparation method.

Background

The mineral water is water which is added with mineral elements such as magnesium, potassium, sulfur, chlorine and the like reasonably according to the needs of human bodies on the basis of purified water. When mineral water is processed, city tap water is generally used as raw water, and the mineral water is filled after purification processing, mineral addition and sterilization treatment.

In the prior art, when mineral water is prepared, besides adding concentrated mineralization liquid into water, mineral materials containing minerals can be prepared by soaking, and trace elements in the mineral materials are separated out by soaking. The preparation method is simple, but the dissolution concentration of the mineral is difficult to accurately control, so that the concentration of the mineral in mineral water prepared each time has large fluctuation.

In order to solve the above problems and realize accurate control of the concentration of the prepared mineral substances, a novel mineral water preparation device needs to be developed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a mineral water generator and a mineral water preparation method, which are used for solving the technical problem that drinking water mineralization equipment in the prior art cannot accurately control the dissolution amount of minerals. The preferred technical solutions of the technical solutions provided by the present invention can produce a plurality of technical effects described below.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

the mineral water generator provided by the invention comprises a filtering unit, a mineralizing unit, a magnetizing unit and an ultrafiltration unit which are sequentially connected through pipelines, wherein raw water flows into the filtering unit through the pipelines, and after sequentially flowing through the mineralizing unit, the magnetizing unit and the ultrafiltration unit, the flowing water is mineral water; the mineralization unit comprises a mineralization tank, and a water quantity regulating valve is arranged at the upstream of the mineralization tank; the magnetizing unit includes a housing and a permanent magnet positioned within the housing.

The water quantity regulating valve can help regulate the flow rate of water, ensure that water can flow through the mineralization tank at a set speed, and ensure that the water quantity of water flowing into the mineralization tank and flowing out of the mineralization tank in unit time is constant in the process, thereby ensuring that minerals can be separated out in a constant quantity and ensuring that the mineral content in the water flowing out of the mineralization tank is stable. The ultrafiltration unit at the treatment end of the apparatus can help to filter impurities such as slag that may be produced during mineralization and magnetization of the water stream.

On the basis of the technical scheme, the invention can be improved as follows.

As a further development of the invention, the number of mineralization tanks is at least three and all mineralization tanks are connected in series and/or parallel, the water quantity regulating valve being capable of controlling the flow rate of the water flowing into all mineralization tanks.

As a further improvement of the invention, at least one mineral aggregate is filled in any one mineralization tank, and when the number of mineral aggregates in the mineralization tank is at least two, different mineral aggregates are sequentially distributed from bottom to top along the height of the mineralization tank according to the precipitation rate from small to large; the lower end of the mineralization tank is provided with a water inlet, and the upper end of the mineralization tank is provided with a water outlet.

The mineral materials can be arranged in the mineralizing tank according to the precipitation rate, so that the mineral quality of different mineral materials precipitated can be better regulated, and the trace element content in mineral water is ensured to be within a reasonable range.

As a further improvement of the invention, the magnetizing unit further comprises a striker in the housing, the striker being located in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet, and water flowing into the housing falling under gravity on the striker surface.

The impact piece is positioned in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet, and water flow can repeatedly impact the impact piece for a plurality of times under the action of gravity, so that the impact piece continuously moves in the magnetic field and cuts magnetic induction lines, and the magnetization treatment of water is realized.

As a further improvement of the invention, the striking member comprises a fixed bracket and groove members, wherein the fixed bracket is positioned in the shell and is fixedly connected with the shell, the number of the groove members is a plurality, and all the groove members are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the fixed bracket; the middle part of the upper surface of the groove piece is downwards sunken and forms a groove which can be contacted with water and is impacted.

The groove parts which are sequentially arranged along the axial direction can realize the repeated impact of water flow and the impact part.

As a further improvement of the invention, two adjacent groove pieces are arranged in a staggered way; and/or the groove piece can rotate and move relative to the fixed bracket.

The staggered groove parts can further increase the impact angle of water flow; the groove part can rotate along with the structural design of the fixed support, so that the groove part impacted by water flow can rotate, and the contact angle and the contact position of the water flow and the groove part are changed, so that the impact process of the water flow and the groove part is more complex and variable, and the magnetization treatment of the water can be better realized.

As a further improvement of the invention, the permanent magnet is fixedly connected with at least two groove pieces;

and/or the groove part is in a cross structure as a whole and the groove is a polygonal groove.

As a further improvement of the invention, the filter unit comprises a mechanical filter element, a reverse osmosis filter element and a rear active carbon filter element, and a booster pump is arranged between the mechanical filter element and the reverse osmosis filter element.

As a further improvement of the invention, a sterilizing unit and a filling pump are also arranged between the filtering unit and the mineralizing unit, and the sterilizing unit comprises a water tank and an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp positioned in the water tank; and the water treated by the sterilization unit can be pumped out by the filling pump and flows into the mineralization unit through the water quantity regulating valve.

The flow rate of water flowing through the mineralizing tank is relatively slow due to the high resistance of the water flowing through the mineralizing tank. The design of the filling pump can provide a certain supercharging effect, so that the rapid flow of water flow is realized, and the set requirement is met.

The invention also provides a mineral water preparation method, which uses the mineral water generator to realize mineral water preparation and comprises the following steps:

mineral-containing mineral aggregate is selected and placed into the mineralization tank;

starting the mineral water generator, and enabling raw water to enter the mineral water generator through a pipeline, wherein water discharged by the ultrafiltration unit is mineral water.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme provided by the preferred embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

according to the scheme, through the design of the booster pump, the filling pump, the water quantity regulating valve and the like, the flow speed and the pressure of water flowing through the mineralization tank can be effectively controlled, so that the effective regulation of the mineral content in the water is realized, and the trace element content in the finally prepared mineral water can be kept stable; meanwhile, the water can be filtered and purified by matching with the filtering unit, and the magnetizing unit can realize the magnetizing treatment of the water.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a mineral water generator of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a magnetizing unit in the mineral water generator of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the magnetizing unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a channel member of the mineral matter generator of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method for preparing mineral water according to the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a filtering unit; 11. a mechanical filter element; 12. a reverse osmosis filtration cartridge; 13. a rear activated carbon filter element is arranged; 14. a booster pump; 2. a mineralization unit; 21. a mineralization tank; 22. a water quantity regulating valve; 23. a water outlet electromagnetic valve; 3. a magnetizing unit; 31. a housing; 32. a permanent magnet; 33. a striker; 331. a fixed bracket; 332. a channel member; 3321. a groove; 4. an ultrafiltration unit; 5. a sterilization unit; 51. a water tank; 52. an ultraviolet germicidal lamp; 53. a valve; 6. and (5) filling the pump.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described in detail below. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, based on the examples herein, which are within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims, will be within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as appropriate by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The technical scheme of the invention is specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The invention provides a mineral water generator, wherein a mineralization unit 2 is arranged in the mineral water generator, the mineralization unit 2 comprises a mineralization tank 21, and a water quantity regulating valve 22 is arranged at the upstream of the mineralization tank 21.

The water quantity regulating valve 22 can help regulate the flow rate of water, ensure that water can flow through the mineralizing tank 21 at a set speed, and ensure that the water quantity of water flowing into the mineralizing tank 21 and flowing out of the mineralizing tank 21 in unit time is constant in the process, further ensure that minerals can be separated out in a constant quantity, and ensure that the mineral content in the water flowing out of the mineralizing tank 21 is stable.

Example 1:

the embodiment provides a mineral water generator, the whole structure of which is shown in figure 1, the mineral water generator comprises a filter unit 1, a mineralization unit 2, a magnetization unit 3 and an ultrafiltration unit 4 which are sequentially connected through pipelines, raw water flows into the filter unit 1 through the pipelines, and after sequentially flowing through the filter unit 1, the mineralization unit 2, the magnetization unit 3 and the ultrafiltration unit 4, the flowing water is mineral water; the mineralization unit 2 has the structure as described above, including a mineralization tank 21 and a water quantity regulating valve 22 located upstream thereof. The ultrafiltration unit 4, which is located downstream of the mineralization unit 2 and the magnetization unit 3, can help to filter impurities such as slag that may be produced during mineralization and magnetization of the water stream.

The arrangement positions of the above-mentioned pipes and the connection between the pipes and the respective units are prior art, and will not be described herein.

In actual use, since minerals are of a large variety, it is necessary to select mineral materials having minerals corresponding to each other and fill the mineral tanks 21 with the mineral materials.

In the selection of mineral materials, it is necessary to ensure that the mineral materials have an appropriate mineral precipitation rate in addition to ensuring that the mineral materials do not contain substances harmful to the human body.

The following description will be made of minerals such as strontium, chromium, boron, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, nickel, zinc, lithium, copper, selenium, and metasilicic acid, which are required to be added thereto.

Since the minerals are relatively large in number, the mineralization tanks 21 are provided in at least three in number in this embodiment. The mineralization tanks 21 may be connected together in series and/or parallel as desired.

Specifically, the arrangement of the mineralization tanks 21 will be described by taking three as an example.

When the three mineralizing tanks 21 are connected together in series, the water quantity adjusting valve 22 is one in number and located upstream of the three mineralizing tanks 21, and the water quantity adjusting valve 22 can simultaneously control the flow rate of water in the three mineralizing tanks 21. In addition, a water outlet electromagnetic valve 23 can be arranged between the water quantity regulating valve 22 and the mineralizing tank 21, and the water outlet electromagnetic valve 23 can control the on-off of corresponding pipelines according to the needs. When the three mineralizing tanks 21 are connected together in parallel, the number of the water amount adjusting valves 22 may be three and used to control the flow rates of water at the three different mineralizing tanks 21, respectively. Similarly, a water outlet solenoid valve 23 is located between the water quantity regulating valve 22 and the mineralizing tank 21.

In this embodiment, the flow rate of the water flow is generally controlled to be 2.5L/min.

As an alternative embodiment, at least one mineral aggregate is filled in any one mineralizing tank 21, and when the number of mineral aggregates in the mineralizing tanks 21 is at least two, different mineral aggregates are sequentially distributed from bottom to top along the height of the mineralizing tanks 21 from small to large according to the precipitation rate; the mineralization tank 21 is provided with a water inlet at the lower end and a water outlet at the upper end.

The mineral aggregate with high precipitation rate is arranged at the upper end of the mineralization tank 21, the mineral aggregate with low precipitation rate is arranged at the lower end of the mineralization tank 21, and the water flow flows through the mineralization tank 21 from bottom to top, so that the excessive precipitation of the mineral aggregate due to long-time contact with the water flow can be avoided, and the condition of exceeding the mineral content is avoided.

The mineral aggregates can be arranged in the mineralizing tank 21 according to the precipitation rate, so that the mineral quality precipitated by different mineral aggregates can be better regulated, and the trace element content in mineral water is ensured to be within a reasonable range.

The structure of the magnetizing unit 3 will be described below.

The overall structure of the magnetizing unit 3 is shown in fig. 2, and includes a housing 31 and a permanent magnet 32 located in the housing 31.

The housing 31 may be made of stainless steel material or plastic material, and in use, the axis of the housing 31 is arranged in a vertical direction, and water flows into the housing 31 from top to bottom.

The internal structure of the housing 31 is shown in fig. 3, in which a striker 33 is provided, the striker 33 being located in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet 32, and water flowing into the housing 31 can fall on the surface of the striker 33 by gravity. This process can cause the water stream to splash and repeatedly strike the strike 33. Since the strike 33 is located within the magnetic field of the permanent magnet 32, water will move continuously within the magnetic field and cut the induction lines during this process, effecting the water magnetization process.

In the present embodiment, the striker 33 is arranged coaxially with the housing 31.

In order to ensure that the striking member 33 is positioned in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet 32, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the striking member 33 includes a fixed bracket 331 and a groove member 332, the fixed bracket 331 is positioned in the housing 31 and fixedly connected to the housing 31, the number of the groove members 332 is plural, and all the groove members 332 are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the fixed bracket 331; the upper surface of the groove 332 is depressed in the middle downward and forms a groove 3321 that can contact water and be impacted.

The groove members 332 arranged in order in the axial direction described above can achieve multiple impacts of the water flow with the impact member 33.

To enhance the impact of the water flow, and to make its impact angle more variable, two adjacent channel members 332 may be provided in a staggered arrangement.

In the present embodiment, the groove members 332 are rotatably connected to the fixed bracket 331, and any one of the groove members 332 may be connected to the fixed bracket 331 by a bearing or the like. When the groove piece 332 positioned above is impacted by water flow, the groove piece 332 can rotate for a certain angle towards a certain direction under the impact of the water flow, so that the contact angle and the contact area with the water flow are changed, the water spray generated by the impact is more changeable, and the magnetization treatment of the water can be better realized.

In this embodiment, the permanent magnet 32 may be disposed in the middle of the fixing bracket 331, or the permanent magnet 32 may be fixedly connected to at least two groove members 332, as shown in fig. 3.

The number of the permanent magnets 32 may be one or more, and the shape and the number thereof may be flexibly adjusted according to actual needs, so long as the groove members 332 are ensured to be always located in the magnetic field formed by the permanent magnets 32.

The structure of the groove member 332 is shown in fig. 4, and the groove 3321 is a polygonal groove.

Specifically, the recess 3321 may have a regular pentagonal or hexagonal structure with an open upper end, and water flows into the recess 3321 through the opening, contacts with the recess 3321, and collides with the recess to generate water.

In addition to the above structure, the recess 3321 may have a three-pointed star structure, a bar structure, or the like.

In order to achieve a better water treatment effect, in the present embodiment, the filtering unit 1 in the mineral water generator includes a mechanical filtering element 11, a reverse osmosis filtering element 12, and a post-activated carbon filtering element 13, and a booster pump 14 is disposed between the mechanical filtering element 11 and the reverse osmosis filtering element 12.

The mechanical filter element 11 comprises a PP filter element, a CTO filter element, an 85C filter element and a PP filter element which are sequentially connected in series, and a water meter, a regulating valve and a water inlet electromagnetic valve are further arranged at the inlet of raw water. The water treated by the mechanical filter element 11 flows into the reverse osmosis filter element 12 for reverse osmosis treatment under the action of the booster pump 14, and wastewater is generated and discharged through the wastewater discharge pipe. The pipeline is provided with a pressure gauge and a corresponding waste water regulating valve. And the purified water generated by the reverse osmosis treatment flows through the rear activated carbon filter element 13 for filtering treatment.

As an alternative embodiment, a sterilizing unit 5 and a filling pump 6 are also arranged between the filtering unit 1 and the mineralizing unit 2, and the sterilizing unit 5 comprises a water tank 51 and an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp 52 positioned in the water tank 51; the water treated by the sterilizing unit 5 can be pumped out by the filling pump 6 and flows into the mineralizing unit 2 through the water quantity regulating valve 22.

The flow rate of water is relatively slow due to the high resistance of the water flowing through the mineralizing tank 21. The design of the filling pump 6 can provide a certain pressurizing effect, so that the rapid flow of water flow is realized to meet the set requirement.

The water filtered by the post-activated carbon filter element 13 flows into the water tank 51 for sterilization. A liquid level detecting structure is provided in the water tank 51, and a valve 53 is provided between the water tank 51 and the mineralizing unit 2. After the liquid level in the water tank 51 reaches the set level, the valve 53 is opened, and the water in the water tank 51 is discharged and flows into the mineralizing tank 21 through the water flow regulating valve and the water outlet electromagnetic valve 23 under the action of the filling pump 6 at the set flow rate.

The filling pump 6 is provided with a certain pressure in addition to ensuring the accuracy of the volume of the discharged water. Therefore, a booster pump may be selected instead of the filling pump 6.

According to the embodiment, through the design of the booster pump 14, the filling pump 6, the water quantity regulating valve 22 and the like, the flow speed and the pressure of water flowing through the mineralizing tank 21 can be effectively controlled, so that the effective regulation of the mineral content in the water is realized, and the trace element content in the finally prepared mineral water can be kept stable; meanwhile, the water can be filtered and purified by matching with the filtering unit 1, and the magnetizing unit 3 can realize the magnetizing treatment of the water.

Example 2:

as shown in fig. 5, the embodiment provides a method for preparing mineral water, which uses the mineral water generator to prepare mineral water, comprising the following steps:

step (1): mineral-containing mineral material is selected and placed in a mineralization tank 21;

step (2): starting a mineral water generator, and enabling raw water to enter the mineral water generator through a pipeline, wherein water discharged by the ultrafiltration unit 4 is mineral water.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. The mineral water generator is characterized by comprising a filtering unit, a mineralizing unit, a magnetizing unit and an ultrafiltration unit which are sequentially connected through pipelines, wherein raw water flows into the filtering unit through the pipelines, and after sequentially flowing through the mineralizing unit, the magnetizing unit and the ultrafiltration unit, the flowing water is mineral water; the mineralization unit comprises a mineralization tank, and a water quantity regulating valve is arranged at the upstream of the mineralization tank; the magnetizing unit includes a housing and a permanent magnet positioned within the housing.

2. The mineral water generator of claim 1 wherein the number of mineralization tanks is at least three and all of the mineralization tanks are connected in series and/or parallel, the water flow rate control valve being capable of controlling the flow rate of water into all of the mineralization tanks.

3. The mineral water generator according to claim 2, wherein at least one mineral aggregate is filled in any one of the mineralization tanks, and when the number of mineral aggregates in the mineralization tanks is at least two, different mineral aggregates are sequentially arranged from bottom to top along the height of the mineralization tank according to the precipitation rate from small to large; the lower end of the mineralization tank is provided with a water inlet, and the upper end of the mineralization tank is provided with a water outlet.

4. The mineral water generator of claim 1, wherein the magnetizing unit further comprises a striker member in the housing, the striker member being positioned in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet, and water flowing into the housing can fall on the surface of the striker member by gravity.

5. The mineral water generator of claim 4, wherein the strike member comprises a fixed bracket and a groove member, the fixed bracket is positioned in the housing and fixedly connected with the housing, the number of the groove members is a plurality of, and all the groove members are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the fixed bracket; the middle part of the upper surface of the groove piece is downwards sunken and forms a groove which can be contacted with water and is impacted.

6. The mineral water generator of claim 5 wherein adjacent ones of said channel members are staggered; and/or the groove piece can rotate and move relative to the fixed bracket.

7. The mineral water generator of claim 5 or 6, wherein said permanent magnet is fixedly connected to at least two of said channel members;

and/or the groove part is in a cross structure as a whole and the groove is a polygonal groove.

8. The mineral water generator of claim 1, wherein the filter unit comprises a mechanical filter cartridge, a reverse osmosis filter cartridge, and a post-activated carbon filter cartridge, a booster pump being disposed between the mechanical filter cartridge and the reverse osmosis filter cartridge.

9. The mineral water generator of claim 1, wherein a sterilizing unit and a filling pump are further provided between the filtering unit and the mineralizing unit, the sterilizing unit comprising a water tank and an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp located in the water tank; and the water treated by the sterilization unit can be pumped out by the filling pump and flows into the mineralization unit through the water quantity regulating valve.

10. A method for preparing mineral water, characterized in that the method uses the mineral water generator according to any one of claims 1-9 for preparing mineral water, comprising the steps of:

mineral-containing mineral aggregate is selected and placed into the mineralization tank;

starting the mineral water generator, and enabling raw water to enter the mineral water generator through a pipeline, wherein water discharged by the ultrafiltration unit is mineral water.