CN202829679U - Water purification machine - Google Patents

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CN202829679U
CN202829679U CN 201220501846 CN201220501846U CN202829679U CN 202829679 U CN202829679 U CN 202829679U CN 201220501846 CN201220501846 CN 201220501846 CN 201220501846 U CN201220501846 U CN 201220501846U CN 202829679 U CN202829679 U CN 202829679U
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The utility model discloses a water purification machine which relates to a novel household water purification machine (RO) and a nano-filter (NF), and is applicable to the pure water preparation of general municipal directly-supplied tap water (the water pressure is higher than or equal to 0.2 MPa). The water purification machine comprises a case, a pretreater, a reverse osmosis treater, a four-sided valve, a pure water storage tank, a pure water outlet pump, an electronically-controlled faucet, a concentrated water storage tank, a wastewater outlet pump and a concentrated water proportioner, wherein the water inlet of the pretreater is connected with a tap water pipe through a water inlet pipe, the water outlet of the pretreater is connected with the water inlet of the reverse osmosis treater through a pipe, the pure water outlet of the reverse osmosis treater is connected with the water inlet of the pure water storage tank through the four-sided valve and a pipe, the concentrated water outlet of the reverse osmosis treater is connected with the water inlet of the concentrated water storage tank through the four-sided valve and a pipe, the water inlet of the pure water outlet pump is connected with the water outlet of the pure water storage tank through a pipe, the outlet of the pure water outlet pump is connected with the electronically-controlled faucet through a pipe, and the wastewater outlet pump is connected with the water outlet of the concentrated water storage tank through a pipe.

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A kind of water purification machine
Technical field
What a kind of water purification machine of the utility model related to is a kind of novel domestic water purifying machine (RO), collecting and filtering apparatus (NF), and (pure water of hydraulic pressure 〉=0.2MPa) is produced to be applicable to general municipal direct-furnish tap water.
Background technology
At present domestic water purifying machine RO/NF system generally adopts topping-up pump to drive reverse osmosis membrane to come Pure-water Making, and the dense water that the RO/NF film produces is then directly drained or adopted the container collection from water drain.The too high failure rate that causes of said system internal pressure raises and the hidden danger of leaking, and it is not easy to operate that dense water is collected difficulty.And the pressure pot that stores pure water exists not capable of washing and easy gas leakage to cause the drawback of not water outlet.
Summary of the invention
The utility model purpose is to propose a kind of water purification machine for above-mentioned weak point, be that dense water for present all kinds of RO/NF system is many and the shortcoming such as be difficult for reclaiming, hypertonia causes the failure rate height and make significant improvement, (pure water of hydraulic pressure 〉=0.2MPa) is produced to be applicable to general municipal direct-furnish tap water.
A kind of water purification machine of the utility model is to take following technical scheme to realize: a kind of water purification machine comprises pretreater, reverse-osmosis treated device, four-sided valve, pure water storage tank, pure water effluent water pump, automatically controlled tap, dense water water-storing tank, wastewater effluent water pump and dense water proportioner.Pretreater is provided with water-in, water-in is connected with water supply pipe by water inlet pipe, pretreater is provided with water outlet, water outlet is connected with reverse-osmosis treated device water-in by pipeline, the reverse-osmosis treated device is provided with pure water water outlet and dense water water outlet, the pure water water outlet of reverse-osmosis treated device passes through four-sided valve, pipeline links to each other with the pure water storage tank water-in, the dense water water outlet of reverse-osmosis treated device passes through four-sided valve, pipeline links to each other with dense water water-storing tank water-in, pure water effluent water pump water-in links to each other with the pure water storage tank water outlet by pipeline, pure water effluent water pump water outlet links to each other with automatically controlled tap by pipeline, the wastewater effluent pump intake links to each other with dense water water-storing tank water outlet by pipeline, and the wastewater effluent pump outlet links to each other with automatically controlled tap by pipeline.
Described pretreater, reverse-osmosis treated device, four-sided valve, pure water storage tank, pure water effluent water pump, dense water water-storing tank, wastewater effluent water pump and dense water proportioner are installed in the cabinet, and automatically controlled tap is installed in a side or cabinet top in the cabinet.
Supporting on the described cabinet have an electric control panel, and electric controling element is installed on the electric control panel, is used for controlling pure water effluent water pump, wastewater effluent water pump, automatically controlled tap work.
In the described pretreater microfiltration membrane is installed.Described microfiltration membrane adopts commercially available microfiltration membrane, and microfiltration membrane can be held back the particle between the 0.1-1 micron.Microfiltration membrane allows macromole and soluble solid (inorganic salt) etc. to pass through, but can hold back suspended substance, and bacterium reaches the materials such as macromolecule colloid.The operating pressure of microfiltration membrane is generally: 0.3-7bar.
Described reverse-osmosis treated utensil has filter tank (filter flask), ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane RO or nanofiltration membrane NF are installed in the filter tank, capping is equipped with on filter tank top, is provided with reverse-osmosis treated device water-in in the capping, and the filter tank bottom is provided with pure water water outlet and dense water water outlet.
Described ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane RO adopts commercially available ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane RO.Reverse osmosis is to utilize reverse osmosis membrane optionally can only hold back by solvent (normally water) character of ionic species, overcomes solvent osmotic pressure take film both sides static pressure difference as impellent and makes solvent realize the membrane process that liquid mixture is separated by reverse osmosis membrane.The same NF of reverse osmosis, UF equally all belong to pressure-driven type membrane separation technique, and its operation pressure reduction is generally 15~105MPa, hold back component and are (110) X10-10m small-molecule substance.In addition can also be from liquid mixture the whole suspended substances in place to go, solute and colloid, such as from the aqueous solution with moisture from out to reach the purposes such as separation, purifying.At present along with the exploitation of ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane can be carried out partially desalted water softening and the selective separation of being applicable under less than 1MPa pressure.
Described nanofiltration membrane NF adopts commercially available nanofiltration membrane NF.Nanofiltration (NF) is between the reverse osmosis very a kind of pressure-driven type membrane separation technique between the ultrafiltration.It has two characteristics: be that hundreds of organic molecule compositions has separation performance to the molecular weight in the water 1.; 2. there is the Donnan effect in the negatively charged ion for different valence state.The charge of material. ion valence mumber lotus concentration has a significant impact the separate effect of film.(road (Donnan) model together south (Donnan) effect Donnan model mostly is charged membrane take the Donnan balance is used for describing charged membrane as the basis the general nanofiltration membrane of demineralising process, so the more multiplex nanofiltration process of describing of this model) will be used for the purifying of tap water and process water, purification of waste water is processed, the aspect such as concentrated of valuable components in the process fluid, its operation pressure reduction is 05~2OMPa, the molecular weight cut-off boundary is 200~1000, and molecular size is the separation of the dissolved constituent of 1nm.Claim again loose type RO because the NF film reaches the pressure reduction that same permeation flux must apply than hang down the former NF membrane filtration of 0.5~3MPa with the RO film " or low pressure reverse osmosis ".Nanofiltration (NF) film is a kind of Novel separation film between reverse osmosis (RO) film and ultrafiltration (UF) film, because it has on nano level membrane pore size, the film constructional features such as multi-band electric charge, thereby is mainly used in the following aspects: separation (2) organism of the organic substance of (1) different molecular weight and separating of small molecules inorganics; (3) the separating separating of (4) salt and its relative acid of monovalence salt and divalence or multivalence salt in the solution.Thereby reach tap water and industrial water softening feed liquid decolouring, concentrate, separate, recovery etc.
Described four-sided valve comprises valve body, upper barrier film, spool and lower diaphragm plate, and as the full state of pure water storage tank water, pure water partial pressure rising this moment promotes upper barrier film makes spool downward, barrier film is pressed down block dense water water outlet, makes dense water stop discharging.
In the described pure water storage tank float switch is installed.In the described dense water water-storing tank liquid level switch is installed.Described dense water water-storing tank is provided with overflow port.
Described dense water proportioner comprises valve body, the adjustable spool of flow and O type circle.
A kind of water purification machine of the utility model adopt ultralow pressure RO/NF film can be under the pressure of municipal tap water Pure-water Making, cancelled topping-up pump.Pure water, the control of dense water effluent adopting four-sided valve enter respectively pure water storage tank and dense water water tank, and the concentrated water discharge ratio adopts dense water proportioner control.Pure water and dense water water outlet utilize automatically controlled tap control; Float switch cuts out and makes the pressure rising drive four-sided valve and cuts out discharge of wastewater when pure water storage tank water is full.Dense water water tank is with liquid level switch, and when dense water water butt water was full, liquid level switch gave the alarm and points out water full.Also can flow into water drain by overflow port.
A kind of water purification machine of the utility model is reasonable in design, compact construction, dependable performance.The shortcomings such as present pure water machine system pressure is high, the pressure pot failure rate is high, dense water can not utilize have been solved.The pure water that is specially adapted to most of municipal direct-furnish tap water is produced.
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The utility model is described in further detail below with reference to accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is a kind of water purification machine structural representation of the utility model.
Fig. 2 is the reverse-osmosis treated device structural representation of a kind of water purification machine of the utility model.
Fig. 3 is four-sided valve structure and the working state schematic representation 1 of a kind of water purification machine of the utility model.
Fig. 4 is four-sided valve structure and the working state schematic representation 2 of a kind of water purification machine of the utility model.
Fig. 5 is the dense water proportioner structural representation of a kind of water purification machine of the utility model.
Fig. 6 is the pure water water-storing tank structural representation of a kind of water purification machine of the utility model.
Fig. 7 is the dense water water-storing tank structural representation of a kind of water purification machine of the utility model.
Embodiment
With reference to accompanying drawing 1~7, a kind of water purification machine comprises pretreater 1, reverse-osmosis treated device 2, four-sided valve 3, pure water storage tank 4, pure water effluent water pump 5, automatically controlled leading 6, dense water water-storing tank 7, dense water effluent water pump 8 and dense water proportioner 9.Pretreater 1 is provided with water-in 1-1, water-in 1-1 is connected with water supply pipe by water inlet pipe, pretreater 1 is provided with water outlet 1-2, water outlet 1-2 is connected with reverse-osmosis treated device water-in 2-4 by pipeline, reverse-osmosis treated device 2 is provided with pure water water outlet 2-5 and dense water water outlet 2-6, the pure water water outlet 2-5 of reverse-osmosis treated device 2 is by four-sided valve 3, pipeline links to each other with pure water storage tank water-in 4-2, the dense water water outlet 2-6 of reverse-osmosis treated device 2 is by four-sided valve 3, pipeline links to each other with dense water water-storing tank water-in 7-3, pure water effluent water pump 5 water-ins link to each other with pure water storage tank water outlet 4-3 by pipeline, pure water effluent water pump 5 water outlets link to each other with automatically controlled leading 6 by pipeline, wastewater effluent water pump 8 water-ins link to each other with dense water water-storing tank water outlet 7-4 by pipeline, and wastewater effluent water pump 8 water outlets link to each other with automatically controlled leading 6 by pipeline.
Described pretreater 1, reverse-osmosis treated device 2, four-sided valve 3, pure water storage tank 4, pure water effluent water pump 5, dense water water-storing tank 7, wastewater effluent water pump 8 and dense water proportioner 9 are installed in the cabinet, and automatically controlled leading 6 are installed in a side or cabinet top in the cabinet.
Supporting on the described cabinet have an electric control panel, and electric controling element is installed on the electric control panel, is used for controlling pure water effluent water pump 5, wastewater effluent water pump 8, automatically controlled leading 6 work.
In the described pretreater 1 microfiltration membrane is installed.Described microfiltration membrane adopts commercially available microfiltration membrane, and microfiltration membrane can be held back the particle between the 0.1-1 micron.Microfiltration membrane allows macromole and soluble solid (inorganic salt) etc. to pass through, but can hold back suspended substance, and bacterium reaches the materials such as macromolecule colloid.The operating pressure of microfiltration membrane is generally: 0.3-7bar.
Described reverse-osmosis treated device 2 has filter tank 2-1(filter flask), ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane RO 2-2 or nanofiltration membrane NF are installed in the filter tank 2-1, capping 2-3 is equipped with on filter tank top, be provided with reverse-osmosis treated device water-in 2-4 on the capping 2-3, filter tank 2-1 bottom is provided with pure water water outlet 2-5 and dense water water outlet 2-6.
Described ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane RO 2-2 adopts commercially available ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane RO.Reverse osmosis is to utilize reverse osmosis membrane optionally can only hold back by solvent (normally water) character of ionic species, overcomes solvent osmotic pressure take film both sides static pressure difference as impellent and makes solvent realize the membrane process that liquid mixture is separated by reverse osmosis membrane.The same NF of reverse osmosis, UF equally all belong to pressure-driven type membrane separation technique, and its operation pressure reduction is generally 15~105MPa, hold back component and are (110) X10-10m small-molecule substance.In addition can also be from liquid mixture the whole suspended substances in place to go, solute and colloid, such as from the aqueous solution with moisture from out to reach the purposes such as separation, purifying.At present along with the exploitation of ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane can be carried out partially desalted water softening and the selective separation of being applicable under less than 1MPa pressure.
Described nanofiltration membrane NF adopts commercially available nanofiltration membrane NF.Nanofiltration (NF) is between the reverse osmosis very a kind of pressure-driven type membrane separation technique between the ultrafiltration.It has two characteristics: be that hundreds of organic molecule compositions has separation performance to the molecular weight in the water 1.; 2. there is the Donnan effect in the negatively charged ion for different valence state.The charge of material. ion valence mumber lotus concentration has a significant impact the separate effect of film.(road (Donnan) model together south (Donnan) effect Donnan model mostly is charged membrane take the Donnan balance is used for describing charged membrane as the basis the general nanofiltration membrane of demineralising process, so the more multiplex nanofiltration process of describing of this model) will be used for the purifying of tap water and process water, purification of waste water is processed, the aspect such as concentrated of valuable components in the process fluid, its operation pressure reduction is that 05~2OMPa molecular weight cut-off boundary is 200~1000, and molecular size is the separation of the dissolved constituent of 1nm.Claim again loose type RO because the NF film reaches the pressure reduction that same permeation flux must apply than hang down the former NF membrane filtration of 0.5~3MPa with the RO film " or low pressure reverse osmosis ".Nanofiltration (NF) film is a kind of Novel separation film between reverse osmosis (RO) film and ultrafiltration (UF) film, because it has on nano level membrane pore size, the film constructional features such as multi-band electric charge, thereby is mainly used in the following aspects: separation (2) organism of the organic substance of (1) different molecular weight and separating of small molecules inorganics; (3) the separating separating of (4) salt and its relative acid of monovalence salt and divalence or multivalence salt in the solution.Thereby reach tap water and industrial water softening feed liquid decolouring, concentrate, separate, recovery etc.
With reference to accompanying drawing 3,4,Described four-sided valve 3 comprises valve body 3-1, upper barrier film 3-2, spool 3-3 and lower diaphragm plate 3-4, as the full state of pure water storage tank 4 water, pure water partial pressure rising this moment promotes upper barrier film 3-1 makes spool 3-3 downward, barrier film 3-4 pressed down block dense water water outlet, make dense water stop discharging (seeing accompanying drawing 4).
In the described pure water storage tank 4 float switch 4-1 is installed, described pure water storage tank 4 tops are provided with pure water storage tank water-in 4-2, and pure water storage tank 4 bottoms are provided with pure water storage tank water outlet 4-3.In the described dense water water-storing tank 7 liquid level switch 7-1 is installed.Described dense water water-storing tank is provided with overflow port 7-2.
Described dense water proportioner comprises valve body 1, flow is adjustable spool 2, O type circle 3.
Principle of work:
When tap water process pretreater (micro-filtration) 1 and ultralow pressure RO/NF film 2, the pure water that produces and dense water enter respectively pure water storage tank 4 and dense water water tank 7 through four-sided valve 3, when pure water water tank 4 water were full, the rising of pure water pressure promoted four-sided valve 3 and closes dense water water outlet.When dense water water tank 7 water were full, liquid level switch was reported to the police, or flowed into water drain by overflow port.Can emit respectively pure water and dense water by automatically controlled leading 6, accomplish dense water recycling.
Pure water storage tank 4 with float switch: float switch 4-1 closes the switch into water when full as water.Wastewater tank 7 with liquid level switch: liquid level switch 7-1 is as the full suggesting effect of water, and the concentrated water drainage that overflow port 7-2 will in time not use when full as water falls.
Pure water effluent water pump 5 and wastewater effluent water pump 8 are commercially available booster water pump among Fig. 1, respectively the water in pure water storage tank 4 or the dense water water-storing tank 7 are extracted out during effect and are emitted by automatically controlled leading 6.
Automatically controlled leading 6 is commercially available automatically controlled tap among Fig. 1, this automatically controlled tap is controlled pure water effluent water pump 5 and wastewater effluent water pump 8 by the switch on the handle or button, when opening pure water effluent water pump 5, then emits pure water, when opening wastewater effluent water pump 8, then emit dense water.

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1. a water purification machine is characterized in that: comprise pretreater, reverse-osmosis treated device, four-sided valve, pure water storage tank, pure water effluent water pump, automatically controlled tap, dense water water-storing tank, wastewater effluent water pump and dense water proportioner; Pretreater is provided with water-in, water-in is connected with water supply pipe by water inlet pipe, pretreater is provided with water outlet, water outlet is connected with reverse-osmosis treated device water-in by pipeline, the reverse-osmosis treated device is provided with pure water water outlet and dense water water outlet, the pure water water outlet of reverse-osmosis treated device passes through four-sided valve, pipeline links to each other with the pure water storage tank water-in, the dense water water outlet of reverse-osmosis treated device passes through four-sided valve, pipeline links to each other with dense water water-storing tank water-in, pure water effluent water pump water-in links to each other with the pure water storage tank water outlet by pipeline, pure water effluent water pump water outlet links to each other with automatically controlled tap by pipeline, the wastewater effluent pump intake links to each other with dense water water-storing tank water outlet by pipeline, and the wastewater effluent pump outlet links to each other with automatically controlled tap by pipeline.
2. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described pretreater, reverse-osmosis treated device, four-sided valve, pure water storage tank, pure water effluent water pump, dense water water-storing tank, wastewater effluent water pump and dense water proportioner are installed in the cabinet, and automatically controlled tap is installed in a side or cabinet top in the cabinet.
3. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 2 is characterized in that: supporting on the described cabinet have an electric control panel, and electric controling element is installed on the electric control panel, is used for controlling pure water effluent water pump, wastewater effluent water pump, automatically controlled tap work.
4. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: in the described pretreater microfiltration membrane is installed.
5. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described reverse-osmosis treated utensil has filter tank, ultralow pressure reverse osmosis membrane RO or nanofiltration membrane NF are installed in the filter tank, capping is equipped with on filter tank top, be provided with reverse-osmosis treated device water-in in the capping, the filter tank bottom is provided with pure water water outlet and dense water water outlet.
6. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described four-sided valve comprises valve body, upper barrier film, spool and lower diaphragm plate; As the full state of pure water storage tank water, pure water partial pressure rising this moment promotes upper barrier film makes spool downward, barrier film is pressed down block dense water water outlet, makes dense water stop discharging.
7. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: in the described pure water storage tank float switch is installed; In the described dense water water-storing tank liquid level switch is installed; Described dense water water-storing tank is provided with overflow port.
8. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: in the described dense water water-storing tank liquid level switch is installed, described dense water water-storing tank is provided with overflow port.
9. a kind of water purification machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described dense water proportioner comprises valve body, the adjustable spool of flow and O type circle.
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