CN214457403U - Deionized water purification treatment device - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a deionized water purification treatment device, pending raw water intercommunication raw water pump, the export of raw water pump pass through the tube coupling multimedium and filter the jar, the multimedium filters the jar and passes through the tube coupling dosing tank, the dosing tank passes through tube coupling safety ware precision filter, safety ware copper drum tube coupling first-order high-pressure pump, the export intercommunication one-level reverse osmosis filtration membrane of one-level high-pressure pump, the export of one-level reverse osmosis filtration membrane passes through the tube coupling second-order high-pressure pump, the export intercommunication second-order reverse osmosis filtration membrane of second-order high-pressure pump, second-order reverse osmosis membrane connect precision filter, and precision filter connects the EDI module import, the play water of EDI module is through obtaining qualified deionized water behind ultraviolet germicidal system. The deionized water purification treatment device breaks through the bottleneck that the traditional resin needs to be regenerated by acid and alkali, has no chemical regeneration, is pollution-free and meets the requirement of environmental protection.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a deionized water purification treatment device belongs to deionized water processing technology field.
Background
Deionized water refers to pure water from which impurities in the form of ions have been removed. The "deionization" as specified by the International organization for standardization ISO/TC 147 is defined as: "deionized water completely or incompletely removes ionic species. "deionized water has wide application in various fields, such as laboratory, laboratory water; electronic industrial production; cooling water for chemical reaction, chemical agents and water for preparing a liquid preparation; water for producing food, beverage, wine, and cosmetic.
The traditional production process of deionized water comprises the following steps: the ion exchange resin is used for removing ionic impurities in water to obtain nearly pure water, and whether the design of a production device is reasonable or not is directly related to the quality of deionized water and the economical efficiency of operation. The traditional resin needs to be regenerated by acid and alkali, has pollution to the environment and is complex to operate.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses not enough to prior art exists, provide a deionized water purification unit, break through traditional resin and need be with the bottleneck of acid-base regeneration, possess and exempt from chemical medicine regeneration, pollution-free and accord with the environmental protection requirement.
The utility model provides an above-mentioned technical problem's technical scheme as follows: a deionized water purification treatment device comprises a raw water pump, a multi-medium filter tank, a security precise filter, a dosing tank, a high-pressure pump, a reverse osmosis filtration system, a precise filter, an EDI module and an electric appliance control system, wherein the high-pressure pump comprises a first-stage high-pressure pump and a second-stage high-pressure pump, and the reverse osmosis filtration system comprises a first-stage reverse osmosis filtration membrane and a second-stage reverse osmosis filtration membrane;
raw water to be treated is communicated with a raw water pump, the outlet of the raw water pump is connected with a multi-medium filter tank through a pipeline, the multi-medium filter tank is connected with a dosing tank through a pipeline, the outlet of the multi-medium filter tank is connected with a security precise filter through a pipeline, a copper drum pipeline of the security precise filter is connected with a first-stage high-pressure pump, the outlet of the first-stage high-pressure pump is communicated with a first-stage reverse osmosis filter membrane, the outlet of the first-stage reverse osmosis filter membrane is connected with a second-stage high-pressure pump through a pipeline, the outlet of the second-stage high-pressure pump is communicated with a second-stage reverse osmosis filter membrane, the second-stage reverse osmosis filter membrane is connected with a precise filter through a pipeline, the precise filter is connected with the inlet of an EDI module through a pipeline, and the effluent of the EDI module is subjected to an ultraviolet sterilization system to obtain qualified deionized water;
the raw water pump, the multi-medium filter tank, the security precise filter, the dosing tank, the high-pressure pump, the reverse osmosis filtration system, the precise filter and the EDI module are all associated with the electric appliance control system. The deionized water treatment device is provided with a low-voltage switch to protect the high-pressure pump from being damaged due to water supply stop.
On the basis of the technical scheme, the utility model discloses can also do following improvement.
Furthermore, the raw water is arranged in a raw water tank, the raw water tank is connected with an inlet of the raw water pump through a pipeline, and a liquid level switch is arranged on the raw water tank.
The raw water tank is mainly used for storing external water nets to enter raw water of the deionized water purification treatment device, and aims to adjust the change of water inflow, prevent the influence of water inflow fluctuation on the operation of the deionized water purification treatment device and ensure the stability of the water inflow of the deionized water purification treatment device.
The original water tank is provided with a liquid level switch, so that the liquid level of the original water tank can be detected and controlled at any time. When the raw water tank reaches the low liquid level, the raw water booster pump or the backwashing water pump is automatically stopped; when the liquid level of the raw water tank reaches the middle liquid level, the raw water booster pump is automatically started. The liquid level switch of the original water tank can be connected with external user water supply equipment, and when the liquid level of the original water tank is high, water inlet is automatically stopped; when the original water tank reaches the middle liquid level, the water supply is automatically started.
Furthermore, the upper end of the multi-medium filter tank is provided with an automatic filter regulating valve, so that the filter regulation is more convenient.
Furthermore, a quartz sand filtering system, an activated carbon system and a scale inhibition system are arranged in the multi-medium filtering tank.
The quartz sand filtering system can effectively intercept large particle impurities and suspended matters in water and reduce the turbidity of the water. The activated carbon adsorption system is used for adsorbing harmful substances such as peculiar smell, residual chlorine, particle impurities, organic matters and the like in water, and effectively reducing the chroma of the water.
After raw water passes through a quartz sand filter and an activated carbon filter, various metal ions such as calcium, magnesium and the like still exist, and the metal ions are easy to generate carbonate, sulfate and other insoluble salts, scale on an ultrafiltration membrane in a water treatment system, and precipitates block membrane pores, so that a series of problems of reduction of water yield of the ultrafiltration system, increase of operation pressure and the like are caused. The scale and corrosion inhibitor is added into the scale and corrosion inhibition system, and the scale and corrosion inhibitor adopts an all-organic alkaline water treatment agent, has wide application range and can effectively prevent metal ions such as calcium, magnesium and the like from scaling.
Furthermore, a polypropylene filter element is arranged in the security precise filter, the filtering precision is 5.0 mu m, and the shell of the security precise filter is of a stainless steel structure. Can effectively ensure that the membrane element in the reverse osmosis filtration system is not damaged by fine granular impurities and influences the water outlet quantity of reverse osmosis.
Furthermore, the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane and the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane are polyamide composite membrane modules, and timing automatic cleaning devices are arranged in the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane and the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane.
The polyamide composite membrane module produced by Korean company is adopted as a main component, the desalination rate of a single membrane is more than or equal to 99.5 percent, the system desalination rate is 97-99 percent, and impurities such as suspended particles, organic silica gel, organic matters, bacteria, viruses, pyrogen and the like in water can be effectively removed. In order to ensure the stable performance and long-term operation of the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane and the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane, a timing automatic flushing device is arranged.
Further, a first-stage pure water tank is connected between the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane and the second-stage high-pressure pump, and a second-stage water tank is connected between the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane and the precision filter. The arrangement of the first-level water tank and the second-level water tank can play a role in buffering, so that the operation of the whole device is more stable and controllable.
Furthermore, the outlet of the EDI module is connected with a high-purity water tank, the high-purity water tank is connected with a variable-frequency constant-pressure water supply pump through a pipeline, and the outlet of the variable-frequency constant-pressure water supply pump is connected with an ultraviolet sterilization system.
Furthermore, the electric appliance control system is provided with a pressure gauge, a flowmeter, a regulating valve, a conductivity meter, an indication button, a flow limiting instrument, a resistance meter, an EDI power supply and an emergency button. The adjusting valve is used for adjusting the strong brine and the pure water, and the water conductivity meter can continuously detect the water quality condition of the produced water; the manometer control is all established to water and drainage department of one-level reverse osmosis filtration membrane and second grade reverse osmosis filtration membrane, can detect the pressure differential of RO membrane in succession, suggestion scavenging period. The running condition of each component in the device is displayed and controlled through the electric appliance control system, and the operation is more visual and convenient.
Furthermore, the deionized water purification treatment device is provided with a main body frame, and the raw water pump, the multi-medium filter tank, the security precision filter, the dosing tank, the high-pressure pump, the reverse osmosis filtration system, the precision filter, the EDI module and the electric appliance control system are all arranged on the main body frame. The arrangement of the main body frame can make the whole device more compact and integrated, thereby making the occupied area of the device small and the transfer convenient.
The utility model has the advantages that:
(1) by adopting the EDI module, the system has no concentrated water circulation, no salt addition, no polar water discharge and simple structure; the intelligent rectification power supply fully exerts the technical performance of the module, and is safe and reliable; the concentrated water resin technology improves the ion migration speed, and the energy consumption of the system is low; the freshwater resin layering technology enables non-conductive ions to migrate, and effluent quality is high; the mature backflow technology reduces the influence of front-section fluctuation, and the effluent quality is stable; the large-channel partition plate and the patented resin treatment technology have strong anti-pollution capacity;
(2) the deionized water purification treatment device has reliable performance of parts, no easily damaged parts, no need of large amount of maintenance and long-term and effective operation;
(3) the deionized water treatment device is provided with a pre-pretreatment protection system for protecting the high-pressure pump and the RO membrane from being damaged by particles or other hard objects; the advanced membrane protection system is characterized in that when the equipment is started, the deionized water purification treatment device automatically sends out membrane washing action, and the desalted water can automatically wash away the pollutants on the surface of the membrane, so that the pollution speed is reduced, and the service life of the membrane is prolonged;
(4) the low-pressure polyamide composite membrane has high desalination rate and low operation pressure, ensures the high efficiency of the system and reduces the operation cost;
(5) pure water and concentrated water are respectively provided with a flowmeter to monitor and adjust the running water yield and the system water utilization rate, and the water utilization rate is high through reasonable process design; the produced water conductivity meter continuously monitors the quality of the produced water; a water inlet and drainage pressure gauge continuously monitors the pressure difference of the RO membrane and prompts the cleaning time; the deionized water purification treatment device has high automation degree and is more convenient to use.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a deionized water purification apparatus according to an embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a deionized water purification apparatus according to an embodiment;
in the figure, 1 raw water pump, 2 multi-medium filter tank, 3 automatic filtration regulating valve, 4 security precise filter, 5 first-level high pressure pump, 6 first-level reverse osmosis filter membrane, 7 second-level high pressure pump, 8 second-level reverse osmosis filter membrane, 9 pressure gauge, 10 flow meter, 11 regulating valve, 12 conductivity meter, 13 indication button, 14 flow limiter, 15 resistance meter, 16 EDI power supply, 17 emergency button, 18 EDI module, 19 precise filter, 20 dosing tank, 21, variable frequency constant pressure water supply pump, 22 and main body frame.
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In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
As shown in the figure, the deionized water purification treatment device comprises a raw water pump 1, a multi-medium filter tank 2, a security precision filter 4, a dosing tank 20, a high-pressure pump, a reverse osmosis filtration system, a precision filter 19, an EDI module 18 and an electrical appliance control system, wherein the high-pressure pump comprises a first-stage high-pressure pump 5 and a second-stage high-pressure pump 7, and the reverse osmosis filtration system comprises a first-stage reverse osmosis filtration membrane 6 and a second-stage reverse osmosis filtration membrane 8;
raw water to be treated is communicated with a raw water pump 1, the outlet of the raw water pump 1 is connected with the multi-medium filter tank 2 through a pipeline, the multi-medium filter tank 2 is connected with the dosing box 20 through a pipeline, the outlet of the multi-medium filter tank 2 is connected with the security precise filter 4 through a pipeline, the copper drum pipeline of the security precise filter 4 is connected with the first-stage high-pressure pump 5, the outlet of the first-stage high-pressure pump 5 is communicated with the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane 6, the outlet of the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane 6 is connected with the second-stage high-pressure pump 7 through a pipeline, the outlet of the second-stage high-pressure pump 7 is communicated with the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane 8, the secondary reverse osmosis filtering membrane 8 is connected with the precision filter 19 through a pipeline, the precision filter 19 is connected with the inlet of the EDI module 18 through a pipeline, the effluent of the EDI module 18 passes through an ultraviolet sterilization system to obtain qualified deionized water;
the raw water pump 1, the multi-medium filter tank 2, the security precision filter 4, the dosing tank 20, the high-pressure pump, the reverse osmosis filtration system, the precision filter 19 and the EDI module 18 are all associated with the electric appliance control system.
The raw water is arranged in a raw water tank, the raw water tank is connected with an inlet of a raw water pump 1 through a pipeline, and a liquid level switch is arranged on the raw water tank.
The upper end of the multi-medium filter tank 2 is provided with an automatic filter regulating valve 3.
The multi-medium filter tank 2 is internally provided with a quartz sand filter system, an activated carbon system and a scale inhibition system.
The safety precise filter 4 is internally provided with a polypropylene filter element, the filtering precision is 5.0 mu m, and the shell of the safety precise filter 4 is of a stainless steel structure.
The first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane 6 and the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane 8 are both polyamide composite membrane modules, and timing automatic cleaning devices are arranged in the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane 6 and the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane 8.
Be connected with one-level pure water case between one-level reverse osmosis filtration membrane 6 and the second grade high-pressure pump 7, be connected with the second grade water tank between second grade reverse osmosis filtration membrane 8 and the precision filter 19.
The outlet of the EDI module 18 is connected with a high-purity water tank, the high-purity water tank is connected with a variable-frequency constant-pressure water supply pump 21 through a pipeline, and the outlet of the variable-frequency constant-pressure water supply pump 21 is connected with an ultraviolet sterilization system.
The electric appliance control system is provided with a pressure gauge 9, a flowmeter 10, a regulating valve 11, a conductivity meter 12, an indication button 13, a flow limiter 14, a resistance meter 15, an EDI power supply 16 and an emergency button 17.
The deionized water purification treatment device is provided with a main body frame 22, and the raw water pump 1, the multi-medium filter tank 2, the security precision filter 4, the dosing tank 20, the high-pressure pump, the reverse osmosis filtration system, the precision filter 19, the EDI module 18 and the electrical appliance control system are all arranged on the main body frame 22.
The working process principle of the deionized water purification treatment device is as follows: storing raw water entering the system from an external water network in a raw water tank, pumping the raw water in the raw water tank into a multi-medium filter tank 2 by a raw water pump 1 for filtration treatment, adding a scale inhibitor into the multi-medium filter tank 2 by a dosing tank 20, further filtering the water treated by the multi-medium filter tank 2 by a security precise filter 4, desalting the water by a primary high-pressure pump 5 by a primary permeable membrane 6 and entering a primary pure water tank, desalting the water in the primary pure water tank by a secondary high-pressure pump 7 by a secondary permeable membrane 8 and entering a secondary pure water tank, desalting the water in the secondary pure water tank by a secondary high-pressure pump 19 and entering an EDI module 18 for treatment, introducing the water treated by the EDI module 18 into a high-purity water tank, introducing the water in the high-purity water tank into an ultraviolet sterilization system by a variable-frequency constant-pressure water supply pump 21, sterilizing to obtain qualified deionized water, and performing the whole process, and the operation condition of each component is controlled by an electric appliance control system.
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.
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1. The deionized water purification treatment device is characterized in that the deionized water purification treatment system comprises a raw water pump (1), a multi-medium filter tank (2), a security precision filter (4), a dosing tank (20), a high-pressure pump, a reverse osmosis filter system, a precision filter (19), an EDI module (18) and an electric appliance control system, wherein the high-pressure pump comprises a first-stage high-pressure pump (5) and a second-stage high-pressure pump (7), and the reverse osmosis filter system comprises a first-stage reverse osmosis filter membrane (6) and a second-stage reverse osmosis filter membrane (8);
raw water to be treated is communicated with a raw water pump (1), the outlet of the raw water pump (1) is connected with a multi-medium filtering tank (2) through a pipeline, the multi-medium filtering tank (2) is connected with a dosing tank (20) through a pipeline, the outlet of the multi-medium filtering tank (2) is connected with a security precise filter (4) through a pipeline, the security precise filter (4) is connected with a copper drum pipeline and is connected with a first-stage high-pressure pump (5), the outlet of the first-stage high-pressure pump (5) is communicated with a first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane (6), the outlet of the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane (6) is connected with a second-stage high-pressure pump (7) through a pipeline, the outlet of the second-stage high-pressure pump (7) is communicated with a second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane (8), the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane (8) is connected with a precise filter (19) through a pipeline, and the precise filter (19) is connected with the inlet of an EDI module (18) through a pipeline, the effluent of the EDI module (18) passes through an ultraviolet sterilization system to obtain qualified deionized water;
the raw water pump (1), the multi-medium filter tank (2), the security precise filter (4), the dosing tank (20), the high-pressure pump, the reverse osmosis filtration system, the precise filter (19) and the EDI module (18) are all associated with the electric appliance control system.
2. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the raw water is placed in a raw water tank, the raw water tank is connected with an inlet of the raw water pump (1) through a pipeline, and a liquid level switch is arranged on the raw water tank.
3. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein an automatic filtration regulating valve (3) is arranged at the upper end of the multi-medium filter tank (2).
4. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein a quartz sand filtration system, an activated carbon system and a scale inhibition system are arranged in the multi-medium filter tank (2).
5. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein a polypropylene filter element is arranged in the cartridge precision filter (4), the filtration precision is 5.0 μm, and the housing of the cartridge precision filter (4) is of a stainless steel structure.
6. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the first reverse osmosis membrane (6) and the second reverse osmosis membrane (8) are both polyamide composite membrane modules, and each of the first reverse osmosis membrane (6) and the second reverse osmosis membrane (8) is provided with a timing automatic cleaning device.
7. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein a first pure water tank is connected between the first-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane (6) and the second-stage high pressure pump (7), and a second water tank is connected between the second-stage reverse osmosis filtering membrane (8) and the fine filter (19).
8. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein a high purity water tank is connected to the outlet of the EDI module (18), the high purity water tank is connected with a variable frequency constant pressure water supply pump (21) through a pipeline, and the outlet of the variable frequency constant pressure water supply pump (21) is connected with an ultraviolet sterilization system.
9. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the electrical control system is provided with a pressure gauge (9), a flow meter (10), a regulating valve (11), a conductivity meter (12), an indication button (13), a flow limit meter (14), a resistance meter (15), an EDI power supply (16) and an emergency button (17).
10. The deionized water purification treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the deionized water purification treatment device is provided with a main body frame (22), and the raw water pump (1), the multi-media filter tank (2), the security ultrafilter (4), the dosing tank (20), the high-pressure pump, the reverse osmosis filtration system, the ultrafilter (19), the EDI module (18) and the electrical appliance control system are all mounted on the main body frame (22).
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