FR2669063A1 - Method of treating rising damp in walls and device for implementing it - Google Patents

Abstract

Method of treating rising damp in walls, characterised in that it includes an electronic box powered by solar energy or by the mains, emitting rectangular electrical pulses at 143 Hertz and less than 1.229 volts with 15 milliamps producing a reverse-osmosis effect on the electrolyte of the wall, which box is connected, on the one hand, to positive electrodes made of conductive polymer covered with copper and, on the other hand, to negative electrodes made from conductive polymer covered with zinc and, finally, to earth bars made of brass of 40% zinc, this assembly ensuring both the controlled drying of the wall and the dense and sectorial mineralisation of the capillaries, producing a real anti-moisture barrier at the base of the wall, while maintaining a permanent state of watchfulness once this result is obtained.

Description

 The present invention relates to a method of treating rising humidity in walls.

 It was possible. to realize that, on the one hand due to the use of modern construction techniques and on the other hand the use of new materials, we encountered more and more thin walls, which made it difficult to use of long bars.

 In order to adapt to this development, while retaining good efficiency on the humidity of thick walls and old materials, computer simulation made it possible both to build an appropriate electronic diagram, to calculate the structure of the electrodes in order to obtain an indefinite duration, and finally the characteristics of the current allowing the flushing of water molecules by reverse osmosis effect at the same time as the mineralization of the capillaries by precipitation of the salts of the electrolyte from the wall inside these.

 The frequency of the pulses was increased to 143 Hertz, which corresponds to the molecular resonance of water, hence the migration of the molecules of this liquid.

The amperage is 15 milliamps, and the voltage remains below 1.229 volts, which avoids electrolysis of the conductors as well as the production of hydrogen.

 The electronic device performs a controlled drying, that is to say it proceeds at all times by interrogation, from which the treatment follows. The beating of two diodes, one red and one green, visualizes the process from the outside. When this beat stops, the dryness of the wall has been obtained. The device then remains in the standby state and will immediately resume its activity in the event of a new ascent of water in the wall. To ensure the sustainability of this watch, we recommend the use of an electric power supply by photovoltaic cells of solar panels, providing a voltage of 12 volts under an amperage depending on the number of cells, calculated for the energy to be supplied according to the number of electrodes to be supplied. However, the low energy consumption, linked on the other hand to the speed of drying, verified on the experiments, means that the use of the energy supplied by the EDF network remains economic.

 The positive electrodes are made of cylinders of conductive polymer connected to the electronic unit by a thin conductor, the size of a telephone wire.

The conductive polymer cylinder is itself inserted into a copper cylinder, the total diameter not exceeding six millimeters. The electrodes are installed in the wall at 12 cm above ground level, at an angle of 10 degrees and at a spacing of 30 centimeters.

 The negative electrodes consist of a conductive polymer core connected to the negative pole of the electronic unit. They are covered with a sleeve made of a conductive composite mixed before solidification with a high proportion of fine powder of pure zinc, the whole constituting a porous mass allowing the exit of zinc ions. These electrodes are installed in the wall at ground level, at an angle of 30 degrees, up to 3/4 of the thickness of the wall, at a spacing of 30 cm arranged in staggered rows with the line of positive electrodes. It has been observed for a long time that, during its drying, the return of the wall to normal polarity, required about a month, and that this repolarization was done according to a well defined curve.

 As a result, the mineralization of the section of the wall located between the positive and negative electrodes, catalyzed by zinc ions, will be particularly rapid, and above all dense, because all the physical factors are then combined to obtain this result.

 Finally the negative pole of the electronic unit is also connected to earth. These earth bars are made up of 40% zinc brass rounds, covered on the upper half of their height by a sleeve of heat-shrinkable PVC.

 These bars are 80 cm long, and inserted flush with the wall every twenty-five electrodes. Their structure makes it possible to avoid interference due to the eddy currents which circulate in a very general manner near the surface of the ground.

 Thus can be treated the walls, and interior partitions, even the thinnest and made of the most diverse materials.

 The process will be better understood by referring to the figures.

 Figure 1 shows a wall in section in elevation showing the location of the electrodes, the power supply and the earth bars.

1) Wet wall 2) Electronic box, connected to the sector, either
a solar panel 3) Solar panel 4) Positive electrode 5) Negative electrode 6) Earth bar 7) Sector 8) Zone of capillary mineralization of the wall 9) Ground
Figure 2 shows on a wall, seen in elevation, the layout of the electrodes and earth bars.

1) Wet wall
2) Electronic box
3-7) Power supply (3: sector, 7: solar)
4) Positive electrodes
5) Negative EleCtrodes
@ 6) Earth bars
9) Soil
Figure 3 shows the diagram of the electro-
moisture repellant. All mounting is done
around an integrated circuit, 4 "NAND" doors with trigger
Schmit.

NOMENCLATURE
1 R1 10 M # 13 C1 0.22 F
2 R2 180 K # 14 C2 47 n F
3 R3 1 K # 15 C3 10 n F 4 R4 82 M # 16 C4 Canceled
5 R5 220 # 17 C5 47 n F
6 R6 1 M # 18 C6 100 n F
7 R7 2.7 K # 19 C7 100 n F
8 R8 2.2 K # 20 220v / 12v transformer
21 line of electrodes (30max)
9 Dl 1N4148 22 Reg. 7812 CP.

 10 D2 Light-emitting diode.

11 D3 Light-emitting diode
12 Z1, CD 4093 23 Terre
Figure 4 shows the installation mode.
trodes and earth bars for drying the walls of a cellar or basement, with the earth in support.

1 Wall
2 Electronic boxes 4 Positive electrodes
5 Negative electrodes 6 Earth bars
9 Sol

Claims (7)

 R E V E N D I C A T I O N S 1) - Process for treating rising humidity in walls, characterized in that it involves the implantation in the walls of positive and negative electrodes made of a polymer which are insensitive to corrosion. 2) - Method for treating the ascending hwiidi in the characterized, according to claim 1, in that the positive electrodes are covered with a copper cylinder, and the negative electrodes of a porous conductive sleeve containing fine powder of pure zinc. 3) - Method for treating the rising humidity in the walls, characterized in that the electrodes, according to claims 1 and 2, are connected to an electronic unit applying to them rectangular pulses at a voltage below 1.229 volts, and 15 milliamps , the negative pole of the box also being connected to earth rods. 4) - A method of treating rising humidity in walls, characterized in that it comprises, according to claim 3, an electronic unit putting pulses of 143 Hertz corresponding to the resonance of the water molecules and producing a flush of these by reverse osmosis effect. 5) - A method of treating rising humidity in walls according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the electronic unit continuously interrogates the state of humidity of the wall. 6) - A method of treating the ascending oil in the walls according to claims 3, 4 and 5, characterized in that the electronic shoemaker remains in a permanent standby state, ready to resume its activity if the humidity level in the wall increased again once the drying was obtained. 7) - Process for treating rising humidity in the seas, characterized in that it comprises, according to claims @ and, grounding bars made of brass with 40% zinc, 'protected against eddy currents and connected at the negative pole of the electronic unit, driven flush with the foundations of the wall, and which thus reinforce both the restoration of the normal potential of the wall and the action of mineralization of the caPillaries.