JP2005279327A - Water modifying method employing porous glass film and water modifying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water modifying method which enables a reduction of a particle size of water molecule clusters certainly and easily, and a water modifying apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: A cylindrical SPG (Shirazu porous glass) film 1 is used as a water-permeable membrane. The pore size of the SPG film 1 is uniform and can be selected within a range of 0.05-20 μm. Thirty SPG films 1 with a pore size of 0.18 μm are attached to an upper lid 3 and a bottom lid 4 to constitute a cylindrical water-permeable module 2 having a water supply port 5 provided to the upper part. Tap water 7 is introduced into the cylindrical water-permeable module 2 to form water 8 containing small clusters. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a water reforming method and apparatus using a shirasu porous glass membrane.

  More than 65% of animals and plants, including humans, are composed of water. To date we have believed that natural water is harmless. However, in the modern world, various environmental pollutions have progressed in the natural world, and in the future, it is time to choose safe water and water that is good for health.

Water has a structure in which dozens of H ₂ O molecules are gathered like a bunch of grapes and exists as an aggregate (cluster) of molecules, but the size of this cluster varies. And it is said that the smaller the cluster water, the higher the permeability, and it penetrates to every corner of living cells, carries nutrients, efficiently transports waste products, and activates individual cells.

  Conventionally, there is a method using activated carbon or ceramics as a method for reducing a water molecule aggregate (hereinafter referred to as a cluster) due to hydrogen bonding of water molecules. In this method, a large number of these solid bodies are accommodated in a water flow path, and the clusters are made smaller by being immersed or brought into contact with water (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

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  There have also been many reports on the effects of water with small clusters. There is water with small clusters generated by a magnetic generator, etc., but this is the principle that a large aggregate of water molecules is split into small aggregates when forced to vibrate for a long time.

However, as described above, the method of reducing the water molecule cluster by bringing water into contact with a solid body such as activated carbon or ceramics accommodates the solid body even if the water molecule cluster is reduced simply by contacting the solid body. Voids of various sizes are generated between adjacent solid bodies in a container, and it seems that water passing through the voids is insufficient to make the water molecule cluster small.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a method capable of reliably and easily reducing a water molecule cluster by forcibly allowing water to permeate through a shirasu porous glass film having a uniform pore size and its To provide an apparatus.

  For this reason, in this invention, a water molecule cluster can be made small and water can be modified | denatured by making water permeate | transmit the three-dimensional network-like continuous pore of the shape | molded porous glass film | membrane. The Shirasu porous glass membrane (hereinafter referred to as SPG) most suitable for the present invention has many pores penetrating the membrane, and is a known porous glass excellent in uniformity of pores with high porosity. It is a membrane. The shape of the SPG to be formed is not particularly limited, but can be formed into a shape according to the purpose of use, such as a flat plate shape or a cylindrical shape. In addition, it is possible to reduce SPG contamination or improve water reforming by coating the surface of SPG with an effective catalyst such as plating or titanium dioxide. It is also possible to electrically modify water while allowing water to permeate by attaching a positive electrode on one side and a negative electrode on the other side by applying an energizable plating to the surface layer of the SPG film.

  According to the present invention, water with small clusters can be obtained reliably and easily.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of a water permeation module showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a graph showing a mass analysis spectrum of a water cluster.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a cylindrical SPG membrane 1 was used as a water permeable membrane in this example. The SPG membrane 1 has a uniform pore diameter, and the pore diameter can be selected in the range of 0.05 μm to 20 μm. In this example, an SPG membrane having a pore diameter of 3 μm was used. The graph of FIG. 5 shows the number of water molecules in the mass spectrometry spectrum of the permeated water (hereinafter referred to as SPG treated water) in terms of the number.

  From this graph, it can be seen that the larger cluster distribution of the SPG treated water is decreased and the smaller cluster distribution is increased compared to the cluster distribution of water molecules of the raw water (normal tap water).

  6 and 7 show portable devices that can easily generate water with small clusters. The sprayer shown in FIG. 6 is a hand spray type, and when the pump unit 11 is manually pressed, water having a smaller cluster is sprayed from the nozzle 12 through the SPG film 1 from the water pumping conduit 10. . Further, the sprayer shown in FIG. 7 has a cluster smaller than the water pumping conduit 10 through the SPG membrane by pressing the button 13 when the pressure inside the container is increased by the pump unit 11 and it is desired to spray water. The water thus formed is sprayed from the nozzle 12. By simply putting tap water or mineral water into these sprayers and spraying them, you can replenish your skin, plants, etc. with small clusters of water anytime and anywhere.

A continuous progress observation of cut flowers with water permeated through an SPG membrane having a pore size of 0.18 μm was performed. The SPG film has a cylindrical shape with an outer diameter of 10 mm, an inner diameter of 8.5 mm, a wall thickness of 0.75 mm, and a length of 250 mm, and 30 SPG films 1 as shown in FIG. Water was generated by a cylindrical water transmission module 2 having a water supply port 5 at the top. The water used for the cut flowers was normal tap water 7 introduced directly from the tap 6 and tap water after passing through the SPG membrane 1. The flower varieties were roses and lilies. As shown in Table 1, the water with smaller clusters after the SPG membrane treatment had better flowers than ordinary tap water.

As described above, in the present invention, a water cluster can be reduced with an inexpensive device without requiring a large-scale electrical device. The state of passing through the gap between adjacent ceramics such as a filter in which ceramics are laminated does not occur at all, and the water permeation device using the SPG film has uniform holes as shown in FIG. It is a water reforming device that can permeate reliably. The SPG membrane is a glass filter, and it can withstand about 30 kgf / cm ^{2 with} respect to the external pressure in the case of a tubular one, so long as it is larger than the pore size when an external pressure is applied like an organic membrane with a nonuniform pore size. However, there is no problem that a large organic substance permeates while the pore diameter of the organic film is widened, and it is easy to permeate from a large pore diameter because of the nonuniform pore diameter. Therefore, since the pore size is uniform in an inorganic membrane such as an SPG membrane, water can be forced to permeate the SPG membrane pores uniformly when pressure is applied, and the size of the water cluster can be easily reduced. Is possible. Unlike cluster reformers that use magnetism or electricity, there is no need for energy and no danger.

  As the water cluster reformer equipped with the SPG membrane in this way, a water cluster reformer having a structure as shown in FIG. 8 equipped with an SPG membrane sealed on one side as shown in FIG. 9 is also conceivable. The apparatus of FIG. 8 spreads activated carbon 14 around the SPG membrane, performs large-scale impurities in the water as primary filtration with the activated carbon layer 15, and passes the water through the SPG membrane as a secondary filter to efficiently remove dirty tap water. A water reformer that can reduce water clusters while purifying well is considered. Since the SPG membrane itself has a uniform pore size as well as changing the water cluster, it can be expected to have a sterilization effect without any large loopholes and no fear of insufficient filtration.

  Water with small clusters is said to have good permeability, so it can be sprayed on dry skin to increase water retention, and water with small clusters is said to have the ability to dissolve oils and fats. It may be effective to wash away sebum buried in the hair root by spraying. In addition, the human body is said to have the ability to produce small clusters of water by itself, but the body of babies and infants has abundant energy to produce efficiently, It is said that the energy that the living body itself tries to produce water with small clusters decreases, and the water with small clusters in the body decreases. It is also said that the organ that can produce the most water with small clusters is the female uterus. It can be expected that the water produced by the SPG membrane-equipped water reforming apparatus for reducing the water cluster of the present invention is used as drinking water, and by supplying water with a small cluster, it is also effective for improving the constitution of the body.

It is the schematic which shows one Example of the water permeation | transmission module which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of the upper cover of a water permeation module. It is a top view of the bottom cover of a water permeation module. It is sectional drawing which shows a SPG film | membrane typically. It is a graph which shows the mass spectrometry spectrum of normal tap water and SPG processing water. It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the sprayer carrying an SPG film | membrane. It is a perspective view which shows the other Example of the sprayer carrying an SPG film | membrane. It is a perspective view which shows the water purifier which mounts an SPG membrane. It is sectional drawing which shows typically the SPG membrane mounted in the water purifier.

Explanation of symbols

1 Shirasu porous glass membrane (SPG membrane)
2 Water permeation module 3 Top lid 4 Bottom lid 5 Water supply port 6 Water supply 7 Raw water (tap water)
8 SPG treated water 9 Pump type vessel 10 Water pumping conduit 11 Pump part 12 Nozzle 13 Button 14 Activated carbon 15 Activated carbon layer

Claims (4)

  A water reforming method using a shirasu porous glass membrane, wherein the water cluster is made smaller by allowing water to permeate through the through holes of the shirasu porous glass membrane.   A method for reforming water, wherein water molecules are made smaller by allowing water to permeate through three-dimensional network-like continuous pores of a porous glass membrane.   The method for reforming water according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the porous glass film is coated with an effective catalyst such as plating or titanium dioxide.   It consists of a pressure head having a nozzle and a water storage container in which water is drawn up and a water storage container in which water is stored. By applying pressure to the pressure head, the nozzle is inserted through a shirasu porous glass membrane. A water reforming apparatus characterized by generating and discharging water having small clusters.

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