JPH0686978A - Electrolytic ionic water producing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electrolytic ionic water producing apparatus which guarantees the safety to human bodies and give an aiming electrolysis efficiency. CONSTITUTION:An electrolytic ionic water producing apparatus is provided with a carbon dioxide gas generating bath 10, a mixing bath 11, and an electrolytic bath 12 wherein the bath 10 generates carbon dioxides gas by heating a carbon dioxide gas adsorbent which adsorbs carbon dioxide gas in air or by decreasing the pressure at normal temperature, the mixing bath 11 dissolves the carbon dioxide gas sent out of the carbon dioxide gas generating bath in raw water 1, and the electrolytic bath 12 produces alkali ion water and acidic ion water by electrolysis of raw water sent out of the mixing bath, and the inside of the mixing bath 11 can be cooled by a cooling means. In the mixing bath, the conductivity of the raw water is heightened by dissolving the carbon dioxide gas sent out of the carbon dioxide gas generating bath in raw water and thus the efficiency of the electrolysis of raw water in the electrolytic bath is improved due to the high conductivity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electrolytic ionized water producing apparatus for producing acidic water for sterilization and alkaline water for drinking as a water purifier for general household and commercial use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, this type of device mainly comprises a water purifier and an electrolyzer. When tap water is used as raw water, the tap water is passed through the water purifier to be purified with activated carbon and then the electrolyzer. send. When electricity is applied to the positive (+) electrode and the negative electrode (-) in the electrolytic cell, (+) ions containing mineral components such as calcium and magnesium gather at the (-) electrode to generate "alkali ionized water". At the same time, the (−) ions gather at the (+) pole to produce “acidic ionized water”. Alkaline ionized water is suitable for drinking water and cooking as mineral water, and acidic ionized water is unsuitable for drinking water, but it is said to be effective for cleaning and washing the daily life.

In the conventional electrolytic ionized water generator, an inorganic halogen compound such as sodium chloride or potassium chloride is dissolved in raw water to be electrolyzed in an electrolytic cell to generate hypohalous acid to produce acid water for sterilization. There is.

[0004]

However, in the method of dissolving the inorganic halogen compound, the electrode of stainless steel or the like is corroded and the life of the apparatus is greatly reduced. Further, the addition of the inorganic halogen compound to the raw water is not preferable from the viewpoint of safety for the human body.

The present invention was developed under these circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electrolytic ionized water producing apparatus which ensures the safety of the human body and can obtain the required electrolysis efficiency.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the electrolytic ionized water generator of the present invention according to claim 1 is
A carbon dioxide generating tank for heating or decompressing carbon dioxide adsorbent having carbon dioxide in the air to generate carbon dioxide, and a mixing tank for dissolving carbon dioxide sent from the carbon dioxide generating tank in raw water, An electrolysis tank that electrolyzes the raw water sent from the mixing tank to generate alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water,
It is a configuration provided with.

In the present invention according to claim 2, the inside of the mixing tank can be cooled by the cooling means.

[0008]

In the first aspect, raw water is introduced into the mixing tank and the carbon dioxide gas sent from the carbon dioxide gas generation tank is dissolved in the raw water. Dissolving carbon dioxide in the raw water increases the conductivity of the raw water. The raw water with increased conductivity is sent to an electrolytic cell, where the electroconductivity of the raw water is improved due to the high conductivity, and alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water are taken out and provided for each purpose. Since no inorganic halogen compound is used as in the prior art, it is safe with no effect on the human body.

In the second aspect, cooling the raw water inside the mixing tank is effective in dissolving carbon dioxide gas in the raw water.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an electrolytic ionized water generator according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a heating system which is a first embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus is a pre-filter for passing tap water as raw water 1 first, followed by a water purification tank, a reforming tank, etc. (neither shown) are arranged in the main passage 2, and each of these tanks is followed by the present invention. A carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10, a mixing tank 11, and an electrolytic tank 12 which are the main parts of the above are arranged.

The carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10 is filled with a carbon dioxide gas adsorbent made of solid amine, and this carbon dioxide gas adsorbent can fix carbon dioxide gas in the air sent from the air supply pump 13 through the connecting pipe 3. It is like this. Further, the carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10 is provided with a heater 14, and the air introduced into the tank is heated by the heater 14 to accelerate the generation of carbon dioxide gas.

The mixing tank 11 is connected to the main passage 2 so that the raw water from the main passage 2 can be mixed with the carbon dioxide gas generating tank 1
Carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) supplied from 0 through the connecting pipe 4
It is a tank for mixing. A cooling pipe 15 is provided in the mixing tank 11.
Is installed to cool the raw water that is being mixed with carbon dioxide in the tank.

An electrolytic cell 12 is connected to the mixing tank 11 side. In this system, the raw water that has passed through the mixing tank 11 is introduced into the electrolysis tank 12, and alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water are generated by applying a voltage to the electrodes, which are used according to their respective purposes.

On the inlet side and outlet side of the carbon dioxide gas generating tank 10, opening / closing valves 5 and 6 are provided, and on the main passage 2 on the inlet side of the mixing tank 11, an opening / closing valve 7 is provided. A mixing tank 1 for air and carbon dioxide gas is provided if necessary.
It is possible to limit the introduction of water to the water source 1 and the supply of raw water 1. A check valve 8 is provided in the main passage 2 between the mixing tank 11 and the electrolytic tank 12 to prevent backflow from the electrolytic tank 12.

Next, the operation mode and action of the electrolytic ionized water producing apparatus of the embodiment having the above-mentioned structure will be described.

The raw water 1 sent from the supply source is first filtered and purified by a prefilter, a water purification tank, etc., and then goes to the mixing tank 11. In the mixing tank 11, the carbon dioxide gas supplied from the carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10 is mixed with the raw water 1. Carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10
Then, the carbon dioxide gas in the air sent from the air supply pump 13 is brought into contact with the carbon dioxide gas adsorbent, and the air introduced into the tank is heated by the heater 14 to accelerate the generation of the carbon dioxide gas.

In the mixing tank 11, carbonate ions are generated in the raw water by dissolving the carbon dioxide gas, and the raw water 1
The electric conductivity of is increased. At this time, the raw water 1 being mixed with carbon dioxide is cooled by the cooling pipe 15. Mixing tank 11
The reason why the raw water 1 is cooled is that carbon dioxide gas is easily dissolved when the water temperature of the raw water 1 is lowered.

Next, the raw water 1 whose conductivity has been increased in the mixing tank 11 is introduced into the electrolytic tank 12. The raw water 1 having a high conductivity is supplied to the electrolytic cell 12, so that the electrolysis efficiency is improved, and cations are collected in the cathode and anions are collected in the anode. Cations are extracted as alkaline ionized water containing mineral components, and anions are extracted as acidic ionized water. Since it is not necessary to dissolve an inorganic halogen compound such as sodium chloride or potassium chloride in the raw water 1 as in the conventional case, both alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water are safe for the human body and provided for their respective purposes.

In contrast to the first embodiment described above, FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment according to the present invention. In the case of the second embodiment, the room temperature decompression method is used in contrast to the heating method of the first embodiment. The structure is the carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10 of the first embodiment.
Instead of the on-off valve 6 between the mixing tank 11 and the mixing tank 11, the decompression pump 2
It is one in which 0 is incorporated. The structure of other members is the same as that of the first embodiment. However, the heater 14 is not provided in the carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10 in the second embodiment.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, the carbon dioxide gas adsorbent in the carbon dioxide gas generation tank 10 is at room temperature, and the pressure reduction pump 20 further reduces the pressure to generate carbon dioxide gas. This carbon dioxide gas is supplied to the mixing tank 11 and dissolved in the raw water 1 to increase the conductivity of the raw water 1.

In the first and second embodiments, it is not necessary to dissolve an inorganic halogen compound such as sodium chloride or potassium chloride in order to increase the conductivity of the raw water, there is no corrosion of the electrodes in the electrolytic cell 12, and the life of the apparatus is low. Does not affect

[0023]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention.
According to the electrolyzed ionized water generator of the present invention, the conductivity of the raw water is increased by dissolving the carbon dioxide gas sent from the carbon dioxide gas generation tank in the raw water in the mixing tank. Raw water with increased conductivity is effective in improving electrolysis efficiency due to its high conductivity in the electrolytic cell. The extracted alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water are safe with no effect on the human body.

In the case of the electrolytic ion water generator of claim 2,
By cooling the raw water inside the mixing tank, the dissolution of carbon dioxide gas in the raw water is effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of an electrolytic ionized water generator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of an electrolytic ionized water generator according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Raw water, 2 ... Main passage, 6 ... Open / close valve, 10 ... Carbon dioxide gas generation tank, 11 ... Mixing tank, 12 ... Electrolysis tank, 13 ... Air supply pump, 14 ... Heater, 15 ... Cooling pipe, 20 ... Decompression pump .

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A carbon dioxide gas generation tank for generating carbon dioxide gas by heating or decompressing carbon dioxide gas adsorbent having carbon dioxide gas in the air fixed therein, and carbon dioxide gas sent from the carbon dioxide gas generation tank is dissolved in raw water. An electrolyzed ionized water production apparatus comprising: a mixing tank for allowing the raw water sent from the mixing tank to be electrolyzed to produce alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water. 2. The electrolytic ion water generator according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the mixing tank is cooled by a cooling means.