KR100653392B1 - Water ionizer - Google Patents

Abstract

An ion water purifier for using a pulse signal as a control signal of an electrolysis system without relay of a Micom, wherein the pulse signal is outputted from a flow amount sensor for sensing an amount of a flow flown into an electrolyzer, is provided. An ion water purifier comprises: an electrolyzer(9); an electrolytic electrode(230) installed within the electrolyzer; an electrolytic electrode drive part(210) for impressing a predetermined magnitude of DC voltage to the electrolytic electrode according to an inputted pulse signal; a flow amount sensing means(300) having a plurality of hole sensors for outputting a sensed signal according to a flow amount of water entering the electrolyzer; and a pulse generation means for generating the pulse signal correspondingly according to the sensed inputted signal. The pulse generation means comprises: an output means; a power terminal to which a predetermined voltage is supplied; a plurality of input terminals connected to a plurality of the holes sensors one to one; and a plurality of transistors functioning as a switch by connecting one input terminal of a plurality of the input terminals to a base, earthing an emitter, and connecting a collector to the power terminal and the output terminal.

Description

Water ionizer {WATER IONIZER}

1 is a circuit diagram excluding a part of a conventional ionizer;

2 is a view for explaining the structure of the ionizer group that can be applied to the present invention,

3 is a circuit diagram excluding a part of the ionizer according to the present invention;

4 is an electrical circuit diagram of a pulse generator applied to the ionizer according to the present invention;

5A to 5C are diagrams for explaining the pulse signal output from the pulse generator applied to the flow rate sensing apparatus according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

1: coke 2: dust filter

3: pressure switch 4: primary settling filter

5: secondary activated carbon filter 6: tertiary negative activated carbon filter

7: 4th UV sterilization reservoir 8: 5th UF hollow fiber membrane filter

9: electrolyzer 10: acid water

11: alkaline water 12: alkaline water tank

13: Alkaline Water Tank 14: Alkaline Water Cork

15: beauty water cork 91: water pipe

93: discharge pipe 100, 300: flow rate detection device

200: microcomputer 210: electrolytic electrode drive unit

230: electrolytic electrode 380: pulse generator

The present invention relates to an ionizer for controlling the electrolyzer according to the flow rate flowing into the electrolyzer of the ionizer.

Severe illusion pollution that has emerged since the 20th century has forced even drinking water to be covered. As a result, modern people have been purifying contaminated water precisely to make it just harmless. As the 21st century entered, the demand for water changed much more actively. Not only have their diets changed, but their desire for a healthy life has become stronger, and they have moved away from the need for drinking water that is not harmful. Of course, this is not drinking water, but drinking, washing and cooking. Accordingly, an ionized water group has been developed that can generate alkaline water for drinking and washing, washing, beauty, and disinfecting acidic beauty water.

Moreover, unlike the reverse osmosis water purification system, which is the mainstream of the existing water purifier market, such an ionizer can maintain the mineral in the water and convert it into weak alkaline ionized water close to the human body.

Ionized water is water that collects alkali ions that electrolyze minerals essential to the human body such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium and hydrogen ions of water molecules. In particular, dissolved hydrogen contained in ionized water is active hydrogen, which removes active oxygen that acts as a harmful element in the human body, and activates the body's immune function by promoting smooth waste discharge and metabolism.

In order to generate the ionized water described above, a process of electrolyzing water is required, and all ionizers are equipped with an electrolytic cell in which an electrolysis device is installed.

In particular, the ionized water produced in the electrolytic cell must always maintain a constant pH (potential of Hydrogen) concentration, it is achieved by controlling the electrolysis device according to the flow rate flowing into the electrolytic cell.

In this case, the electrolysis device includes an electrolytic electrode installed in the electrolytic cell and an electrolytic electrode driver for driving the electrolytic electrode. The above-described control of the electrolytic electrode driver includes a pulse signal according to the flow rate from the flow rate sensing device for detecting a flow rate flowing into the electrolytic cell. It can be achieved by a microcomputer that receives the and outputs the control signal to the electrolytic electrode driver.

1 is a circuit diagram excluding a part of a conventional ionizer.

As shown in FIG. 1, a circuit diagram excluding a part of a conventional ionizer includes an electrolytic cell 9 in which purified water is electrolyzed by an electrolytic electrode installed therein; An electrolytic electrode driver 210 for driving the electrolytic electrode 230; And a microcomputer 200 for controlling the electrolytic electrode driver 210 according to a signal input from the flow rate sensing device 100 and the flow rate sensing device 100 for detecting the flow rate of purified water flowing into the electrolytic cell 9. Reference numeral 91 in the figure denotes an inlet pipe through which purified water is obtained, and 93 is an outlet pipe through which ionized water is extracted.

Therefore, the microcomputer 200 receives a detection signal according to the flow rate of the purified water flowing into the electrolytic cell 9 from the flow rate sensing device 100 and outputs a corresponding control signal to the electrolytic electrode driver 210 according to the input detection signal. The electrolytic electrode driver 210 maintains a constant pH concentration in the electrolytic cell 9 by outputting a predetermined voltage to the electrolytic electrode 230 according to the input control signal.

Meanwhile, according to the conventional ionizer, the microcomputer 200 outputs a proper control signal to the electrolytic electrode driver 210 according to a detection signal input from the flow rate sensing device 100 to always maintain a constant pH concentration in the electrolytic cell 9. On the other hand, since the microcomputer 200 analyzes the pulse signal input from the flow rate sensing device 100 and outputs the corresponding control signal to the electrolytic electrode driver 210, the pulse signal is converted into the control signal. There is a need for a process, which has made it impossible to immediately cope with a sudden flow change.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an ionizer using a pulse signal output from the flow rate sensing device for detecting the flow rate flowing into the electrolytic cell as a control signal of the electrolytic device without the relay of the microcomputer. .

The ionizer of the present invention for achieving the above object is an electrolytic cell; An electrolytic electrode installed inside the electrolytic cell; An electrolytic electrode driver for applying a DC voltage having a predetermined magnitude to the electrolytic electrode according to an input pulse signal; It is provided with a plurality of Hall sensors to provide a flow rate sensing device comprising a flow rate sensing means for outputting a detection signal in accordance with the flow rate of the electrolyzer and the pulse generating means for generating the corresponding pulse signal in accordance with the input sensing signal do.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the ionizer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining the structure of the ionizer group that can be applied to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ionizer which can be applied to the present invention includes a cog 1 into which tap water is introduced; A dust filter 2 for filtering relatively large particles contained in the tap water introduced through the coke 1 to protect subsequently performed filters; A pressure switch 3 for sensing the pressure of the water passing through the dust filter 2 and controlling the pressure to a proper pressure in the case of low pressure or high pressure; A primary filter 4 for removing fine particles, rust, debris or foreign matters contained in water passing through the pressure switch 3; A secondary activated carbon filter 5 for removing suspended solids, residual chlorine, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, etc. in the water passing through the primary filter 4; Antibacterial that removes suspended solids, residual chlorine, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, etc. in the water by adding filter anions to the water that has passed through the secondary activated carbon filter 5, and also removes odors in the water and suppresses the growth of microorganisms. A secondary silver-activated carbon filter 6 which has a function to improve the taste of water; A fourth UV sterilization reservoir (7) equipped with a UV sterilization lamp to sterilize the water passed through the secondary silver-activated activated carbon filter (6) to suppress the generation and growth of various bacteria or germs and to keep the water quality clean at all times; A fifth UF hollow fiber membrane filter (8) equipped with a fibrous filtration membrane having a pore size of 0.01 to 0.04 microns to filter out bacteria and impurities in the water passed through the fourth UV sterilization reservoir (7); Activate the mineral components contained in the purified water passed through the 5th UF hollow fiber membrane filter (8) by electrolysis to convert them into cations (calcium, sodium, ...) and anions (sulfuric acid, nitric acid, ...). An electrolytic cell 9 that separates and generates alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water; An acidic water tank 10 in which water separated by anions in purified water passed through the electrolytic cell 9 is collected; An alkaline water tank 11 in which water separated by cations in purified water passed through an electrolytic cell 9 is collected; An alkali hot water tank 12 and an alkaline cold water tank 13 for storing the water collected in the alkaline water tank 11 at an appropriate temperature; And an alkaline water coke 14 through which alkaline ionized water is discharged from the purified water passed through the electrolytic cell 9 and an acidic water coke 15 through which acidic ionized water is discharged from the purified water passed through the electrolytic cell 9.

In the above-described configuration, the electrolytic cell 9 is provided with an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, and the two electrode plates are separated by a diaphragm for passing only ions. When a direct current flows through the two electrodes, Ca +, Alkaline ionized water, which is a water containing a lot of cations such as Mg +, NA +, and K +, is generated, and acidic ionized water, which is a water containing a lot of anions such as P-, Cl-, and S-, is generated at the anode electrode part.

At this time, the concentration of the ionized water generated in the electrolytic cell 9 depends on the voltage applied per unit time to the two electrode plates described above, in order to maintain a constant pH at all times, it must be controlled according to the flow rate flowing into the electrolytic cell 9.

3 is a circuit diagram excluding a part of the ionizer according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, a circuit diagram excluding a part of the ionizer according to the present invention includes an electrolytic cell 9 in which purified water is electrolyzed by an electrolytic electrode installed therein; An electrolytic electrode driver 210 for driving the electrolytic electrode 230; And a flow rate sensing device 300 for outputting a pulse signal generated according to the flow rate of the purified water flowing into the electrolytic cell 9 as a control signal of the electrolytic electrode driver.

In the above-described configuration, the electrolytic electrode driver 210 includes a photo coupler (pc) for transmitting the voltage of the predetermined size according to a pulse signal, and polarity change that can change the polarity applied to the electrolytic electrode 230. The addition is included.

In particular, the flow rate detection device 300 includes a plurality of Hall sensors and a pulse generator for outputting the flow detection signals transmitted from the plurality of Hall sensors as a corresponding pulse signal.

Therefore, the pH concentration in the electrolytic cell 9 is maintained by the pulse signal output from the flow rate sensor.

4 is an electrical circuit diagram of a pulse generator applied to the ionizer according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pulse generator 380 applied to the ionizer according to the present invention includes a power supply terminal VCC supplied with a predetermined voltage; One input terminal (in) and one input terminal (in) of the plurality of Hall sensors (not shown) connected one-to-one are connected to the base, the emitter is grounded, and the collector is the output terminal (OUT). It includes a number of TR (Transister) (Q) which is connected to the switch acts as a switch.

Therefore, when a detection signal is input from an arbitrary hall sensor (not shown), the emitter and the collector of the corresponding TR (Q) are conducted so that a predetermined pulse signal is output to the output terminal.

5A to 5C are diagrams for explaining a pulse signal output from a pulse generator applied to a flow sensing device according to the present invention. First, FIG. 5A is provided from eight input terminals connected to each hall sensor for detecting a flow rate. When the output signal is combined according to the input signal, the actual pulse signal output from the output terminal of the pulse generator is drawn as shown.

At this time, when the flow rate becomes slow, the width of the pulse signal becomes longer as shown in FIG. 5B, and when the flow rate becomes faster, the pulse width becomes narrow as shown in FIG. 5C. In other words, if the pulse width is longer, the flow rate is low, and thus the electrolysis rate in the electrolyzer 9 is lowered. If the pulse width is short, the flow rate is fast, and thus the flow rate is fast, the flow rate is high. When the flow rate of purified water rapidly changes, it is possible to take immediate measures to keep the pH concentration of the ionized water constant.

Therefore, by using the pulse signal output from the pulse generator 380 as shown in Figure 5 it is possible to control the electrolytic electrode driver 210 without the microcomputer 200 to maintain a constant pH concentration of the ionized water in the electrolytic cell (9) .

The ionizer of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the ionizer of the present invention as described above, by immediately inputting the pulse signal output from the flow rate sensing device for detecting the flow rate flowing into the electrolytic cell into the electrolytic device without the relay of the microcomputer, it is possible to immediately cope with a sudden flow rate change, The process of converting the pulse signal into a control signal is not necessary, and thus there is an effect that the time from the start of the flow rate change to the driving of the electrolytic electrode is not delayed.

Claims (4)

Electrolytic cell; An electrolytic electrode installed inside the electrolytic cell; An electrolytic electrode driver for applying a DC voltage having a predetermined magnitude to the electrolytic electrode according to an input pulse signal; Flow detection means for outputting a detection signal in accordance with the inlet flow rate of the electrolytic cell is provided with a plurality of Hall sensors; And a pulse generating means for generating the pulse signal corresponding to the input detection signal. The method of claim 1 The pulse generating means is an output terminal; A power supply terminal supplied with a predetermined voltage; A plurality of input terminals to which the plurality of Hall sensors are connected one-to-one and one input terminal of the plurality of input terminals are connected to the base, the emitter is grounded, the collector is connected to the power terminal and the output terminal to act as a switch An ionizer characterized in that it comprises a plurality of transistors. The method of claim 2 The electrolytic electrode driving unit comprises a photocoupler for transmitting the voltage of the predetermined size in accordance with the pulse signal. The method of claim 3, wherein The electrolytic electrode driving unit further comprises a polarity conversion unit for switching the polarity of the voltage of the predetermined size applied to the electrolytic electrode.

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