KR100898014B1 - Electrolytic cell of ionizer having mesh electrode - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ionizer electrolyzer.

The ionizer electrolyzer is a hollow housing; A diaphragm installed in an inner space of the housing and partitioning the inner space into a cathode zone and an anode zone; And a cathode and an anode disposed in the cathode zone and the anode zone, respectively. The cathode is composed of a mesh, the cathode zone is the water inlet and the water outlet is disposed opposite to each other around the cathode, the cathode is divided into an inlet zone and an outlet zone, The outlet zone of the cathode zone is shorter than the inlet zone in the water flow direction and is closer to the inlet of the outlet zone such that the starting point of the outlet zone is closer to the outlet than the start point of the inlet zone. The zone is characterized in that the insertion member is installed to block the water flowing into the inlet to the outlet side of the cathode zone.

According to the ionizer electrolyzer, the contact time between the water and the cathode is increased by the mesh type cathode, thereby minimizing the amount of acidic water discarded.

Water ionizer, mesh, electrolyzer, cathode, anode, alkaline water, acidic water

Description

ELECTROLYTIC CELL OF IONIZER HAVING MESH ELECTRODE

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electrolyzer of an ionizer, and more particularly, to an ionizer electrolyzer having increased contact time between water and a cathode by a mesh type cathode.

With the benefits of living and the economic margins, people's attention is focused on quality of life and health, rather than on basic ritualism.

This trend has required the improvement of water quality, which is the basis of food and the most important for life activities. Especially, due to the distrust of water and environmental pollution provided by public institutions, people have no choice of At the same time, water was purchased from a reliable drinking water company.

On the other hand, in purified water, it is not satisfied that it is simply clean water, but attention was focused on supplying water which is healthier, and ionized water of an alkali component was introduced.

According to the academic community, ionized water, especially alkaline water, is known to remove free radicals from the body, improve intestinal fermentation, inhibit the production of toxins and wastes in the body, and inhibit sterilization and bacterial growth.

This effect has led to the development of ionizers that allow the separation of alkaline water from water in ordinary households.

The ionizer is to separate the alkaline water and the acidic water by passing the water introduced from the outside into the electrolytic cell, the conventional ionizer has an electrolytic cell 10 having a structure as shown in cross section in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional ionizer electrolyzer 10 has a pair of inlets 14, 16 formed at one end of the hollow housing 12, and a pair of outlets 18, 20 formed at the other end thereof. The inner space of the housing 12 separates the diaphragm 22 into two zones, the cathode zone C and the anode zone A. As shown in FIG.

One section in the housing 12 is provided with a plate-shaped cathode 24 and another section with a plate-shaped anode 26.

When water 40 is supplied to the ionizer electrolyzer 10 of such a structure, this water 40 is converted into alkaline water 44 and acidic water 48 through the following process.

The water 40 supplied through the water pipe 30 branches through the pair of branch pipes 32 and 34 to the cathode side water 42 and the anode side water 46, respectively, to the interior zone of the housing 12. Flows.

Cathode-side water 42 flows through the cathode zone C, which is the inner region of the housing 12 where the cathode 24 is located, and reacts with the cathode 24 to be converted into alkaline water 44. Alkaline water 44 is discharged to the outlet 18 and used as drinking water.

The anode side water 46 flows through the anode zone A, which is the inner region of the housing 12 in which the anode 26 is located, reacts with the anode 26 and is converted to acidic water 48. Acidic water 48 is discharged to the outlet 20 may be sewage treatment or separately collected and utilized.

In the electrolytic cell 10 having such a configuration, the cathode region C has a disadvantage in that current efficiency is lowered because there exists a dead space in which water does not flow behind the cathode 24.

In addition, since the water 42 flowing through the cathode zone C is decomposed in contact with only one side of the cathode 24, there is a problem in that the electrolysis efficiency is lowered.

For this reason, there arises a problem that the amount of acidic water discarded is large in order to supply alkaline water of appropriate pH.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to increase the contact time with the cathode by configuring the water flowing to the cathode region by the mesh type cathode to pass through the cathode and It is to provide an ionizer electrolyzer that can minimize the amount of acidic water to be discarded.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an ionizer electrolyzer which can further increase the contact time with the cathode by further lengthening the path through which the water flowing into the cathode section passes through the cathode.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an ionizer electrolyzer which can further increase the amount of water in contact with the cathode by constructing a plurality of cathode zones.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the ionizer electrolyzer of the present invention is a hollow housing; A diaphragm installed in an inner space of the housing and partitioning the inner space into a cathode zone and an anode zone; And a cathode and an anode disposed in the cathode zone and the anode zone, respectively, wherein the cathode comprises a mesh, and the cathode zone has an inlet through which water is introduced and an outlet through which water is discharged from each other with respect to the cathode. The cathode is divided into an inlet zone and an outlet zone by the cathode, the outlet zone of the cathode zone being shorter than the inlet zone in the water flow direction, and the starting point of the outlet zone is the inlet side. An insertion member is provided at a portion closer to the inlet of the outlet side zone so as to be closer to the outlet than the starting point of the zone to block the water flowing into the inlet into the outlet side of the cathode zone.

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Here, the starting point of the outlet side zone may be located on the side closer to the outlet side from the half point of the length of the inlet side zone.

On the other hand, the anode is composed of a mesh, the anode zone is the water inlet and the outlet of the water outlet is disposed opposite each other with respect to the anode, divided by the anode into the inlet zone and outlet side zone Can be.

In the ionizer electrolyzer of the present invention, the diaphragm may be plural, and the cathode zone may be the same number as the diaphragm.

In this case, the cathode zone may be disposed on both sides of the anode zone.

According to the ionizer electrolyzer according to one aspect of the present invention as described above, the contact time with the cathode can be increased by lengthening the path through the cathode by allowing the water flowing into the cathode region by the mesh type cathode to pass through the cathode. As a result, even if the amount of acidic water discarded is minimized, alkaline water at an appropriate pH can be extracted.

In addition, according to an aspect of the present invention, by providing a barrier in the outlet side of the cathode zone it is possible to further increase the time that the water flowing into the cathode zone contacts the cathode, it is possible to minimize the amount of acidic water is discarded It is effective.

And, according to one aspect of the present invention, by configuring a plurality of cathode zones there is an effect that can increase the amount of water in contact with the cathode to increase the production of alkaline water.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing an ionizer electrolyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the ionizer electrolyzer 100 according to the present embodiment has a pair of inlets 104 and 106 formed at one end of the hollow housing 102 and a pair of outlets 108 and 110 at the other end thereof. And the diaphragm 112 separates the internal space of the housing 102 into two zones, the cathode zones C (120, 122) and the anode zone (A).

In addition, a mesh type cathode 114 is installed in the cathode region C inside the housing 102, and an anode 116 is provided in the anode region A inside the housing 102.

The mesh type cathode 114 extends along the water flow direction from the inlet 104 toward the outlet 108, dividing the cathode zone C into the inlet zone 120 and the outlet zone 122. The inlet 104 and the outlet 108 are arranged on the left and right sides of the drawing with respect to the cathode 114.

When water 40 is supplied to the ionizer electrolyzer 100 having such a configuration, the water 40 is converted into alkaline water 44 and acidic water 48 through the following process.

The water 40 supplied through the water pipe 30 branches through the pair of branch pipes 32 and 34 to the cathode side water 42 and the anode side water 44, respectively, to the inner zone of the housing 102. To (C, A). The cathode side water 42 enters the inlet side zone 120 of the cathode zone C, which is the interior zone of the housing 102 where the cathode 114 is located, and then passes through the cathode 114 and is converted into alkaline water 44. . Alkaline water 44 is discharged to the outlet 108 through the outlet side region 122 of the cathode zone C and used as drinking water. The anode side water 46 flows through the anode zone A, which is the inner region of the housing 12 where the anode 116 is located, and reacts with the anode 116 to convert to acidic water 48. Acidic water 48 may be discharged to the outlet 110 to be sewage treatment or to be collected separately.

In the present invention, since the cathode 114 is composed of a mesh and the inlet 104 and the outlet 108 are present on both sides with respect to the cathode 114, the water 42 is the mesh of the cathode 114 (void) Will pass). Therefore, the reaction time with the cathode 114 is increased as compared with the related art and thus includes more hydroxide ions. Therefore, even if a smaller amount of water 40 is used than in the related art, since the same amount of hydroxide ions can be formed, the amount of acidic water can be reduced.

In addition, unlike the conventional electrolytic cell, there is no dead space behind the cathode, and current efficiency is also improved.

Although not shown in the drawings, the anode 116 may be configured in a mesh type like the cathode 114. In this case, the anode zone A is also divided by the anode into two zones, the inlet side zone and the outlet side zone, similarly to the cathode zone C. The arrangement of the inlet 106 and the outlet 110 is also defined by the cathode side inlet ( 104 and outlet 108 can be configured in the same format.

3 is a cross-sectional view of the ionizer electrolyzer 100-1 according to the modification of the ionizer electrolyzer 100 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the ionizer electrolyzer 100-1 according to the present modified example inserts the insertion member 130 into the outlet side region 122-1 behind the cathode 114 inside the housing 102, thereby exiting the outlet side. It has the same configuration as the ionizer electrolyzer 100 of FIG. 2, except that the volume of the zone 122-1 is reduced compared to the outlet side 122 of FIG. 2. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

The insertion member 130 is disposed in the outlet side 122-1 to abut one side of the cathode 114, specifically the right side in the figure.

In this way, when the insertion member 130 is charged under the outlet side 122-1, a portion of the water 42 flows upward through the mesh of the cathode 114 and then at the outlet side at the top of the insertion member 130. The area 122-1 is passed. Accordingly, the path and time for the water 42 to contact the cathode 114 are increased as compared to the case of FIG. 2, so that the reaction efficiency is improved and the amount of hydroxide ions generated is increased. That is, even if the outlet side region 122-1 is blocked by the insertion member 130, the cathode 114 is formed of a mesh, so that water flows through or close to the mesh, thereby increasing electrolysis efficiency.

On the other hand, instead of inserting the insertion member 130, the same effect can be obtained by extending a part of the inner wall of the housing 102 in contact with the right side of the cathode 114 in the shape of FIG.

In addition, the height of the insertion member 130 is larger, and preferably, it is 1/2 or more of the height inside the entire housing 102.

4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the ionizer electrolyzer 100-2 according to another modification of the ionizer electrolyzer 100 of FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the ionizer electrolytic cell 100-2 according to the present modification, the height of the insertion member 130-2 increases more than that of the insertion member 130 of the ionizer electrolytic cell 100-1 of FIG. 3. Except for occupying most of the side region 122-2, it has the same configuration as the ionizer electrolyzer 100-1 of FIG. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

In this way, compared with the case of FIGS. 2 and 3, the path and time for the water 42 to contact the cathode 114 are increased, so that the reaction efficiency is improved and the amount of hydroxide ions generated is increased.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing an ionizer electrolyzer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the ionizer electrolyzer 200 according to the present embodiment has three inlets 204a, 204b, and 206 formed at one end of the hollow housing 202 and three outlets 208a, corresponding to the other end thereof. 208b and 210 are formed, and the inner space of the housing 202 is separated by a pair of diaphragms 212 into three zones, that is, a pair of cathode zones C1 and C2 and an anode zone A. FIG. .

In addition, mesh type cathodes 214a and 214b are provided in the cathode regions C1 and C2 inside the housing 202, respectively, and an anode 216 is provided in the anode region A inside the housing 202.

The mesh type cathode 214a extends from the inlet 104a toward the outlet 108a in the direction of water flow to divide the cathode zone C1 into an inlet zone 220a and an outlet zone 222a. 204a and the outlet 208a are disposed on the left and right sides of the drawing with respect to the cathode 214a. Also, the mesh type cathode 214b is also from the inlet 204b to the outlet 208b. It extends in the water flow direction and divides the cathode zone C2 into an inlet zone 220b and an outlet zone 222b, in which case the inlet 204b and the outlet 208b are also referred to the cathode 214b. It shows by arrange | positioning to the left and right of the figure.

When the anode electrode 216 is formed of a plate, as shown in FIG. 5, the anode electrode is formed such that a flow path is formed in the space between the anode electrode 216 and the diaphragms 212 on both sides, that is, in the left and right sides of the anode electrode 216. Upper and lower portions of 216 may have a shape that is wholly or partially open. Alternatively, a configuration in which the inlet 206 and the outlet 210 of the anode zone A are formed on the upper and lower left and right sides of the anode electrode 216, respectively.

The water pipe 30 is branched into three branch pipes 32a, 32b, 34 and connected to each inlet 204a, 204b, 206. At this time, it is preferable that the same amount of water 42a, 42b, 44 flows into each branch pipe 32a, 32b, 34.

On the other hand, except for the above-mentioned, since the ionizer electrolyzer 200 of the second embodiment has the same configuration as the ionizer electrolyzer 100 of FIG. 2, the same components are given the reference numerals increased by 100 and the description thereof is omitted. do.

In this way, when the pair of mesh type cathodes 214a and 214b are disposed in the independent cathode zones C1 and C2, the amount of water 42a and 42b in contact with the cathodes 214a and 214b increases, thereby increasing the alkali water conversion efficiency. Can be further improved.

In addition, although the anode 216 has a plate shape in the embodiment of FIG. 5, the anode 216 may be formed in a mesh type like the cathodes 214a and 214b. In this case, the anode zone A is also divided into two zones, the cathode zone C and the inlet zone and the outlet zone, similarly to the cathode zone C, and the arrangement of the inlet 206 and the outlet 210 is the cathode inlet ( 204a) and outlet 208a.

6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the ionizer electrolyzer 200-1 according to a modification of the ionizer electrolyzer 200 of FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 6, the ionizer electrolyzer 200-1 according to the present modification loads the insertion members 230a and 230b into the rear of the cathodes 214a and 214b in the housing 202, respectively. It has the same configuration as the ionizer electrolyzer 200 of FIG. 5 except that the size of 1) is reduced compared to the outlet side region 222 of FIG. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

As such, when inserting the insertion members 230a, 230b into the lower portion of each outlet side region 222-1, a part of the water 42a, 42b flows upward through the mesh of the cathodes 214a, 214b and then the insertion member. At the top of 230a and 230b, it is passed to exit side zone 222-1. Accordingly, the path and time for the water 42a and 42b to contact the cathodes 214a and 214b are increased as compared with the case of FIG. 5, thereby improving the reaction efficiency and increasing the amount of hydroxide ions generated.

On the other hand, instead of inserting the insertion member (230a, 230b), the same effect can be obtained by extending a portion of the inner wall of the housing 202 in contact with the cathode (214a, 214b) in the shape of FIG.

Further, the larger the height of the insertion members 230a and 230b is, the more preferably is 1/2 or more of the height inside the entire housing 202.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may vary the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be understood that modifications and variations can be made.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing an ionizer electrolyzer according to the prior art.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing an ionizer electrolyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a modification of the ionizer electrolyzer of FIG. 2.

4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating another modified example of the ionizer electrolyzer of FIG. 2.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing an ionizer electrolyzer according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a modification of the ionizer electrolyzer of FIG. 2.

<Explanation of symbols of main parts in drawings>

100, 200: electrolytic cell 102, 202: electrolytic cell housing

104, 106, 204, 206: Inlet 108, 110, 208, 210: Outlet

112, 212, diaphragm 114, 214: cathode electrode

116 and 216 anode electrodes

Claims (6)

Hollow housing; A diaphragm installed in an inner space of the housing and partitioning the inner space into a cathode zone and an anode zone; And A cathode and an anode disposed in the hollow housing, respectively; Including; The cathode is composed of a mesh, The cathode zone has an inlet through which water is introduced and an outlet through which water is discharged from each other, opposite to the cathode, and is divided into an inlet zone and an outlet zone by the cathode. The outlet zone of the cathode zone is shorter than the inlet zone in the water flow direction and is closer to the inlet of the outlet zone such that the starting point of the outlet zone is closer to the outlet than the start point of the inlet zone. The zone is an ionizer electrolyzer, characterized in that the insertion member is installed to block the water flowing into the inlet to the outlet side of the cathode zone. delete The method of claim 1, And the starting point of the outlet side zone is located at a point near the outlet side from a half point of the length of the inlet side zone. The method of claim 1, The anode consists of a mesh, The anode zone is an ion water electrolyzer, characterized in that the water inlet and the water outlet outlet is disposed opposite each other around the anode, divided by the anode into an inlet zone and an outlet zone. The method according to any one of claims 1, 3, and 4, Wherein the diaphragm is plural and the cathode zone is the same number as the diaphragm. The method of claim 5, And said cathode zone is disposed on both sides of said anode zone.

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