KR102361980B1 - Electrolyzed Water Generating Device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrolyzed water generating device that generates electrolyzed water by electrolyzing raw water, which is influent water such as tap water or groundwater, in an electrolyzer in a cleanly filtered state together with soft water. Alkaline water which is electrolyzed water generated through the electrolyzer 10 as the (+) (-) polarity of the electrolyzer is changed at regular intervals by a plurality of forward/reverse sol valves 30 that are introduced into the electrolyzer 10 together and can be controlled in forward and reverse directions It is possible to cross-discharge with different reaction lines of acid and water, so as to structurally solve the generation of foreign substances that may be generated in the electrolytic cell 10, and at the same time to control and maintain the necessary hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of alkaline water and acidic water. While stabilizing, there are technical features in the compositional relationship and operating principle that can dramatically improve the durability of the electrolytic cell 40 as well.

Description

Electrolyzed Water Generating Device

The present invention relates to an electrolyzed water generating device that generates electrolyzed water by electrolyzing raw water, which is influent water such as tap water or groundwater, in an electrolyzer in a cleanly filtered state together with soft water, and more particularly, to an electrolyzed water generating device that is clean together with filtered raw water. Concentration brine flows into the electrolyzer together and the positive and negative polarity of the electrolyzer is changed at regular intervals by a number of forward and reverse sol valves capable of forward and reverse control. A new operating principle that can structurally solve the generation of foreign substances that may be generated in the electrolyzer by enabling different cross-discharge, while stabilizing the necessary pH concentration adjustment and maintenance of alkaline and acidic water, and dramatically improving the durability of the electrolyzer of the electrolyzed water generator.

As is well known, electrolyzed water is water obtained by electrolyzing tap water or groundwater, and can be divided into weakly electrolyzed water for drinking and strong electrolyzed water for industrial use. In drinking electrolyzed water, in the state that impurities such as chlorine are purified with activated carbon, etc., a separator that allows only ions to permeate is installed between the positive (+) plate and the negative (-) plate, and weak electrolytically reduced water and weak electrolytic water are generated by flowing a weak current. is the oxidation number.

In particular, strong electrolyzed water refers to strong electrolyzed water and strongly electrolytically reduced water obtained when 99% purity of NaCl (sodium chloride) or KCl (potassium chloride) is added to water and electrolyzed by flowing a strong current, mainly in agriculture, food industry, sterilization and disinfection. is used for this purpose. The electrolytic reduced water is also called reduced water, alkaline water, or alkaline ionized water, and the electrolytically oxidized water is also called oxidized water, acidic water, or acidic ionized water.

Such a device for generating electrolyzed water generates electrolyzed water by sending water to an electrolyzer in which the negative and positive electrodes are opposed to each other and applying a DC power to the electrodes to generate electrolyzed water. Electrolyzed water may be generated depending on the case where there is no with and without (diaphragm-free electrolyzed water generator), and when an electrolyte such as salt is added to water (salt) or when no electrolyte is added (salt-free).

On the other hand, looking at the generation principle of electrolyzed water, dozens of elements such as Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cl, S, and P exist in a bonded state with each other. When this is ionized, alkaline ions (inorganic ions such as Ca, Mg, K, Na) gather at the (-) electrode to become alkaline reduced water, and at the (+) electrode, acid ions (Cl, S, P, etc.) gather to form acidic electrolyzed water. will make In addition, all minerals exist in a colloidal state because they are ionized, and the size of the water molecule group (cluster about 60-70Hz) is small, so it is easy to absorb into the body cells and enables the intake of various minerals.

Water is always weakly decomposed into hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions, and when water is electrolyzed, hydrogen ions receive electrons from the cathode to become active hydrogen, and at the same time, metal ions receive electrons to become metal nanocolloids. Active hydrogen is stabilized by this metal colloid (mineral) adsorbing and storing active hydrogen, and when this active hydrogen combines with active oxygen in the body, it changes into water to remove active oxygen.

For reference, looking at the principles of existing electrolyzed water generators introduced to generate such electrolyzed water, in the case of Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0058464 (electrolyzed water generator), the cathode and the anode are disposed to face each other. A first electrolytic unit and a second electrolytic unit for increasing the dissolved hydrogen concentration of alkaline water generated on the cathode side of the first electrolytic unit, electrolyzed water having a high concentration of dissolved hydrogen at a suitable pH value for drinking is easily generated making it possible

In addition, in the case of Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2010-0065106 (electrolyzed water generating device), a body part 3 having a water storage part 4, an electrolyzer 2 for generating electrolyzed water from water, and a water storage part 4 and a circulation passage 14 through the electrolytic cell 2, and a circulation device 15 for circulating water in the circulation passage 14, while circulating water between the water storage unit 4 and the electrolytic cell 2 It is intended to reduce the size of the electrolyzer through the principle of generating electrolyzed water and storing the generated electrolyzed water in the water storage unit 4 .

In addition, in the case of Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2018-0111772 (International Publication No. WO 2017/135209, Electrolyzed Water Generator), the first electrode chamber in which the first class body is disposed by a diaphragm and the second class body in which the second class body is disposed an electrolysis chamber divided into two pole chambers and generating electrolyzed water by electrolyzing water; a first water supply channel connected to the first pole chamber and supplying water to be electrolyzed to the first pole chamber; and connected to the first pole chamber A first outlet channel for sending out the electrolyzed water from the first pole chamber, a second water supply channel connected to the second pole chamber and supplying water to be electrolyzed to the second pole chamber, and to the second pole chamber A second outlet channel for sending the connected and electrolyzed electrolyzed water from the second pole chamber is provided, and the second outlet channel is provided with a water level detection means for detecting the water level in the second outlet channel. , to prevent damage to the diaphragm while increasing the concentration of dissolved hydrogen by efficiently performing electrolysis in the electrolysis chamber.

Also, looking at Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2001-0108879 (electrolyzed water generating device), a raw water inflow and retention chamber is formed on the lower cover of the electrolytic cell, and raw water adjusted to a constant pressure by the raw water pressure is passed through the inclined raw water induction pipe to the cathode electrode. By spraying onto the ion film between the anode and the anode electrode, the internal energy of water itself is maximized, and the water rotates at a fine and high speed to maximize the orbital and rotational motion of water to promote dissociation.

However, in the conventional electrolyzed water generators exemplified above, first of all, in the brine tank, it is impossible to use brine and salt at the same time in the brine tank, and the hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of the discharge amount (acidic water and alkaline water) is severe, Not only are there few filtering devices for the input brine, but it is common for filtering devices to be present only in the supply device for the incoming raw water.

In addition, existing electrolyzed water generators need to be improved in stabilizing output (maintaining pH homeostasis), which is a key function of electrolyzed water generators, as they are used without accurate salinity adjustment when supplying salt water. In addition to being used only as a function of removing impurities through the brine, the structural problem that the durability of the electrolyzed water itself deteriorated had to be solved because the proper mixing degree of raw water and salt or concentrated brine was not accurately regulated and controlled and supplied as electrolyzed water.

In other words, excessive pressure or pressure change of the incoming raw water caused frequent failures due to the deterioration of the detection ability of the flowmeter, which eventually caused excessive operation of the drive motor and electrolyzer, leading to excessive power loss and deterioration of mechanical durability. In addition to the inconvenience of continuing, the alkaline water (alkaline electrolyzed water) and acidic water (acidic electrolyzed water) of the electrolytic cell do not react uniformly, and in some cases, mechanical malfunction and pipe blockage due to the occurrence of scale in the electrolytic cell and pipe line due to excessive generation of alkaline water Structural issues had to be resolved.

The present invention has been developed to improve structurally and reliably solve all the inconvenient problems of the conventional electrolyzed water generators introduced above and to improve them with a completely new operating principle, It is introduced into the electrolyzer together and cross-discharge is possible through different reaction lines of alkaline water and acid water, which are electrolyzed water generated through an electrolyzer that can control forward and reverse rotation of positive (+) (-) polarity by the control signal of the forward/reverse sol valve. It can not only dramatically increase the filtration capacity of the electrolyzer, but also structurally solve the generation of foreign substances that may occur in the electrolyzer, and at the same time stabilize the pH concentration control and maintenance of necessary alkaline and acidic water, while also dramatically improving the durability of the electrolyzer. An object of the present invention is to provide an electrolyzed water generator.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is an electrolyzed water generating device for generating electrolyzed water that is alkaline water and acid water by electrolyzing raw water, which is tap water or groundwater, and is connected to a raw water sol valve, which is an opening/closing control valve for incoming raw water. A raw water filtration filter for filtering raw water, and an electrolytic cell in which the brine from the brine supply line together with the raw water from the raw water supply line is introduced into both (+) (-) electrode spaces to produce electrolyzed water through electrolysis; The (+) (-) electrode for the electrolyzer is changed in polarity at a certain period within 30 minutes to 10 hours to remove the scale in the electrolyzer and the line generated by the alkaline electrolyzed water (alkaline water), and at the same time, the electrolyzed water from the electrolyzer according to a control signal It consists of a plurality of forward and reverse sol valves for discharging the selected acid or alkaline water.

In particular, in order to change the polarity of the (+) (-) electrode of the electrolyzer, the forward/reverse sol valve can be used with a plurality of other acid water discharge lines and alkaline water so that the alkaline water discharge line side sol valve and the acid water discharge line side sol valve can be cross-connected with each other. The corresponding sol valve of the discharge line is line-connected, and as a whole, the basic four forward/reverse sol valves are configured to interlock with each other.

In addition, it is possible to precisely control the volume of the brine supplied to the electrolyzer after being separately filtered along with the raw water passing through the raw water filtration filter, so that the mixed influent (raw water and brine) and The technical feature is that a separate flow meter is included to adapt to the variation and change in the amount of hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of the electrolyzed water discharged to the outside of the electrolyzer after being electrolytically treated.

In the electrolyzed water generating device of the present invention, which is composed of such a constitutional relationship and the effect of operation differentiated from the existing operation principle can be exhibited, raw water, which is influent water such as tap water or groundwater, is filtered and introduced into the electrolyzer together with clean brine of a predetermined concentration. It is possible to cross-discharge through different reaction lines of alkaline water and acidic water, which are electrolyzed water generated through an electrolyzer that can control forward and reverse rotation of positive (+) (-) polarity by the control signal of the forward/reverse sol valve. Not only can it be dramatically increased, but it can also structurally solve the generation of foreign substances that may be generated in the electrolyzer, and at the same time stabilize the pH concentration control and maintenance of necessary alkaline and acidic water, while also dramatically improving the durability of the electrolyzer.

In particular, it is possible to precisely control the amount of clean raw water and brine flowing into the electrolyzer by means of a flow meter, so that when generating electrolyzed water, it is possible to adapt well to the variations and changes in the hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of the inflow water and the electrolyzed water. By cleanly filtering only impurities without loss of the same beneficial components, durability can be dramatically increased by extending the life of expensive electrolyzers. It can stabilize the discharge amount and hydrogen ion concentration (pH) maintenance, and furthermore, it is a function of changing hard water to soft water through the functional hydration module of the generation of magnetized nano-hexagonal water for influent water. make it possible

1 is an operation principle diagram of an electrolyzed water generator according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, it will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings of preferred embodiments so that the specific constitutional relationship and operating principle for the electrolyzed water generating device of the present invention can be accurately and easily explained and delivered.

First of all, in the electrolyzed water generating device according to the present invention, an electrolyzer for generating electrolyzed water, which is alkaline water and acidic water, is an essential component by electrolyzing raw water, which is basically inflow water such as tap water or groundwater, in an electrolytic cell in a brine state of a predetermined concentration. It is based on being applied as a diaphragm electrolyzed water generator with ion depletion between an anode and a diaphragm, but in some cases, it can be applied and implemented to a non-diaphragm electrolyzed water generator without ion depletion.

As shown in FIG. 1, unlike the existing prior art, alkaline water and acid water, which are electrolyzed water generated through the electrolyzer 10, are controlled by forward/reverse operation by a plurality of dedicated forward/reverse sol valves 30 that are solenoid valves. There is a technical feature in that the device is configured to exhibit an operating principle that can selectively and conveniently discharge desired alkaline water or acidic water, respectively.

That is, the raw water flowing into the electrolytic cell 10 is line-connected with the raw water sol valve 20, which is an on/off control valve, and automatically flows in by the line opening and closing operation of the raw water sol valve 20 and is filtered cleanly on the raw water supply line. The raw water filtration filter 50 is configured. And the clean raw water filtered by the raw water filtration filter 50 flows into the electrolyzer 10 along the raw water supply line. A separate flow meter 40 is configured to be controlled and controlled.

On the other hand, the brine corresponding to the raw water flowing into the electrolyzer 10 through the raw water supply line is automatically introduced into the inner space of the electrolytic cell 10. It is supplied to the electrolyzer 10 in the state of cleanly filtered brine through a brine supply line such as a tank (not shown), and the brine and raw water flowing together into the electrolytic cell 10 are naturally mixed to form the electrolytic cell 10. Alkaline water and acidic water with (+)(-) polarity are generated by normal electrolysis through the internal separator.

In addition, the electrolytic cell 10 has a plurality of forward/reverse sol valves 30 and lines (pipes) that automatically control and operate so that acid water and alkaline water, which are electrolyzed electrolyzed water, can be selectively discharged on the opposite side of the electrode plate where raw water and salt water are introduced. It is connected, and the forward/reverse sol valve 30 changes the polarity of the (+) (-) electrode at a certain period within 30 minutes to 10 hours to remove scale in the electrolytic cell 10 and the line generated by alkaline electrolyzed water (alkaline water). will make it

That is, the forward and reverse sol valve 30 is connected to the alkaline water discharge line and the acidic water discharge line of the electrolytic cell 10, respectively, while the alkaline water discharge line again for polarity change of the (+) (-) electrode of the electrolytic cell 10 So that the sol valve on the side sol valve and the sol valve on the acid water discharge line side can be cross-connected with each other, the corresponding sol valves of the plurality of acid water discharge lines and the alkaline water discharge line are line-connected, so that the four basic forward/reverse sol valves 50 are interlocked with each other. It is preferable to be configured to be connected.

This occurs in the alkaline water discharge line, which can be generated in these acidic water and alkaline water discharge lines, which are electrolyzed water as a whole, while the electrolyzed water of alkaline water and acidic water generated by the electrolysis of the electrolysis cell 10 crosses each other at regular intervals and discharges Make sure that the scale that tends to become easily removed can be ensured.

In particular, the forward and reverse sol valve 30 applied in the present invention is a three-way solenoid valve that basically changes the (+) (-) polarity of the electrolytic cell 10 at 30-minute intervals to operate opposite to each other, and these forward and reverse sol valves The durability of the functional electrolyzed water generating device of the present invention, including the electrolytic cell 10 and the forward/reverse sol valve 30, is improved by more reliably removing the scale generated up to the piping line of 30 and the inside of the electrode plate of the electrolytic cell 10. In addition to remarkably improving, it is possible to reliably exhibit and operate the effects of the novel operating principle of the present invention described above, which the existing electrolyzed water generators could not provide.

The present invention, which is provided with such a simple yet operational principle of the compositional relationship that can conveniently and selectively discharge alkaline water and acidic water by changing the polarity of the electrolyzer 10 at regular intervals, is a filter that is pre-filtered before introduction With the electrolytic cell 40 that is circulated while enduring raw water and salt water without any problem, it is not only accurate variation of the intake amount for raw water and salt water passing through the raw water supply line and the salt water supply line, but also electrolyzed and discharged through the electrolytic cell 40 It is easy to vary the discharge amount of electrolyzed water, and it is possible to improve the service life and durability of these constituent means including the electrolyzer 10, and at the same time to significantly extend the operating time.

In addition, by applying the flow meter 40 using a current sensing sensor, it is possible to accurately and automatically adjust the inflow amount to the electrolyzer 10 of raw water and brine, resulting in stabilization of the output, dramatically increasing the filtration capacity of the brine, as well as the above It is possible to structurally solve the generation of foreign substances that may be generated in the electrolyzer 10, and at the same time stabilize the hydrogen ion concentration (pH) control and maintenance of necessary alkaline and acidic water, while also dramatically improving the durability of the electrolytic cell. Electrolyzed water generators exhibit various effects that cannot be expected.

10: electrolytic cell 20: raw water sol valve
30: forward and reverse sol valve 40: flow meter
50: raw water filtration filter

Claims (3)

In the electrolyzed water generating device for generating electrolyzed water which is alkaline water and acid water by electrolyzing raw water, which is tap water or groundwater,
A raw water filtration filter 50 that is line-connected with the raw water sol valve 20, which is an opening/closing control valve of the incoming raw water, and filters raw water;
An electrolytic cell 10 in which the brine from the brine supply line together with the raw water from the raw water supply line flows into both (+) (-) electrode spaces to generate electrolyzed water through electrolysis;
By changing the polarity of the (+) (-) electrode for the electrolytic cell 10 at a certain period within 30 minutes to 10 hours, the scale in the electrolytic cell 10 and the line generated by the alkaline electrolyzed water (alkaline water) is removed and a control signal at the same time A plurality of forward and reverse sol valves 30 for discharging the electrolyzed water from the electrolyzer 10 to selected acidic or alkaline water according to the
The forward and reverse sol valve 30 is a plurality of acidic sol valves arranged so that the alkaline water discharge line side sol valve and the acidic water discharge line side sol valve can be cross-connected to each other to change the polarity of the (+) (-) electrode of the electrolytic cell 10 . Electrolyzed water generating device, characterized in that the water discharge line and the alkaline water discharge line are connected to the respective sol valves so that the four basic forward and reverse sol valves 50 are interlocked with each other. delete The method according to claim 1,
A separate flow meter 40 is further included so that the exact volume flowing into the electrolytic cell 10 for the brine to be separately filtered along with the raw water to be filtered while passing through the raw water filtration filter 50 is automatically and accurately adjusted Electrolyzed water generating device, characterized in that it is configured.

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