KR102399942B1 - Movable electrolysis sterilizing water generator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an apparatus for generating electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water. The present invention not only arranges an electrolyte storage tank for supplying electrolyte in an upper water supply type on the upper part of the electrolysis tank, but also configures a pump in the vertical connection part connecting the electrolyte storage tank and the electrolysis tank. Electrolyte sterilization and disinfection water production by supplying a certain amount of electrolyte, ensuring that the pump is always filled with an appropriate amount of electrolyte and eliminating the need for air drain as in the prior art, and enabling electrolyte pumping to proceed immediately when the pump is operating It is to increase efficiency and prevent errors during operation control.

Description

Electrolysis sterilizing water generator {Movable electrolysis sterilizing water generator}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water, and more particularly, to an apparatus for generating electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water by arranging an electrolyte storage tank above an electrolytic reaction tank to always supply a constant electrolyte to the electrolytic reaction tank.

In general, in modern times, the population is densely populated, group feeding and burial are frequent, and the movement of the population is large due to the development of transportation. As a result, bacterial infectious diseases occur frequently and are becoming more widespread, and the importance of hygiene cannot be overemphasized under these circumstances.

According to such living conditions, various types of disinfection water generators have been developed and used, including the prior art applied by the applicant of the present application. brine) is stored therein, and an electrolysis tank (or 'electrolysis tank') having an electrode terminal, wherein the electrolyte storage tank and the electrolysis tank are connected through a connection part made of a pipe or a hose, the electrolyte storage tank Alternatively, the electrolyte stored in the electrolyte storage tank according to the operation of the pump provided in the connection part is configured to be supplied to the electrolysis tank.

Accordingly, in the electrolytic reaction tank, when driving power is supplied to the electrode terminal, water supplied through a water supply hydrant and the electrolyte supplied from the electrolyte storage tank are subjected to an electrolysis reaction to produce electrolytic sterilization water.

However, the conventional electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating device has a structure in which the electrolyte is supplied while arranging the electrolytic reaction tank and the electrolyte storage tank side by side or lowering the installation height of the electrolyte storage tank than the electrolytic reaction tank. While the stored electrolyte was not pumped properly, an error was generated in the control circuit, and thus the electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water production in the electrolytic reactor could not be performed properly.

That is, the electrolytic sterilization sterilization water generating device can be divided into a fixed type, large-sized electrolytic sterilization sterilization water generating device, and a mobile type, miniaturized electrolytic sterilizing water generating device. Although it is possible to increase the pumping efficiency of electrolyte by freely setting the capacity of the pump while installed in a large space, the portable and miniaturized electrolytic sterilization water generator used in small catering establishments and general homes has limited capacity due to limitations in installation space. Of course, as the installation location was limited, the above problem, that is, an error was introduced into the schematic diagram when the electrolyte was pumped, and the electrolyte could not be accurately supplied to the reactor, so air was generated in the control circuit and the production efficiency could not be properly increased.

Accordingly, in the conventional miniaturized electrolytic sterilizing water generating device, electrolyte supply to the electrolytic reactor is not smoothly performed, and the commercialization of the miniaturized electrolytic sterilizing and disinfecting water generating device has not been properly achieved.

That is, when the electrolytic reaction tank and the electrolyte storage tank are arranged side by side or the height of the electrolyte storage tank is low as described above, the pump formed in the connection part of the electrolytic reaction tank and the electrolyte storage tank is not filled with an electrolyte of an appropriate capacity. Air is introduced, and in this case, idling occurs when the pump is operating, and the electrolyte pumping efficiency is inevitably lowered significantly.

On the other hand, the applicant of the present application has registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0425129 (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art 1') and Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0425130 (hereinafter referred to as ' Also disclosed is a miniaturized 'mobile electrolytic disinfection water generator' of the prior art 2').

However, the mobile electrolytic disinfection water generating device of the prior art 1 and 2 as described above does not include a separate electrolyte storage tank, but manually injects a certain amount of water and electrolyte required for the generation of disinfection water into a container (electrolysis reaction tank), This is not only inconvenient to use due to frequent manual input of the electrolyte, but also has a problem in that the input amount cannot be maintained constant when the electrolyte is manually added.

Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0333575 (published on November 15, 2003) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-0443894 (published on August 9, 2004) Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0425129 (published on August 29, 2006) Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0425130 (published on August 30, 2006) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1942508 (published on 2019.01.25.)

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to increase the efficiency of electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water production by providing an electrolyte storage tank to the upper part of the electrolysis tank in an upper water supply type, thereby supplying a certain amount of electrolyte from the electrolyte storage tank to the electrolysis tank at all times. It is intended to provide an electrolytic sterilization water generating device.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to configure the pump in the vertical connection part connecting the electrolyte storage tank and the electrolysis tank, so that the electrolyte of an appropriate capacity can always be filled in the pump, thereby eliminating the need for an air drain as in the prior art, and operating the pump An object of the present invention is to provide a miniaturized electrolytic sterilizing water generating device that can increase the efficiency of electrolytic sterilizing and sterilizing water production by allowing electrolyte pumping according to the operation to proceed immediately.

Electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating device as a means for solving the problems of the present invention, the housing unit; an electrolyte storage tank that is seated on the upper part of the housing unit as the electrolyte is stored, and has a lower outlet formed at one end of the bottom surface for charging electrolyte or discharging electrolyte; a cover that is spirally coupled to the lower outlet formed at one end of the bottom surface of the electrolyte storage tank to seal the lower outlet, and guides electrolyte discharge through a nozzle that is opened by an external force; a water storage tank that is formed at an upper end of the housing unit and has the lower outlet sealed by the cover seated therein, and temporarily stores the electrolyte discharged according to the opening of the nozzle; It is installed on the inner bottom surface of the housing unit to receive water through a water supply line and to receive electrolyte through the water storage tank. When power is supplied to the electrode terminal, the water and the electrolyte are electrolytically reacted to produce electrolytic sterilization water. an electrolytic reactor; and a vertical connection part having both ends connected to the water storage tank and the electrolysis tank and supplying the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water tank to the electrolysis tank; will include

In addition, a central opening is formed in the cover, and the nozzle is partially exposed to the outside, and the nozzle is a straight line in a first direction when the cover is seated in the water storage tank and comes into contact with the bottom surface of the water storage tank. An open/close nozzle that is opened while moving to discharge the electrolyte stored in the electrolyte storage tank into the water tank, and closes while moving in a straight line in a second direction opposite to the first direction when not in contact with the bottom surface of the water tank, to block the discharge of the electrolyte will be.

In addition, a spring is coupled to the nozzle, which is compressed when it comes into contact with the bottom surface of the water storage tank, and returns the nozzle to the closed position when it does not come into contact with the bottom surface of the water storage tank.

In addition, a pump is installed in the vertical connection part to pump the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water storage tank when electrolytic sterilization water is produced while a certain amount of electrolyte is filled by the action of gravity through the vertical connection part.

In addition, a first solenoid valve for blocking electrolyte supply when electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water production is stopped is installed in the vertical connection part connecting the water storage tank and the pump.

In addition, a second solenoid valve for controlling whether or not water is supplied is formed in the water supply line.

In addition, a first sensor for detecting the seating state of the electrolyte storage tank and outputting it to the control unit is configured on the upper surface of the housing unit.

In addition, the second sensor is configured to detect the level of the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water tank and output it to the control unit.

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As described above, the present invention not only arranges an electrolyte storage tank for supplying electrolyte in an upper water supply type on the upper part of the electrolysis tank, but also configures a pump in the vertical connection part connecting the electrolyte storage tank and the electrolysis tank, and through this, electrolysis in the electrolyte storage tank To ensure that a certain amount of electrolyte can always be supplied to the reactor, the pump can always be filled with an appropriate amount of electrolyte, and no air drain is required as in the prior art. It can be expected to increase the efficiency of sterilization and disinfection water production and prevent air during operation control.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a cross-sectional schematic view of an electrolytic sterilization sterilization water generating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a circuit control block diagram for the electrolytic sterilization disinfection water generating device in an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the nozzle open state of the cover in the embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the nozzle closed state of the cover according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them, will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, in the embodiments of the technical idea of the present invention, it is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, only this embodiment makes the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the technology to which the present invention belongs It is provided to fully inform those of ordinary skill in the art the scope of the invention, and is only defined by the scope of the claims in the embodiments of the technical idea of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase.

In the present specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Further, the embodiments described herein will be described with reference to cross-sectional and/or plan views, which are ideal illustrative views of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the specific form shown, but also include necessary changes. For example, the region shown as a right angle may be rounded or have a predetermined curvature. Accordingly, the regions illustrated in the drawings have a schematic nature, and the shapes of the illustrated regions in the drawings are intended to illustrate specific shapes of regions of the device and not to limit the scope of the invention.

Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. Accordingly, the same or similar reference signs may be described with reference to other drawings, even if not mentioned or described in the drawings. In addition, although reference signs are not indicated, description may be made with reference to other drawings.

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

1 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of an electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit control block diagram of an electrolytic sterilizing and disinfecting water generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention For example, it is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the nozzle open state of the cover, and Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the nozzle closed state of the cover according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 4, the electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an enclosure 10, an electrolyte storage tank 20, a cover 30, a water storage tank 40, an electrolytic reaction tank ( 50), a vertical connection unit 60, a control unit 80, in addition to the pump 70, the first and second solenoid valves (V1, V2), and the first and second sensors (S1, S2) It may be configured to include more.

The enclosure 10 is a movable type and a miniaturized box-shaped structure accommodating the electrolysis tank 50 . The enclosure 10 has a water supply line 51 and a drain line 52 connected to the electrolysis tank 50 . ) can be installed.

The electrolyte storage tank 20 stores a certain amount of electrolyte, and is seated on the upper portion of the housing unit 10 , and a lower outlet 21 for charging electrolyte or discharging electrolyte is formed at one end of the bottom surface.

That is, the electrolyte is filled in the electrolyte storage tank 20 through the lower outlet 21 , and the charged electrolyte can be discharged through the lower outlet 21 .

The cover 30 is spirally coupled to the lower outlet 21 formed at one end of the bottom surface of the electrolyte storage tank 20 to seal the lower outlet 21, but an opening 30a is formed in the center, and the center The opening 30a may be coupled to the nozzle 31 that is opened by an external force.

That is, while the nozzle 31 is partially exposed to the outside in the central opening 30a, the nozzle 31 has the cover 30 seated on the water storage tank 40 and is located at the bottom of the water storage tank 40 . When in contact with the surface, it moves linearly in the first direction P1, which is the inner direction of the electrolyte storage tank 20, and is opened, and accordingly, a certain amount of the electrolyte stored in the electrolyte storage tank 20 can be discharged to the water storage tank 40. .

On the other hand, the nozzle 31 is the first direction ( It is closed while linear movement is made in the second direction P2 opposite to P1), thereby blocking the discharge of the electrolyte stored in the electrolyte storage tank 20 .

At this time, the nozzle 31 is compressed when it comes into contact with the bottom surface of the water storage tub 40 and a spring 32 that returns the nozzle 31 to the closed position when it does not come into contact with the bottom surface of the water storage tub 40 is coupled to the nozzle 31 . it could be

Here, the electrolyte replenishment to the electrolyte storage tank 20 is made possible by removing the cover 30 .

The water storage tank 40 is formed at one end of the upper end of the housing unit 10 , and the lower outlet 21 sealed by the cover 30 is seated, and is discharged according to the opening of the nozzle 31 . Electrolytes can be temporarily stored.

That is, the electrolyte discharged from the electrolyte storage tank 20 is temporarily stored in the water storage tank 40 when the nozzle 31 moves linearly in the first direction P1 .

Here, the storage tank 40 may be configured with a second sensor S2 that detects the storage level when the electrolyte is temporarily stored and outputs it to the control unit 80 .

The electrolytic reaction tank 50 is installed on the inner bottom surface of the housing unit 10, and receives water through the water supply line 51, and receives electrolyte through the water storage tank 40, an electrode terminal When power is supplied to the furnace, electrolytic sterilization water can be produced by electrolytically reacting the water and the electrolyte.

At this time, when the drain line 52 for discharging the produced electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water is connected to the electrolytic reactor 50 , a drain connector to which a spray hose is connected may be formed at the end of the drain line 52 .

Here, although not shown in the drawings, in the electrode terminal, a plurality of negative and positive electrodes may be installed alternately, and the positive electrode is an element having oxidation resistance, ie, platinum group, in order to overcome various problems caused by oxidation during electrolysis. The element is protected by coating, and the negative electrode may be used without coating an expensive platinum group element. However, when the polarity of the voltage is alternately applied, the anode may also be configured to be coated with a platinum group.

Both ends of the vertical connection part 60 are connected to the water storage tank 40 and the electrolytic reaction tank 50 , and the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water storage tank 40 can be supplied to the electrolytic reaction tank 50 .

At this time, a pump 70 for pumping the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water storage tank 40 may be installed in the vertical connection part 60 , and the pump 70 has a certain amount by the action of gravity through the vertical connection part 60 . of electrolyte is always filled, and accordingly, when the pumping operation of the pump 70 is performed, idling or noise does not occur, and in particular, line work such as an air drain is not required.

Here, a first solenoid valve (V1) may be installed in the vertical connection part (60), and the first solenoid valve (V1) is placed on the electrolyte storage tank (20) on the upper surface of the housing part (10) while being mounted on it. When the first sensor (S1) detects and outputs to the control unit 80, it is opened according to a control signal output from the control unit 80, and the electrolyte storage tank 20 is separated from the upper surface of the housing unit 10, and this When the first sensor S1 detects and outputs to the control unit 80 , closing may be controlled according to a control signal output from the control unit 80 .

Meanwhile, a second solenoid valve V2 for controlling whether or not water is supplied may be formed in the water supply line 51 , which may also be controlled by the control unit 80 .

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On the other hand, although not shown in the drawings, the electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be provided with an operation remote control circuit connected to the control unit 80, and the operation remote control unit controls the electrolytic sterilization water generation time. It has a plurality of buttons, a buzzer, and a display window that can be set, and notifies the user of the current state of the generating device through a buzzer or a display window or these according to the control of the control unit 80 . In this case, it is preferable that the plurality of buttons include a power on/off button, an electrode terminal and a button for turning on and off the pump 70 or opening and closing the first and second solenoid valves V1 and V2, and the like.

As described above, in the electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the accompanying FIGS. On the other hand, after separating the cover 30 from the lower outlet 21 of the electrolyte storage tank 20, a certain amount of electrolyte is filled in the electrolyte storage tank 20.

Then, when the lower outlet 21 of the electrolyte storage tank 20 is closed with the cover 30, from the closed state of the open/close nozzle 31 coupled to the central opening 30a of the cover 30, the electrolyte The electrolyte stored in the storage tank 20 is not discharged to the outside.

Next, when the electrolyte storage tank 20 is placed on the upper surface of the housing unit 10, the cover 30 coupled to the lower outlet 21 of the housing unit 10, as shown in the attached FIG. While being seated in the water storage tank 40 formed at one end of the upper surface of the housing unit 10, the nozzle 31 partially protruding from the cover 30 to the outside is in contact with the inner bottom surface of the water storage tank 40 and At the same time, it is opened by moving linearly in the first direction P1 , and the spring 32 is compressed according to the linear movement of the nozzle 31 .

Then, according to the opening of the nozzle 31 , the electrolyte may be introduced into the water storage tank 40 through the lower outlet 21 to be temporarily stored.

At this time, when the electrolyte storage tank 20 is raised to the upper surface of the housing unit 10 , the state is sensed by the first sensor S1 and then transferred to the control unit 80 , and the electrolyte is transferred to the water storage tank 40 . When the inflow is made, the water level is sensed by the second sensor S2 and then transmitted to the control unit 80 .

Then, the control unit 80 opens the first solenoid valve V1 formed in the vertical connection unit 60 and the second solenoid valve V2 formed in the water supply line 51, so that the electrolytic reaction tank ( 50) is supplied with a certain amount of water, and it is possible to inject a primary electrolyte into the pump 70 formed in the vertical connection part 60 .

That is, in the pump 70 formed in the vertical connection part 60 connecting the water storage tank 40 and the electrolytic reaction tank 50 , the electrolyte is free by the action of gravity according to the opening of the first solenoid valve V1 . it can fall

Thereafter, when the control unit 80 controls the on-drive operation of the pump 70, the pump 70 is supplied with the electrolyte, which is first introduced into the electrolytic reaction tank, while idling and noise are prevented by the electrolyte. (50), it is possible to supply by pumping accurately and quickly without errors.

At this time, since driving power is supplied to the electrode terminal formed in the electrolysis tank 50 , in the electrolysis tank 50 , the water supplied through the water supply line 51 and the pump 70 are turned on according to the on-drive. Electrolytic reaction of the supplied electrolyte makes it possible to produce electrolytic sterilization water.

That is, since the electrode terminal formed in the electrolytic reaction tank 50 is composed of an anode and a cathode, an electrolytic reaction occurs when water and electrolyte are added to the electrode terminal composed of an anode and a cathode, and this electrolytic reaction is an anode reaction (CL2). +2e) and cathode reaction (2Na+2H2O+2e 2NaOH+H2), and the overall reaction becomes Cl2+2NaOH+NaOCl+NaCl+H2O, and electrolytic sterilization water containing sodium hypochlorite can be produced.

In addition, since a drain line 52 is connected to the electrolytic reactor 50 and a drain connector (not shown) is formed at the end of the drain line 52, when a spray hose (not shown) is connected to the drain connector , The electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water produced in the electrolytic reaction tank 50 is sprayed to a specific location in a necessary place such as a small restaurant or home through the injection hose, so that sterilization or odor removal can be performed. .

On the other hand, when the electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water production is made as described above, if the electrolyte stored in the electrolyte storage tank 20 is used and replenishment is required, the electrolyte storage tank 20 is separated from the housing unit 10 .

Then, as shown in the accompanying FIG. 4 , the nozzle 31 of the cover 30 coupled to the lower outlet 21 of the housing part 10 moves in the second direction P2 according to the restoring force of the compressed spring 31 . ) is closed while moving in a straight line, thereby blocking the electrolyte remaining in the electrolyte storage tank 20 from being discharged to the outside.

At this time, since the separation state of the electrolyte storage tank 20 is sensed by the first sensor S1 and then transmitted to the control unit 80 , the control unit 80 turns off the pump 70 after turning off the vertical connection unit 60 ) by controlling the closing of the first solenoid valve (V1) formed in the water supply line (51) and the second solenoid valve (V2) formed in the water supply line (51) to supply water to the electrolytic reaction tank (50) through the water supply line (51); And to block the supply of the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water storage tank 40 to the electrolytic reaction tank 50 through the vertical connection (60).

Accordingly, after the user separates the cover 30 that is spirally coupled to the lower outlet 21 of the housing unit 10 separated from the housing unit 10 , the electrolyte is replenished through the lower outlet 21 . it can be done

Although the technical idea of the portable electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating device of the present invention has been described above with the accompanying drawings, the best embodiment of the present invention is exemplarily described and does not limit the present invention.

Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the specific preferred embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made by anyone skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. It is, of course, possible that such modifications are intended to be within the scope of the appended claims.

10; enclosure 20; electrolyte reservoir
21; down exit 30; cover
30a; central opening 31; Nozzle
32; spring 40; water tank
50; electrolytic reactor 51; water supply line
52; drain line 60; vertical connection
70; pump 80; control
V1, V2; solenoid valves S1, S2; sensor

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The enclosure of a portable, miniaturized electrolytic sterilizing water generating device used in a small restaurant or general home where the installation location is limited as well as the pump capacity due to the limitation of the installation space; an electrolyte storage tank that is seated on the upper part of the housing to store the electrolyte, and has a lower outlet formed at one end of the bottom surface for charging the electrolyte or discharging the electrolyte; It is spirally coupled to the lower outlet formed at one end of the bottom surface of the electrolyte storage tank to seal the lower outlet, and a central opening is formed in which the nozzle is partially exposed to the outside to guide the discharge of the electrolyte through the nozzle opened by an external force. becoming cover; a water storage tank that is formed at an upper end of the housing unit and has the lower outlet sealed by the cover seated therein, and temporarily stores the electrolyte discharged according to the opening of the nozzle; It is installed on the inner bottom surface of the housing unit to receive water through a water supply line and to receive electrolyte through the water storage tank. When power is supplied to the electrode terminal, the water and the electrolyte are electrolytically reacted to produce electrolytic sterilization water. an electrolytic reactor; and a vertical connection part having both ends connected to the water storage tank and the electrolysis tank and supplying the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water tank to the electrolysis tank; including,
The vertical connection part is filled with a certain amount of electrolyte by the action of gravity through the vertical connection part, and a pump for pumping the electrolyte temporarily stored in the water storage tank when electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water is produced; Solenoid valve is installed,
Electrolytic sterilization water generating device, characterized in that the second solenoid valve for blocking the supply of water to the electrolytic reaction tank is installed in the water supply line of the electrolytic reaction tank. The method of claim 1,
The nozzle is opened while moving linearly in a first direction when the cover is seated in the water tank and in contact with the bottom surface of the water tank to discharge the electrolyte stored in the electrolyte storage tank to the water tank, and when not in contact with the bottom surface in the water tank It is an open/close type nozzle that closes while moving in a straight line in a second direction opposite to the first direction to block the discharge of the electrolyte,
Electrolytic sterilizing water generating apparatus, characterized in that the nozzle is compressed when in contact with the bottom surface of the water storage tank, and a spring for returning the nozzle to the closed position when not in contact with the bottom surface of the water storage tank is coupled to the nozzle. delete The method of claim 1,
A first sensor is configured on the upper surface of the housing unit to detect the seating state of the electrolyte storage tank and output it to the control unit,
Electrolytic sterilization and disinfection water generating device, characterized in that the second sensor is configured to detect the electrolyte level temporarily stored in the water tank and output to the control unit. delete

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