KR20220142755A - Smart water-saving system and water-saving control method for recycling of used water - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart management system for recycling used water, and a management method thereof, which can secure the easiness of managing the use of water. The smart management system for recycling used water of the present invention comprises: a water tank having a plurality of partition panels; a toilet or urinal; a wireless transmission/reception controller including a transmission unit and a receiving unit; a motor control unit; a recycled water metering sensor; a server for receiving a sensing value; and a terminal.

Description

Smart water-saving system and water-saving control method for recycling of used water

The present invention relates to a water-saving system for recovering and recycling used water that has been used in toilets or urinals, and more particularly, by making it possible to use recycled water after urinating or feces, so that water can be saved and installed It relates to a smart water-saving system for recycling used water that receives data from a water-saving system that is used and enables real-time confirmation of the amount of water saved in the water-saving system in the installation area and the replacement cycle of filters, etc.

Water used for washbasins and toilets provided in bathrooms in apartments or public buildings where many households live has a structure that is discharged to the outside through a sewer after being used once.

In addition, the water used is always used more than necessary, and there are many cases of avoiding the opening of toilets in public buildings.

As such, the amount of water discharged after one-time use in the toilet is considerable, and there is a problem in that water resources of Korea, known as a water-scarce country, are wasted more than necessary.

For example, in the case of a public bathroom sink, the user washes the face with tap water at the sink. At this time, the user must use the sink with water filled inside the sink after closing the drain hole. This is over-consumption.

Also, after toileting, such as urine or feces, water is used to treat the toilet as toilet water. Since it is used as water, a lot of water is wasted in the case of urine.

As such, there is a problem in that the cost of using water increases due to the user's water waste habit in apartment complexes, as well as in public toilets and public toilets provided in public buildings, resulting in a loss of economic cost burden, and Water pollution is a serious problem.

For this reason, water-saving devices, which are measures for saving water in toilets in public buildings, etc. have been installed and used.

At home, bricks are placed inside the water tank of the toilet to conserve water, but due to the reduced amount of water, the secretions are not completely discharged. have.

Due to these various problems, in recent years, in order to prevent wastage of water, various technologies for recycling the wash water by supplying the wash water discarded in the sink to the toilet have been developed.

The applicant of the present invention applied for (see Patent Document 0001) Patent Registration No. 10-0925487, 'toilet toilet flush water recycling device' relates to a face water recycling device, and more specifically, it is selective without draining the face water generated in the sink. It relates to a toilet water recycling device for recycling by supplying the stored wash water to the water tank of the toilet.

According to the conventional invention of the toilet water recycling device for the toilet, it is possible to selectively store or drain the wash water generated in the washbasin, and to supply the stored wash water to the water tank of the toilet as needed, so that water is efficiently used by using the wash water. There is an effect of saving money, and it can be easily applied to the water tank of an existing toilet, and it is possible to supply both washing water and purified water from the water supply pipe at the same time.

a drain unit for automatically or manually draining the wash water collected in the water collecting tank into the sewer through a drain connected to the sewer; a washing water supply unit for supplying washing face water to a water tank of the toilet through a supply pump and a supply pipe provided in the water collection tank; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the face water supply unit; The water inlet unit is equipped with a direct drain pipe connected to a switch valve provided in the water inlet pipe, so that the face water is obtained into the water collection tank or drained to the sewer according to the operation of the switch valve; It is a functional structure that is selectively stored by the 3Y-valve.

However, in the prior art, there was no way to always raise awareness of water conservation and water recycling by automatically indicating the number of times a user uses and the amount of water saved on the monitor.

In addition, it was not easy to access the general purpose IOT application field, which has been recently activated in a specific range, by expanding the application field later by using the device part widely used in IOT, and it was difficult to implement another matching with institutions.

In addition, due to the trend of large-scale complexes, the use of water used in toilets in apartment complexes or public institutions, where many households live, is checked in real time at the management office, etc. In the event of a breakdown, unnecessary water is continuously discharged, and there is a problem that water consumption is rapidly increased.

Korean Patent No. 10-0925487 Utility model registration No. 0454984 Korean Registration Application No. 10-2020-0000749

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and the water used in the washbasin is recycled and supplied to toilets, urinals, etc. of toilets in large apartments and public institutions, thereby significantly reducing the amount of water used, thereby reducing the cost of water use. There is a purpose.

In addition, the present invention changes the structure of the water tank for storing the first used water through the washbasin to control the supply of more water than necessary to the toilet or urinal, so that the amount of water is reduced overall according to the saving of recycled water. has a different purpose.

In addition, the present invention is applied to an apartment having a residence type in which a significant number of households live, or a toilet of a public institution, so that the amount of water used is uploaded to the server in real time and the amount of water used can be checked in real time through a smart app. Another purpose is to make it easier to manage water use by making it possible to understand the level of water consumption and saving.

The present invention for achieving the above object,

a water tank having a plurality of partition panels that are connected to the drain pipe of the washbasin to store used water that is discharged, which divides the inside in multiple stages and constitutes a filter;

a toilet or urinal that allows the recycled water passing through each partition panel to be used through the outlet of the water tank;

a wireless transmission/reception controller comprising a transmission unit interlocked according to an operation of a flush button of the toilet or urinal and a reception unit receiving a signal from the transmission unit;

a motor control unit for receiving a signal from the transmitting unit of the wireless transmitting/receiving controller from the receiving unit and operating a motor provided in the water tank to supply recycled water from the water tank to the toilet or urinal;

a recycled water metering sensor that checks the amount of recycled water discharged from the water tank;

a server for receiving the sensing value of the recycled water metering sensor;

a terminal configured to process the sensing values transmitted to the server and transmit the recycled water usage to the manager's smartphone application to enable observation and management;

It relates to a smart water-saving system for recycling used water, including that consisting of.

According to the present invention, water used in toilets, urinals, etc. installed in toilets in large apartments and public institutions can be recycled and supplied to the washbasin, thereby significantly reducing water consumption and significantly reducing water use costs. , by changing the structure of the water tank that stores the first-used water through the washbasin and controlling the supply of more water to the toilet or urinal, etc. By enabling real-time confirmation of the amount of water used through

1 is a schematic view showing a water saving configuration using a toilet to which the present invention is applied;
2 is an operation of the flush button of the toilet in the present invention and
3 is a schematic view showing a state that can be managed through the terminal of an individual manager after uploading the recycled water usage state of the toilet in the present invention through the server
4 is a flowchart of a smart water-saving system and water-saving control method for recycling used water according to the present invention;
5 is an initial login screen of the smart application presented by the present invention;
6 is an example of an initial screen after logging in using a smart application presented by the present invention;

Specific structural or functional descriptions for the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention disclosed in this specification are only exemplified for the purpose of explaining the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention, and the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention are Since various changes can be made and can have various forms, all changes, equivalents, or substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention are included, and the terms or words used in the specification and claims are conventional or dictionary It is not limited to the meaning, and, of course, on the basis of the fact that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of a term to describe his invention in the best way, the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention should be interpreted as Accordingly, the embodiments described in the specification of the present invention and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention. It should be understood that various possible equivalents and variations are possible or existent.

In addition, unless otherwise defined in the specification of the present invention, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. have Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present specification. does not

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention provides a smart water-saving system for recycling used water to save overall water consumption by using recycled water primarily used in the sink for water supplied to the toilet or urinal side of a large apartment complex or public institution.

For this purpose, the present invention provides a water tank 100, a toilet 200 or a urinal in which recycled water discharged from the water tank 100 is supplied and used as shown in FIG. In the drawing, the toilet is illustrated and described.), a wireless transmission/reception controller 300 that receives the flush button operation of the toilet 200 and applies a signal to the motor controller 130 provided in the water tank 100 side. , the motor controller 130 that receives the signal of the wireless transmission/reception controller 300, the recycled water metering sensor 140 that checks the recycled water discharged from the water tank 100, and receives the sensing value of the recycled water metering sensor and a terminal 500 that processes the sensed values transmitted to the server 400 and displays the amount of recycled water used in the manager's smartphone application.

The water tank 100 is connected to the discharge pipe 11 of the sink 10 so that the used water used in the sink 10 is stored along the discharge pipe 11 .

In the interior of the water tank 100, as shown in FIG. 1, the inner space of the water tank 100 is partitioned by a plurality of partition panels 110, and the used water flowing into the water tank 100 and stored at one end. An outlet 120 for discharging and supplying to the toilet 200 or urinal is formed.

Pipes connected from the outlet 120 to the toilet 200, etc. are shown in the drawings, but reference numerals are not described.

The partition panel 110 is configured to partition the inside of the water tank 100 and form a separate space.

It is preferable to configure a filter 111 in the upper area of the partition panel 110 that partitions the inside of the water tank 100, and when the water level of the used water reaches the filter 111 area, it passes through the filter 111 It forms a structure in which used water is moved to the next compartment.

That is, as shown in the drawing, when the used water flows into the water tank 100 side through the discharge pipe 11 of the washbasin 10, the used water flows into a space adjacent to the discharge pipe 11 among the partition panels 110 divided into multiple stages. tea is stored

The primary stored used water is filtered by the filter 111 when the water level is full up to the filter 111 of the partition panel 110, and flows into the secondary space, which is the next partition space, and is stored. This is done sequentially and used water may be stored in the water tank 100 .

On the other hand, various foreign substances, impurities, etc. contained in the used water used through the wash basin should be precipitated under the water tank 100 and discharged to the outside.

Accordingly, the sediment outlet 120-1 is formed at the bottom of the space generated by each partition panel 110 of the water tank 100, so that the sludge deposited for a certain period of time is discharged to the outside. have.

The discharging of the sludge may be performed in real time, but it is preferable to control the sludge to be discharged after being settling for a certain period in a state in which the sediment does not adhere to the inside of the water tank 100 .

In this way, the timer sensor may be configured to open the valve after a set time elapses, or the valve may be opened by detecting the height of the sediment accumulation.

The opening and closing of the valves each configured at the bottom of the space partitioned by the partition panels 110 in the lower part of the water tank 100 are configured to automatically open and close according to the time or the height of the sediment as described above, or the smart app. It can also be controlled remotely by operation.

Meanwhile, a motor 131 is provided to introduce used water accommodated in the water tank 100 to the water tank side of the toilet 200 .

The toilet 200 is pipe-connected to the outlet 120 of the water tank 100 described above.

Although the drawings and descriptions in the present invention show and describe the toilet 200, it is of course also applicable to the urinal.

When the pipe connected from the outlet 120 of the water tank 100 is connected to the toilet 200, it is connected to the water tank (not shown) on the rear side of the toilet 200, which is usually provided, and is connected to the water tank 100. The used water is introduced into the water tank side of the toilet 200 by driving the motor 131 .

On the other hand, by the operation of the flush button 210 of the toilet 200, used water is supplied from the same water tank as the existing structure to the toilet 200 side to lower the secretions to the septic tank side, the flush button 210 It has a wireless transmission/reception controller 300 for recognizing the on / off operation state of the.

That is, a wireless transmission/reception controller 300 comprising a transmitter 310 for applying the operating state of the flush button 210 of the toilet 200 and a receiver 320 for receiving a signal generated from the transmitter 310 is configured. do.

When the operation state signal of the water flush button 210 is transmitted to the receiving unit 320 from the wireless transmitting/receiving controller 300 to the transmitting unit 310, the motor 131 provided in the water tank 100 is operated to operate A motor controller 130 for supplying recycled water from the water tank 100 to the water tank side of the toilet 200 is provided.

That is, the motor controller 130 serves to drive or stop the motor 131 to introduce the used water from the water tank 100 to the water tank side of the toilet 200 .

For example, when the user operates the flush button 210 to flush the secretions after using the toilet 200, the transmitter 310 of the wireless transmission/reception controller 300 senses the operation state.

The water down button 210 operation state signal sensed by the transmitter 310 is applied to the receiver 320 forming a part of the wireless transmit/receive controller 300, and then the signal of the receiver 320 is a motor controller ( 130) side and undergoes a process of driving the motor 131.

Accordingly, the motor 131 supplies the used water stored in the water tank 100 to the water tank side of the toilet 200 only by the operation of the water flush button 210 .

On the other hand, since the amount of used water discharged through the outlet 120 of the water tank 100 by the driving of the motor 131 is in an equivalent relation to the amount of water used through the toilet 200, etc., the outlet 120 A recycled water metering sensor 140 is provided at the outlet 120 side to measure the amount of used water discharged through the .

The server 400 receives the sensing value of the recycled water metering sensor 140 and converts it into a DB.

In the present invention, the amount of water recycled from the toilet 200, that is, the amount of used water discharged from the water tank 100, is checked for a set period on a monthly basis, etc. will do

In addition, in the present invention, not only the amount of water used in the toilet 200 of a single united individual unit, but also the amount of water used in each household of an entire household, such as an apartment complex, or the amount of water used in the toilet of each toilet in a public institution. By coding to enable aggregation, it is possible to build a DB toward the real-time server 400 side.

As such, in the server 400 , the water consumption of each toilet 200 installed in each region, each apartment, and each institutional building is transmitted to and stored in the server 400 .

In addition, in the server 400, the amount of water used by each toilet 200 is counted.

As described above, the aggregated values calculated for each unit unit are summed for the aggregated water usage, so that the monthly water usage of the group grouped by the unit of a cluster unit, ie, an apartment complex, a public institution building, etc., may be collected.

5 to 6 is a smartphone application (http://cms.taptap.company) applied to the present invention is installed in the user's terminal 500 shows the display screen of the initial homepage, Figure 5 is in the application This is the initial screen accessed by the user logged in. “Installation Management”, “Water Saving History” in the installation menu, “Error Filter” to inform operation error status or filter replacement cycle, statistics on water usage by grouped grouping units "Statistics management" to show can be configured.

In the case of the "Vending Machine Management" menu, if it is configured so that it can be purchased through a kiosk, etc. installed so that filters, etc. can be immediately purchased from the group grouped by the grouping unit location, it can provide ease of management.

On the other hand, by providing a pollution detection sensor 150 for detecting the contamination level, turbidity and bacteria of the used water accommodated in the water tank 100 so that the administrator can easily check it through the application of the terminal 500, management ease of use can be ensured.

By the above components, a control method for water saving of recycled water in the present invention will be described.

Recycled water saving water control method in the present invention can be controlled through the following time series flow.

Securing the unit recycling water metering DB supplied to each unit toilet (S100);

grouping the individual unit toilets to secure a grouping recycling water metering DB of the target grouping group (S200);

a classification step (S300) of classifying the grouping recycling water metering DB for each region divided by the target grouping;

An analysis step (S400) of analyzing the usage and usage of recycled water defined by the usage pattern definition step (S400)

a usage pattern definition step (S500) of analyzing the number of recycling of groupings for each region or set region and defining a usage pattern of the recycling number of each grouping;

an uploading step (S600) of uploading the reused water usage value for each grouping and the month-to-month ratio defined by the usage pattern definition step to the server side;

a display step of downloading and checking the DB uploaded by the uploading step through the manager terminal for each grouping (S700);

Extraction step (S800) of extracting an individual unit toilet with excessive consumption of recycled water in the display step;

It provides a smart water-saving control method for recycling used water, including:

The unit recycling water metering DB securing step (S100) means securing a DB of recycled water used through the individual toilet 200 in the present invention.

As described above, the entire amount of recycled water supplied from the water tank 100 through the recycled water metering sensor 140 is measured and transmitted to the server 400, where the server 400 uses each toilet 200 as a unit. They are classified by category and configured to be stored in a designated address.

In addition, the recycled water used in each unit toilet 200 may be calculated in the same area, that is, grouped grouping recycled water metering DB.

That is, the grouping recycling water metering DB securing step (S200) means a process for securing the recycled water usage DB of the entire group by collecting the individual recycled water usage secured through each unitized individual toilet 200. do.

On the other hand, the grouping group means a unified setting area, such a setting area is distributed in a plurality of areas, and can be expanded to a nationwide range.

That is, the national scope can be divided by administrative districts for each city and province and set as a large grouping, and by subdividing the administrative districts for each city and province again, it is set by subgrouping into each county and division, and each small grouping is subdivided again. will be able to distinguish

Meanwhile, in this segmented area, that is, in the minimum segment area, each toilet 200 is united. In the present invention, the recycled water used in the toilet 200 of the smallest unit is referred to as unit recycled water, and each A unit in which the recycling water for each unit is collected as a higher group will be referred to as a grouping unit.

However, in this classification, as in the description of the present invention, one single individual toilet 200 is set as a minimum unit, but unlike this, a group unit can be set as a minimum unit, of course.

The classification step (S300) refers to the step of classifying the grouping recycling water metering DB for each region divided by the target grouping, and the unit recycled water metering DB of the individual unit toilets 200 uploaded to the server 400 side and It is a step of classifying the grouping recycling number metering DB that is collected by the summation of each unit, and the usage pattern definition step (S500) analyzes the recycling number of the grouping by each region or set area to determine the recycled number usage pattern of each grouping. step to define.

That is, after the unit recycled water metering DBs of each individual unit toilet 200 are collected by the classification step (S300), the amount of recycled water used by each group is summed to analyze and define the usage pattern for each group.

The uploading step ( S600 ) refers to a step of uploading the reused water usage value and the month-to-month ratio for each grouping defined by the usage pattern definition step ( S500 ) to the server side. After being uploaded to the DB on the server 400 in this way, it is displayed and confirmed by the display step (S700) in which it is downloaded and confirmed through the manager terminal for each grouping.

Information that can be checked through the user terminal 500 of the administrator through the display step S700 is, for example, the recycled water usage of the toilet 200 for each unit and the recycling number of the grouping group, which is the aggregate unit of the toilet 200 for each unit. Since the amount of usage is aggregated and can be checked on the terminal 500 of the manager, it is possible to check whether the amount of recycled water is excessive compared to the previous month.

As described above, through the extraction step (S800) of extracting the excessive consumption individual toilet toilet or grouping sector with excessive usage of recycled water compared to the previous month, the grouping group sector outside the range of normal usage is extracted, and then the abnormal recycling number within the grouping group It is possible to extract the toilet 200 of each unit showing usage.

In addition, through the user terminal 500, it is possible to determine whether to post-processing by extracting the over-consumed grouping group compared to the previous month among the grouping group.

In addition, by controlling the operation status check of each of the sensors provided in each toilet 200, such as the position sensor 112 and the sensors such as the pollution sensor 150, through the terminal 500, it is possible to check the sensor type. And by adding a push function such as an exchange time, it is possible to increase the management efficiency of the manager.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and from the above description by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations may be possible.

Therefore, the technical idea in the present invention should be understood by the claims described below, but it will be obvious that all equivalents or equivalent modifications thereof fall within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

10; washbasin 11; discharge pipe
100; tank 110; partition panel
111; filter 120; outlet
130; motor controller 131; motor
140; Recycled water metering sensor 150; Pollution detection sensor
200; toilet 300; wireless transmit/receive controller
310; transmitter 320; receiver
400; server 500; terminal
S100; Securing unit recycling water metering DB
S200; Grouping Recycled Water Metering DB Securing Stage
S300; Classification stage
S400; analysis stage
S500; Usage pattern definition step
S600; uploading step
S700; display stage
S800; extraction step

Claims (5)

a water tank having a plurality of partition panels that are connected to the drain pipe of the washbasin to store used water that is discharged, which divides the inside in multiple stages and constitutes a filter;
a toilet so that the recycled water passing through each partition panel is used through the outlet of the water tank;
a motor controller for supplying recycled water from the water tank to the toilet by operating a motor provided in the water tank when the signal of the wireless transmitting/receiving controller is transmitted to the receiving unit;
a motor controller that receives a signal from the wireless transceiver controller and operates a motor provided in the water tank to supply recycled water from the water tank to the toilet or urinal;
a recycled water metering sensor that checks the amount of recycled water discharged from the water tank;
a server for receiving the sensing value of the recycled water metering sensor;
a terminal configured to process the sensing values transmitted to the server and transmit the recycled water usage to the manager's smartphone application to enable observation and management;
A smart water-saving system for recycling used water, including what consists of.
The method of claim 1,
A smart water-saving system for recycling used water, which includes a sediment outlet formed on each floor of the space created by each partition panel of the water tank.
The method of claim 1,
A smart water-saving system for recycling used water, comprising: a sediment outlet is formed on each floor of the space created by each partition panel of the water tank, and a valve for opening and closing the outlet can be repeatedly opened and closed by setting a timer.
The method of claim 1,
A sediment outlet is formed on each floor of the space generated by each partition panel of the water tank, and a position sensor for detecting the sedimentation height of the sediment deposited into the water tank is provided at the lower end of each partition panel,
A smart water-saving system for recycling used water, comprising opening and closing the valve of the settling outlet according to the signal of the position sensor.
Securing unit recycled water metering DB supplied to individual unit toilets;
grouping the individual unit toilets to secure a grouping recycled water metering DB of the target grouping group;
a classification step of classifying the grouping recycled water metering DB for each region divided by the target grouping;
an analysis step of analyzing the usage of recycled water from the recycled water metering DB classified by the classification step;
a usage pattern definition step of analyzing the recycling number of the groupings for each region or each set region to define a recycling number usage pattern of each grouping;
an uploading step of uploading the reused water usage value for each grouping and the month-to-month ratio defined by the usage pattern definition step to the server side;
a display step of downloading and checking the DB uploaded by the uploading step through the manager terminal for each grouping;
an extraction step of extracting an individual unit toilet with excessive consumption of recycled water in the display step;
Recycling of used water comprising a smart water-saving control method

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