SALT OF RICH MINERALS AND PRODUCTION METHOD
THEREOF
Technical Field The present invention relates to functional salt and a method for fabricating the same, and in particular to a high purity loess (yellow earth) salt and a fabrication method of the same wherein a high purity loess salt has various mineral ingredients useful to a human body and does not have a harmful ingredient such as dioxin or heavy metal harmful to human body, so that functional salt is capable of performing its inherent function as well as heavy metal and waste elimination function (detoxication operation) in human body.
Background Art
As a kind of salt, there are rock-salt obtained from rocks (1), sun-dried salt obtained by drying seawater (2), and processed salt obtained by processing rock-salt or sun-dried salt (3).
The method for fabricating processed salt has been changed from a simple heating fabrication method to a method adding various functional ingredients u seful to h uman body based on an industrial development a nd a customer's demand.
As an example of the processed salt having functional ingredient, there are bamboo salt, pine tree salt, green tea salt, etc.
However, in the conventional processed salt, since salt is heated over 280°C during a fabrication process, dioxin very harmful to human body may be generated, and mineral useful to human body is lost.
As it is very well known in many articles, dioxin is a toxic ingredient generated when a certain ingredient having chlorine radical receives heat above about 300°C. Dioxin is not generally destroyed at a temperature above 700°C but is generally eliminated by photolysis or organic solution. Therefore, in the conventional processed salt fabrication method in which salt is heated at a temperature above 280°C, the dioxin harmful to human body is increased. Therefore, there is a big problem in the conventional method.
Disclosure of Invention Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a high purity loess (yellow earth) salt and a fabrication method of the same that overcome the problems encountered in the conventional art.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a high purity loess salt and a fabrication method of the same that are capable of basically preventing occurrence of dioxin during total processes related to a fabrication of processed salt and are capable of achieving an economical (1 ) and
environment friendly fabrication technique (2).
It is further another object of the present invention to provide a high purity loess salt and a fabrication method of the same that are capable of achieving an inherent function as seasoning (1 ) and providing various minerals or physiological activation materials harmful to human body (2), and achieving heavy metal and waste elimination functions (detoxication operation) (3).
To achieve the above objects, there is provided a fabrication method of a high purity loess salt according to an embodiment of the present invention.
I. In a method for fabricating functional salt, there are provided a salt water fabrication step, a loess-contained water fabrication step, and a first mixture liquid fabrication step, and a loess salt obtaining step.
A) In the salt water fabrication step, sun-dried salt is dissolved in water (1 ), bamboo salt is dissolved in water (2) or mechanical salt is dissolved in water (3). The salt water fabricated through the steps (1 ) through (3) is flown into a precipitation filtering tank. Harmful ingredients having high viscosity are eliminated by precipitation (precipitation step), and harmful ingredients having viscosity lower than water are eliminated by filtering. Here, the term of "harm (toxic) ingredient" represents dioxin and heavy metal as well as various pollutants that are not included in salt like
mud/sand/foreign substances (floating materials).
The precipitation filtering tank may be formed of a tank having inlet/outlet (1) or a cylindrical water tank having opened upper side (2) or rectangular water tank (3). In the case that absorbent filtering ingredients like active carbon are filled in the interior of the tank, it is possible to achieve a much higher elimination efficiency of harmful ingredients in salt water. At this time, the salt water is slowly filled from the portion near the bottom of the precipitation filtering tank, so that the harmful ingredients such as precipitated heavy metals are not re-floated. In addition, the precipitation filtering tank may be separated into a precipitation tank and a filtering tank based on its inherent function. A plurality of precipitation filtering tanks or precipitation tanks or filtering tanks may be connected in series for thereby enhancing a purity of salt water.
In addition, in order to enhance a filtering efficiency, a filtering film formed of a plurality of filtering sheets may be installed in an upper side of the precipitation filtering tank. Here, the filtering sheets may be formed of a common Korean paper or hemp cloth.
B) In the loess-contained water fabrication step, soft loess filtered by a filter is added and mixed into clean water filled in the precipitation tank and is maintained for a certain time. W hen heavy and dirty harmful ingredients are
sunken on the floor of the precipitation tank (precipitation step), supernatant gathered in the upper layer of the precipitation tank is obtained for thereby obtaining clean loess-contained water.
Here, in order to obtain cleaner loess-contained water, the above precipitation may be repeatedly performed.
In addition, the loess-contained water obtained in the above steps may be directly used. A moisture decreasing step capable of evaporating/eliminating the moisture contained in the loess-contained water may be added for decreasing a process time in the post process and enhancing a fabrication efficiency.
C) In the first mixture liquid fabrication step, clean salt water fabricated in the salt water fabrication step and clean loess-contained water fabricated in the loess water fabrication step are mixed, and then mixture liquid for the loess salt fabrication is fabricated. Liquid or powder state functional ingredient may be added to the mixture liquid.
Here, the kind and phase of the functional ingredient added to the mixture liquid may be changed based on a manufacturer's or customer's demand. For example, green tea capable of helping waste elimination by achieving metabolism of human body is fabricated in powder or the extract of the green tea may be used (functional ingredient fabrication step).
In addition, the above function ingredient is first mixed with salt water or loess-contained water, and is second mixed with another solution.
D) In the loess salt obtaining step, the mixture liquid fabricated in the first mixture liquid fabrication step is naturally dried under the sun or is heated and dried at a temperature of below 250°C, so that the salt ingredient melted in the mixture liquid and a mineral ingredient of loess are stuck, so that loess salt is educed.
Here, the heating temperature of the mixture liquid is limited under 250°C for the reason that the occurrence of dioxin is prevented in the heating step.
E) Thereafter, the loess salt obtained in thick grains is ground for thereby enhancing the quality of product.
II. The loess salt according to the present invention may be fabricated through a loess-contained water fabrication step, a second mixture liquid fabrication step and a loess salt water fabrication step, differently from the process I.
A) Since the loess-contained water fabrication step according to the
present invention is the same as the earlier described loess-contained water fabrication step in the process I , the d etailed description of the same will be omitted.
B) In the second mixture liquid fabrication step, salt is dissolved in the clean loess-contained water obtained in the loess-contained water fabrication step (1) or salt water is mixed for thereby producing a second mixture liquid, and the second mixture liquid is inputted into the precipitation filtering tank, so that various toxic ingredients are eliminated from the second mixture liquid. Here, the structure of the precipitation filtering tank is the same as the structure described in the process I. In addition, a functional ingredient may be added to the second mixture liquid.
C) In the loess salt water fabrication step, the mixture liquid fabricated in the second mixture liquid fabrication step may be naturally dried or heated and dried at a temperature of below 250°C, so that the loess salt is obtained from the second mixture liquid.
The above step may have the various characteristics same as the earlier described characteristics.
D) T he I oess s alt fabricated t hrough t he a bove s teps may be g round
into micro powders or small grains.
As described above, in the fabrication method of the loess salt according to the present invention, dioxin and heavy metals contained in sun- dried salt coupled with a certain floating ingredient such as dusts are eliminated based on precipitation, active carbon (white carbon), filtering film, etc., and during the heating process, the heating temperature is controlled not to exceed 250°C. Therefore, the processed salt fabricated by processing the first salt (for example, sun-dried salt) does not include dioxin. Therefore, it is possible to achieve the first object of the present invention for thereby fabricating high purity loess salt.
In addition, the present invention uses loess-contained water having various mineral ingredients and salt water containing various mineral ingredients obtained from active carbon (white carbon), so that the loess salt fabricated according to the present invention has a lot amount of mineral ingredients.
As it is well known, the above mineral ingredients operate to activate various metabolisms in human body even if it is absorbed by a small amount.
Therefore, it is possible to achieve the second object of the present invention in which human body is enhanced by absorbing loess salt.
In addition, in high purity loess salt according to the present invention, various
functional ingredients good for detoxification, etc. are incidentally used during the fabrication of the loess salt, it is possible to effectively eliminate various harmful ingredients and wastes accumulated in human body for thereby achieving a third object of the present invention.
Brief Description of Drawings
The present invention will become better understood with reference to the accompanying drawings which are given only by way of illustration and thus are not limitative of the present invention, wherein; Figure 1 is a flow chart of a fabrication method of high purity loess salt according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a flow chart of a fabrication method of high purity loess salt according to another embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 3 is a view illustrating a salt water fabrication process for obtaining clean salt water in the fabrication method of the present invention; and Figure 4 is a view of a loess-contained water fabrication step including a moisture decrease step in the fabrication method of the present invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention The fabrication method of the loess salt according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
[Embodiment 1]
Figure 1 is a flow chart of a fabrication method of a high purity loess salt according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown therein, the fabrication method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a salt water fabrication step 10, a loess-contained water fabrication step 20, and a functional ingredient fabrication step 30. As shown in Figures 3 and 4, in the salt water fabrication step 10 and the loess-contained fabrication step 20, a precipitation step and/or filtering step are performed for eliminating impurity or toxic ingredients contained in aqueous solution. In addition, the above precipitation step and/or filtering step may be performed during the functional ingredient fabrication step 30. In particular, in the loess-contained water fabrication step 20, a moisture decrease step 21 may be additionally performed for decreasing the moisture of the loess-contained water to the amount of 50% of the initial amount. As shown in the course B of Figure 4, liquid or powder functional ingredient may be additionally provided. Here, when either the course A or the course B of Figure 4 is selected, the non-selected course is not performed. The precipitation step and/or filtering
step are performed through the similar tools and procedures irrespective of salt water or loess-contained water.
Figure 3 is a view illustrating the salt water fabrication step according to the p resent i nvention in m ore d etail. As s hown t herein, t he filter i s fabricated using filtering cloths in which hemp cloth is attached to both sides of the Korean paper, a nd t he s alt w ater i s p oured t o t he above filter for thereby e liminating large size purities (1 ). The salt water filtered through the step (1 ) is flown into the floor of the precipitation filtering tank 11 filled with the active carbon
(charcoal) 1 3, s o t hat m icro s ize d ioxin o r h eavy m etals are a bsorbed to t he active carbon 13 and are eliminated thereby (2).
Thereafter, in the first mixture liquid fabrication step 40, clean salt water and loess-contained water fabricated through the steps 10 and 20 are mixed at a certain ratio.
As shown in Figure 5, the mixture liquid is processed in the loess salt water fabrication step 50 and is heated at an temperature of 200°C lower than a generation temperature of dioxin.
When the mixture liquid is continuously heated, moisture of mixture liquid is continuously evaporated, so that salt ingredients contained in the mixture liquid are educed. In addition, the loess salt educed from the mixture liquid is formed together with other surrounding salt ingredients, so that the size of the same is
increased. Therefore, it is needed to grind the big size salt for thereby enhancing the quality of product.
In the drawings, reference numeral 1e4 represents a filtering film. An outlet may be formed in a portion upper than the filtering film. The filtering film may be omitted if necessary.
[Embodiment 2]
Figure 2 is a flow chart of the fabrication method according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown therein, in the present invention, the loess-contained water fabrication 20 and the functional ingredient fabrication step 30 are fabricated separately from each other.
Here, in the steps 20 and 30, the precipitation/filtering steps may be additionally performed like the first embodiment of the present invention. A moisture decrease step 21 may be additionally performed.
In the second mixture liquid fabrication step 40', salt and functional ingredient are mixed with the loess-contained water.
In the second mixture liquid fabrication step 40', for example, there are provided a salt dissolving step 41 in which salt is dissolved in loess-contained water (loess-contained water having functional ingredients mixed therein), a precipitation step 42 in which the second mixture liquid fabricated through the
salt dissolving step 41 is inputted into the precipitation filtering tank 11 of Figure 3 for thereby precipitating toxic ingredients having viscosity higher than water, and a filtering step 43 for filtering small foreign substances having viscosity smaller than water. The second mixture liquid fabricated through the above steps is processed in the loess salt fabrication step 50 of Figure 5 and is heated at a temperature of 200°C lower than the generation temperature of dioxin. Moisture is gradually decreased, and salt ingredients of the mixture liquid are educed as crystals.
Industrial Applicability
As described above, in the high purity loess salt and a fabrication method of the same according to the present invention, it is possible to basically decrease the occurrence of dioxin during the total procedures related to the fabrication of the processed salt, and it is not needed energy for thereby achieving an economical process.
In addition, in the present invention, since salt water containing various minerals from active carbon and loess water having various minerals are used, it is possible to take various useful minerals and physiological active materials together with salt.
Since various functional ingredients having medical operations are taken
together with salts, it is possible to effectively eliminate dioxin/heavy metals/wastes accumulated in human body for thereby achieving healthy body.
As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from t he s pirit o r essential c haracteristics t hereof, i t s hould also be understood that the above-described examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended c laims, a nd t herefore a II c hanges a nd modifications t hat fall w ithin the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.