WO2010006799A1

WO2010006799A1 - Water-treatment apparatus and system for storing water

Info

Publication number: WO2010006799A1
Application number: PCT/EP2009/005190
Authority: WO
Inventors: Erich Meidert
Original assignee: Erich Meidert
Priority date: 2008-07-17
Filing date: 2009-07-16
Publication date: 2010-01-21
Also published as: DE202008009583U1; EP2318316A1

Abstract

In order for it to be possible for water to be cleaned straightforwardly at the site of an end consumer, the invention specifies an apparatus for treating water (170), having a hollow body (250), which can be connected to a water-supply line and a water-discharge line, and having a substantially cylindrical body (230) which is accommodated in the hollow body (250) and has an outer lateral surface (315), wherein the lateral surface has a helical water-channelling arrangement (311) for channelling at least some of the water (170), with an inflow (314) in a water-supply region (235) of the cylindrical body (230), for directing the water (170) into the water-channelling arrangement (311), and with an outflow (313) in a water-discharge region (236) of the cylindrical body (230), for discharging the water (170).

Description

Water treatment device and system for the treatment of water

The invention relates to a device and a system for the treatment of water.

Drinking water is used in many ways and is available in the household for daily use. Drinking water has a high degree of purity and is suitable for drinking and preparing food.

Since the human body consists to 70% of water, a daily adequate intake of drinking water is necessary to maintain its water balance. A 60 kg adult needs about 2 liters of drinking water per day.

Drinking water from different regions has different qualities. The quality can be measured, for example, based on a degree of contamination, for example by germs. Central drinking water systems in Germany ensure drinking water quality. However, it is possible that the drinking water becomes contaminated on the way to the consumer and can pick up germs.

It is therefore desirable that the consumer be able to treat the drinking water again on site in order to ensure a safe level of purity in drinking water.

The object of the invention is therefore to provide a device and a system with which water can be treated in a simple manner in an end user to clean it.

According to the theory of Viktor Schauberger, impulsive forces act on the water in streams of water, which are directed into the interior of the vortex. These forces act centripetally and concentrate the acting force on the interior of the vortex. In natural watercourses, such rotating, winding movements are found as the whirlpools described. In a whirlpool, the water is swirled, which absorbs oxygen information. These oxygen information are indicators of oxygen in the air Water was left behind. Water can therefore serve as an information carrier. Any kind of foreign matter leaves information in the water, even if the foreign matter itself is removed from the water. In the case of oxygen, for example, the oxygen information left behind stimulates microorganisms to purify the water. Also, the water is cooled by this oxygen information, refreshed, released from gas and enriched with energy. The property of water to serve as an information carrier is already known from homeopathic medicine. There, preparations are diluted with water, for example, until no substance can be effectively contained in the water. Ultimately, only the information left on the preparations affects the intake of water. Water can therefore be processed by vortexes or other turbulences. Thus, the object of the invention is achieved by swirling water from a water pipe at the consumer as much as possible in order to clean this.

The invention therefore provides an apparatus for the treatment of water with a hollow body and a substantially cylindrical body. The hollow body is preferably a tube. The cylindrical body is completely absorbed in the hollow body, wherein the hollow body is traversed by the water. The outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body has a spiral-shaped water guiding device, for example in the form of a depression. However, the water supply device can also run spirally within the cylindrical body. The spiral water guide device has an inlet and a drain, the inlet being arranged in a water supply area of the cylindrical body for receiving the water and the drain in a water discharge area of the cylindrical body for discharging the water. This spiral water guiding device guides at least part of the water. By the cylindrical body with the spiral water guide device, a simple and compact device is provided, which can be installed in the simplest way in pipelines. Thus, the device is ideally suited for private on-site use in households, so that the user of the device can clean his water independently of a central water treatment plant. In this case, the spiral-shaped water guiding device swirls the water guided through the pipe with an intensity which is due to the structure of the spiral-shaped water guiding device. direction can be influenced. The device can thus be used for different degrees of contamination of the water.

Preferably, the hollow body may be provided for installation in a water pipe, so that the device can be easily and inexpensively installed in an existing water supply network.

The spiral water guide device can be milled into the material of the cylindrical body. This is particularly favorable in terms of production, since no additional materials are required in addition to the material for the cylindrical body, so that the spiral-shaped water-guiding devices produced in this way can be realized very quickly. The cross-section of the recesses may be semicircular or rectangular, but any other form of groove, groove or recess may be used as the water-guiding device.

Preferably, three helical water guiding devices can run around the lateral surface of the cylindrical body. With a larger number of water supply devices can on the one hand create enough space for receiving and forwarding the water to swirl as much water and on the other hand realize a sufficiently steep rise angle for the spiral water guiding devices to avoid having to build unnecessarily high water pressure for the swirling.

It is advantageous if the cross-section or diameter of the spiral-shaped water guiding device tapers from the inlet to the outlet, so that the water pressure is further increased by the device itself and the outlet velocity of the water from the device is further increased. The increased discharge speed of the water further improves the turbulence of the water and enriches the water with more oxygen information.

The at least one helical water guiding device may have a roughened surface, thereby improving the swirling of the water, so that the water is enriched with more oxygen information. The pitch angle of the spiral water guiding devices may be greater at the inlet than at the outlet, whereby the pressure build-up is increased, so that the water emerges at a greater exit velocity and is better swirled. Consequently, the water is enriched with more oxygen information.

The diameter of the cylindrical body is preferably greater at the inlet of the spiral-shaped water-guiding device than at the outlet. By this measure, the water treatment device provides the water a lower resistance. This has the advantage that less pressure is required for operation. The saved pressure can then be used to swirl the water and thus to enrich with oxygen information.

Alternatively or additionally, the distance of the cylindrical body from the hollow body at the inlet of the spiral-shaped water-guiding device may be greater than at the outlet of the spiral-shaped water-guiding devices. This measure has a similar effect as the cross-sectional taper of the cylindrical body.

The ratio between the length of the cylindrical body and the number of turns of the helical water guiding devices may be between 1.5 to 3 cm per turn. Preferably, the ratio is 2.2 cm per turn. The ratio indicates how long the cylindrical body must be for one turn of the helical water guiding devices. If the ratio is very high, the cylindrical body must be very long for one turn. Under these circumstances, the spiral water guiding devices have a very steep angle of rise. With that, almost no pressure could be built up. If the ratio is very low, the cylindrical body over a turn is very short. The angle of rise of the spiral-shaped water-guiding devices is very flat. This would have to be exerted from the outside a very high pressure on the water to drive it through the device. It has been found that, with the stated ratio, an optimum balance is achieved between the pressure required from the outside and the swirling achieved by the device. The cylindrical body may be rounded in the upper and lower regions and thus further reduce the resistance to water as it enters the device. Thus, pressure is reduced to operate the device, which can be used to build up the pressure for turbulence and thus for enrichment with oxygen information.

The cylindrical body may further include a chamber in its interior. The hollow design of the cylindrical body not only material and weight can be saved, but the device is also even easier and cheaper.

The cylindrical body may have at least one and preferably two openings for access to the chamber. These approaches make it possible to continue using the chamber. The water could enter the chamber via one of the entrances and exit via the other of the entrances. For example, another small cylindrical body according to the invention can be accommodated in the chamber in order to further increase the turbulence and to further increase the enrichment with oxygen information.

The openings may be closable, wherein the closures preferably have an external thread which can be screwed into an internal thread of the cylindrical body. By screwing the cylindrical body can be closed. This extends the possible applications. For example, the interior can be filled with a stabilizing material, which is inexpensive, but gives the cylindrical body the necessary stability to withstand the high pressures in the hollow body.

The external thread can cooperate with a seal, so that the chamber is sealed watertight.

In the chamber, an energy source can be used, for example. A heater, a UV lamp or any other source of energy for further treatment of the water. Preferably, the energy source is an orgone accumulator. Experiments have shown that the water is not only swirled by the device according to the invention and enriched with oxygen information but can also be effectively energized by a source taken in the chamber.

The cylindrical body can be kept centered in the hollow body with at least one, preferably two holding elements. By means of these holding elements, the water in the hollow body is guided around the cylindrical body uniformly. As a result, friction losses are reduced, so that the pressure for operating the device is further reduced.

Preferably, the cylindrical body is made of plastic, since this

Material is inexpensive and easy to work with.

The invention provides a system or plant for water treatment with the device described above. The plant contains a cleaning unit for cleaning polluted water, wherein the purified water from the cleaning unit is supplied to the above apparatus in order to enrich it with oxygen information. By pre-cleaning the water in the cleaning unit, coarse dirt particles are removed from the water. This supports the operation of the device according to the invention and helps to make the water treatment even more effective.

The purification unit may be a molecular filter. Through micropores of the molecular filter larger elements, for example. Unwanted pathogens, be filtered out in advance. Due to the size of the micropores a targeted and effective preparation of the water for the device according to the invention is possible.

This molecular filter is preferably a reverse osmosis unit. Surprisingly, it has been found that water can be cleaned and energized particularly effectively when passing through a reverse osmosis unit and the device according to the invention.

Preferably, the system includes a pump to increase the water pressure in the hollow body and / or in the cleaning unit. Increased pressure leads to higher turbulence and higher oxygenation information so that the overall effect of the device is improved. In the following the invention will be described by a non-limiting embodiment with reference to the drawings. In the drawings show:

1 shows a system with a water treatment device;

2 shows a water treatment device in partial section.

3 shows a cylindrical body of the water treatment device with a closure in partial section; and

Fig. 4 shows a cylindrical body of the water treatment device in partial section and in plan view.

Fig. 1 shows a system or a system with a device 140 for

Water treatment. The system is connected to a water supply line 1 10, in the dirty water 160 flows. The degree of contamination is irrelevant to the invention. It is even possible in principle to operate the system with clean water. The dirty water 160 is supplied to a microfilter unit 120 for cleaning. The purified water 170 is supplied via a pump 130 to a water treatment device 140, which further cleans and energizes it. The treated water 180 may finally be removed via a faucet 150.

The microfilter unit 120 filters out coarse contaminants from the dirty water 160. By coarse impurities are meant particles with sizes in the micrometer range. These are mainly bacteria or other pathogens. As a result of the microfilter unit 120, the coarse impurities no longer have to be broken down by the natural water purification processes in the water treatment device 140 in hindsight. This accelerates the water treatment of the purified water 170 and allows the water treatment device 140 to be made more compact and smaller.

Preferably, the microfilter unit 120 is a reverse osmosis unit. The microfilter acts as a semi-permeable membrane in order to to separate water 170 from the polluted water 160. Pressure is applied to the dirty water 160 to overcome the natural osmotic pressure between the purified water 160 and the dirty water 170.

With the pump 130, a suitable inlet pressure for the water treatment device 140 can be constructed. Not only does this pressure increase the flow rate of the purified water 170 through the water treatment device 140, so more purified water 170 can be treated for the same amount of time. It has also been found that by a higher pressure on the purified water 170, the conditioning function of the water treatment device 140 is significantly improved.

The water treatment device 140 itself treats the purified water 170 by being swirled. As a result of this turbulence, the water is enriched with oxygen information, through which the water has a higher oxygen content. By this higher perceived oxygen content, for example, microorganisms are stimulated, which further treat the purified water 170. However, it has been shown that such a treated water is cooler, fresher, gas-free and invigorating.

Substance information, for example, acid substance information, is understood to mean patterns which leave substances in contact with the purified water 170 in the purified water 170. The oxygen information is thus an indicator of the activity of the oxygen which has come into contact with the purified water 170. These patterns may be, for example, electromagnetic vibration patterns. The oxygen and its activity in the purified water 170 are thereby detectable via the oxygen information in hindsight. In other words, the oxygen information is nothing more than a "fingerprint" of the oxygen and its activity in the purified water 170. For example, microorganisms use this fingerprint since they are excited by the oxygen information in the purified water 170. Thus, in the purified water 170 is sufficiently high Content of oxygen information present, microorganisms are excited in the purified water 170, so that the purified water 170 is further processed. As already shown, the purified water 170 is supplied with oxygen information when it is swirled. Thus, it is the basic task of the water treatment device 140 to swirl the water as well as possible and strong. This exact solution will be described later.

The treated water 180 exiting the water treatment device 140 is then available for further use. In Fig. 1, this is illustrated for example by a tap 150, through which the treated water 180 can be removed.

Measurements have shown that by the water treatment device 140, the conductivity of the treated water 180 can be lowered to 5% of the conductivity of conventional tap water. From the conductance of the treated water 180, its saline content can be derived. Since saline deprives the human body of water, the salinity in drinking water should be as low as possible.

FIG. 3 shows a cylindrical body 230 of the water treatment device 140 with a closure 231 in partial section, and FIG. 4 shows a partial section and a top view of the cylindrical body 230 of the water treatment device 140.

The water treatment device 140 is preferably constructed in three parts and is used in a hollow body 250, such as a water pipe. It includes a cylindrical body 230 and two disk-shaped holding members 210, 220 which hold the cylindrical body 230 centered in the hollow body 250 or the water conduit 250. Preferably, these holding members 210, 220 are constructed in a sieve-like manner in order on the one hand to provide sufficient stability when holding the cylindrical body 230 and, on the other hand, to allow sufficient water to pass through. The coarser the mesh structure, the more water can pass through the support members 210, 220, but the stability of the support members is weaker. Alternatively, the retaining members may also be constructed of an inner ring for holding the cylindrical body and an outer ring for engagement with the water conduit 250. Inner ring and outer ring can then be connected by struts become. As a result, a honeycomb structure is realized, which is naturally very stable.

The cylindrical body 230 inserted in the water pipe 250 may be four-membered. In each case, a closure cap 231, 233 is attached to the ends of a receiving tube 232. In the interior 410 of the receiving tube 232, a power source 240 is received.

The receiving pipe 232 has a water supply section 235 and a water discharge section 236. The water supply region 235 is located at the inlet opening or at the inlet of the water treatment device 140, via which the purified water 170 flows into the water treatment device 140. The water discharge area 236 is located at the outlet opening or at the outlet of the water treatment device 140, via which the treated water 180 flows out of the water treatment device 140.

The receiving tube 232 has predetermined distances d 1, d 2 to the wall of the water line 250, which can taper from a first distance d 1 at the water supply region 235 to a second distance d 2 at the water discharge region 236. This rejuvenation increases the pressure within the water treatment device 140 and improves the swirling of the purified water 170. In an alternative embodiment, the receiving tube 232 abuts directly against the wall of the water conduit 250. Then, although less purified water 170 may pass through the water treatment device 140, the purified water 170 is most likely to be swirled.

Around a lateral surface 315 of the receiving tube 232, at least one spiral-shaped water guiding device 31 1 is placed. This spiral-shaped water guiding device 31 1 is formed in the present embodiment as a recess 31 1 and has an inlet 314 for receiving the purified water 170 and a discharge 313 for discharging the treated water 180. The inlet 314 is located in the water supply area 235 and the outlet 313 is located in the water discharge area 236. The collected purified water 170 is swirled in the spiral recess 31 1 and thereby enriched with oxygen information. The degree of Whirling depends mainly on the angle of rise 1, 2 of the spiral recess 31 1 and the width or diameter al, a2 from.

The steeper the angle of increase 1, 2, the less path length is available in the spiral-shaped depression 31 1, to swirl the purified water 170. Therefore, the slope angle 1, 2 should be as flat as possible. It has been shown in practice that it is particularly favorable if a first angle of rise 1 at the inlet 314 of the spiral depression 31 1 is steeper than a second angle of gradient 2 at the outlet 313. By this flattening of the angle of increase 1, 2 the pressure becomes only within the spiral recesses 31 1 constructed. The first slope angle 1 is between 60 ° and 45 °, with an angle of 45 ° being preferred. The second rise angle 2 is between 45 ° and 30 °, with an angle of 40 ° being preferred. As a result, a particularly good turbulence of the purified water 170 is achieved without requiring a very high inlet pressure for the purified water 170.

In a further embodiment of the water treatment device, the cross-section al, a2 of the spiral-shaped recesses 31 1 decreases from the inlet 314 to the outlet 313. The cross-section or diameter of the spiral-shaped depression 31 1 is preferably circular. The diameter of a first cross-section al at the inlet 314 is between 9 mm and 15 mm, preferably 10 mm. The diameter of a second cross-section a2 at the outlet 313 is between 6 mm and 9 mm, preferably 8 mm. Such an embodiment has the advantage that the pressure on the purified water 170 is built up within the spiral depressions 31 1. Thus, with the flattening slope angle 1, 2 and / or the tapering cross-section al, a2 either more purified water 170 can be treated at a constant pressure, or pressure can be saved with a constant amount of water to be treated.

To further increase the pressure and thus the turbulence of the flow resistance of the spiral recess 31 1 passing purified water 170 can be increased. The flow resistance is determined mainly via the path surface 312 within the spiral depression 31 1. This should be roughened for a high flow resistance. The amount of purified water 170 to be fluidized may exceed the

Number of spiral depressions 31 1 can be influenced. If the spiral depressions 31 1 have a relatively high angle of rise 1, 2, the lateral surface 315 of the receiving tube 232 has many free areas which are not used for swirling the purified water 170. In these free areas more spiral depressions 31 1 may be arranged. With the above-mentioned rise angles 1, 2, it has proved to be particularly favorable to guide three different spiral-shaped depressions 31 1 around the receiving tube 232. Each helical recess 31 1 should have a number of turns N between 1, 3-3 turns per centimeter pick-up tube length. The best turbulence is obtained at 2.2 turns per centimeter pick-up tube length.

The spiral depressions 31 1 are preferably milled into the circumferential surface 315 of the receiving tube 232. Thus, the production of the water treatment device 140 is simple and inexpensive.

When the water emerges from the spiral depressions 31 1 via the outlet 313, a water vortex forms after the receiving tube 232. In other words, the water is swirled upon exiting the spiral recesses 31 1. As a result of this turbulence, the water absorbs the aforementioned oxygen information. Numerous measurements have shown that the water cools down and is refreshed by these whirlpools and turbulences. In addition, the water is removed from the water by the turbulence. Ultimately, the water is enriched by the vortex also with energy.

In the interior 410 of the receiving tube 232 a variety of things can be recorded. One possibility is to arrange a reduced version of the described receiving tube 232 in the interior space 410 and also to guide water through the interior space 410 and thus further increase the turbulence.

Alternatively, an energy source 240 may be placed in the interior space 410 that energizes the turbulent and purified water 170. For this purpose, the receiving tube 232 must be closed at its ends 235, 236, wherein the closure should be waterproof. Furthermore, the shutter should 1 do not disturb the turbulence of the purified water 170 and be inexpensive to produce.

The best results can be achieved with semicircular sealing caps 231, 233. The semicircular shape of the closure cap 231 reduces the flow resistance in the water supply region 235 of the receiving tube 232. In the water discharge area 236, the turbulence of the water is not disturbed by the semicircular shape of the closure cap 233. In an alternative embodiment, one of the two closure cap

I O pen 231, 233 or both caps 231, 233 be pointed. On its underside 323, the closure caps 231, 233 are flat. Perpendicular to the bottom 323 extends an external thread 322, which is screwed into a corresponding internal thread 430 in the receiving tube 232. In the screwed state, the undersides 323 are the

1 5 Closure caps 231, 233 flush with the receiving tube 232 and seal the receiving tube 232 watertight. The seal may be increased by rubber rings 234 provided in a cutout 316 in the inlet 314 and outlet 313 of the receiving tube 232. In the screwed-in state of the closure caps 231, 233 in the receiving tube 232, the 0 rubber rings 234 push the sealing caps 231, 233 away from the receiving tube. This not only improves the seal against penetrating water, but also achieves a stable closure, since the screw can not be solved by the voltages generated by the rubber rings 234. 5

The receiving tube 232 has a length L between 10 cm and 20 cm, wherein the length L is preferably 15 cm. The shape of the receiving tube 232 is preferably a circular cylinder having a diameter D 1, D 2. This is particularly favorable in order to be able to install the receiving tube 232 and thus the water treatment device 140 in common water lines. The diameter D 1, D 2 can taper from the water supply region 235 to the water discharge region 236. This is a possibility of how an increasing distance d1, d2 between the wall of the water pipe 250 and the receiving pipe 232 can be technically realized. 5, the hollow body 250 accommodating the water treatment device 140 would not have to be further prepared if it is designed as a water pipe 150. The diameter D l in the water supply region 235 may be between 30mm and 37.5mm and preferably 37mm. The diameter D2 in the water discharge region 236 can be between 37.5 mm and 45 mm and preferably have a value of 38 mm.

As already mentioned, an energy source 240 may be included in the interior 410 of the pickup tube 232. The energy source 240 serves to treat the purified water 170. For this purpose, the energy source 240 can emit heat, UV light, and / or any other type of energy with which an advantageous energization of the purified water 170 is achieved. It has been shown that good results can be achieved by energizing with an orgone or orgone accumulator.

The present invention provides a water treatment device for use in a hollow body such as a water pipe. On the water treatment device there are spiral-shaped water guiding devices, such as depressions, with which water is swirled and enriched with oxygen information. As a result, the water is treated better and free of impurities compared to conventional water treatment devices.

Claims

claims

Claims 1. An apparatus for treating water (170), comprising: a hollow body (250) connectable to a water supply and a water discharge; and a substantially cylindrical body (230) accommodated in the hollow body (250), which has an outer lateral surface (315), wherein the lateral surface has a spiral-shaped water guiding device (31 1) for guiding at least part of the water (170) with an inlet (31). 314) in a water supply area (235) of the cylindrical body (31 1) for introducing the water (170) into the water guide device (31 1) and a drain (313) in a water discharge area (236) of the cylindrical body (31 1) for dispensing the water (170).

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the hollow body (250) is provided for installation in a water pipe.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the water-guiding device (31 1) as a spiral-shaped recess (31 1) in the lateral surface (315) is formed or as a spiral tube within the hollow body (250).

4. Device according to one of claims 1 -3, wherein the lateral surface (315) has at least two spiral-shaped water guiding devices (31 1), preferably three spiral-shaped water guiding devices (31 1).

5. Device according to one of claims 1 -4, wherein the width, the depth and / or the cross section (al, a2) of at least one Wasserführungsvor- direction (31 1) from the inlet (314) to the outlet (313) tapers.

6. Device according to one of claims 1 -5, wherein the surface (312) of the spiral-shaped water guiding device (31 1) is roughened.

7. Device according to one of claims 1 -6, wherein a rise angle (1, 2) of the at least one spiral-shaped water guide device (31 1) at the inlet (314) is greater than at the outlet (313).

8. Device according to one of claims 1-7, wherein the diameter (D l, D2) of the cylindrical body (31 1) in the water supply region (235) is smaller than in the water discharge region (236) and preferably increases continuously.

9. Device according to one of claims 1-8, wherein the distance (dl, d2) of the cylindrical body (230) from the inner surface of the hollow body (250) in the water supply region (235) of the spiral-shaped water guide device (31 1) greater than in the water discharge area ( 236).

10. Device according to one of claims 1-9, wherein the ratio of length (L) of the cylindrical body (230) to number of turns (N) of the spiral-shaped water guiding device (31 1) is 1, 5-3 cm / turn, preferably 2, 2 cm / turn.

1 1. Device according to one of claims 1-10, wherein the cylindrical body (230) in the water supply region and / or water discharge region (235, 236) is rounded.

12. Device according to one of claims 1- 1 1, wherein the cylindrical body (230) has in its interior a chamber (410).

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the cylindrical body (230) has at least one, preferably two openings (231, 233) to the chamber (410).

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the openings (231, 233) in the water supply area (235) and / or Wasserableitungsbereich (236) of the cylindrical body (230) are closable, and preferably an external thread (322) for screwing into the cylindrical Have body (230).

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein over the external thread (322) a seal (234) is placed, which closes the chamber (410) in the closed state watertight.

16. Device according to one of claims 12- 15, wherein in the chamber (410) a power source (240), preferably an Orgonakkumuator, is received.

17. Device according to one of claims 1-16, with at least one, preferably two holding elements (210, 220) which are arranged in the hollow body (250) respectively in the water supply region (235) and / or water discharge region (236) to the cylindrical body (230) in the hollow body (250) to keep centered.

18. Device according to one of claims 1-17, wherein the cylindrical body (230) consists of plastic.

19. System for treating water with a cleaning unit (120) for cleaning water (160) and a device (140) according to one of

Claims 1-18 for vortexing the purified water (170) from the cleaning unit (120).

20. System according to claim 19, wherein the cleaning unit (120) is a cellular filter, preferably a reverse osmosis unit.

21. The system of claim 19 or 20, wherein a pump (130) is connected to the cleaning unit (120) and the device (140) to increase the water pressure in the device (140) and / or cleaning unit (120) ,