Abstract:
The present invention provides a descaling device for a water tank comprising a control circuit (100) having an anode and a cathode and a metal rod (400) disposed in the water tank, wherein the anode of the control circuit (100) is connected to the metal rod (400), and the cathode of the control circuit (100) is connected to an inner wall (500) of the water tank. The control circuit (100) further comprises: a voltage supply unit having an output port connected to the anode of the control circuit, for supplying a voltage to the metal rod (400), wherein the voltage supply unit has an enabling port; a microcontroller connected to an enabling port of the voltage supply unit, for detecting an output current of the voltage supply unit and outputting a control signal according to the detected output current so as to control the voltage supply unit. The present invention may effectively descale water tanks in view of different water qualities.
Abstract:
A method is disclosed in which water is pumped continuously into one end of a container, the pollutants are captured and floated to the surface, the treated and cleaned water flows out the other end and the floated pollutants are removed. In one embodiment, the system consists of at least one container that has a set of electrically active plates and a mechanism for capturing and removing the pollutants that are floated to the surface by the electrically active plates. Multiple containers can be connected in series and used for similar or separate purposes to remove the pollutants. In another embodiment, the single container is partitioned into a multiple of chambers. Each chamber can be used for a similar or separate purpose, which purpose depends upon the application. In both embodiments, the primary reaction consists of electroflocculation, in which a low voltage is applied across a set of metal plates. This liberates metal ions and gas bubbles. The metal ions capture the pollutants and the gas bubbles float them to the surface. The whole process is done In a manner In which the floated pollutants form a stable layer on the surface of the flowing water. Different sets of metal plates can be used in separate chambers to remove different pollutants. The voltage to the plates is controlled in such a manner as to provide a known charge dose to the water as It passes through the apparatus at a Known rate. This is controlled by monitoring and controlling both the rate at which the water flows and the rate at which the electric charge Is imparted through the water. In operation water is pumped into the first chamber where ft is treated with the first set of plates. It can then flow into a second chamber, with a barrier mechanism that limits the surface floe from flowing with it. This process can be repeated in other chambers until the water is adequately treated with different sets of plates. The water can then flow into additional chambers in which much of the residual floe and bubbles floats to the surface. Each chamber has a wall over which the floe can flow into a drain mechanism, and a mechanism for getting the floe to flow over the wall. In this manner these continuous flow electroflocculation water treatment systems operate like a membrane free filter or a chemical free dissolved air flotation system.
Abstract:
A water purification and disinfection system for treating water in a substantially closed circulating water system, in which the water purification and disinfection system includes an electrolysis tank deployed in a side branch of a main flow path of the substantially closed circulating water system in such a manner that substantially all the water in the substantially closed circulating water system passes through the electrolysis tank. Also disclosed is an electrode configuration for use in the electrolysis tank of a water purification and disinfection system. The electrode configuration includes positive and negative electrical contact bars extending into the electrolysis tank, and positive and negative electrodes deployed such that the positive electrodes are supported by both positive and negative electrical contact bars and are in electrical communication only with the positive electrical contact bar, and the negative electrodes are supported by both positive and negative electrical contact bats and are in electrical communication only with the negative electrical contact bar.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an electrochemical coagulation process for the removal of nitrate from drinking water, wherein the nitrate is removed by adsorption of metal hydroxide, formed by 'in-situ' anodic oxidation. The electrochemical coagulation process of the present invention, for the removal of nitrate from drinking water, obviates the drawbacks of the commonly used treatments processes such as electrochemical method and membrane techniques. The electrochemical coagulation process consists of an electrochemical flow cell fitted with an anode and cathode of aluminium alloy with an inter-electrode distance of 0.1 to 0.2cm. Drinking water containing 250 to 800 mg/1 of nitrate at a pH in the range of 2-13 and at a temperature between 20-80 °C is electrolyzed at anode and cathode current densities between 0.1 - 0.5 A. dm -2 The aluminium hydroxide formed from the anode during electrolysis adsorbs the nitrate present in the water and removed by filtration. The removal efficiency of this method is up to 99 %.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of use of water having a p H within the range of 6.0 –7.0, said water containing an anolyte fraction obtained by electrolysis of an aqueous solution of sodium chloride, said water having a free available chlorine (FAC) content within the range of 0.10 –0.60 ppm, as drinking water for domestic animals kept indoors for maintaining and/or improving their growth. The invention also provides a method and a system for producing the water.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an anolyte preparation, said anolyte preparation being suitable as drinking water for domestic animals kept indoors, for example in a barn, a cowshed, pigsty, and/or a poultry house, comprising the steps of: a) providing incoming basic water (202); b) adding sodium chloride to said incoming water; c) conveying said sodium chloride-containing water of step b) through the cathode chamber (212) of the electrochemical reactor (216), and subsequently conveying at least a part of said water that has passed through the cathode chamber (212) through the anode chamber (224) while applying a voltage over a membrane (213) separating the cathode chamber (212) and the anode chamber (224) of the electrochemical reactor (216) and thereby leading an electrical current between said chambers, resulting in formation of an anolyte fraction in the anode chamber; and d) determining pH and ORP of the obtained anolyte fraction, characterized in that data regarding the electrical current through said membrane (213) is used to control addition of sodium chloride, and data regarding pH of the obtained anolyte fraction is used to control the amount said water that has passed through the cathode chamber (212) that shall be conveyed through the anode chamber, in such a way that the free available chlorine (FAC) content of the resulting water is in the range of 0.10 - 0.60 ppm. The invention also provides a system for carrying out the method.
Abstract:
본 발명은 일반적인 대용량 용수 처리용 전기분해 장치에서 전극판 모듈 고장 시에도 운전 동작이 가능하도록 한 바이패스 장치를 구비한 전극판 모듈에 관련된 것이다. 더욱 상세하게는, 전극모듈 구성방식을 4개 모두 병렬로 갖는 방식의 기본형으로부터 2개씩 병렬로 2개를 직렬로 갖는 방식에서의 바이패스 구성, 1개 씩 모두 직렬로 갖는 방식에서의 바이패스 구성을 갖는 구조에서 바이패스 장치 및 바이패스 최적 제어를 위한 회로 구성 및 운용 프로그램과, 정류기에 전극 모듈의 소비 전류를 통신으로 수신하여 최적 운전 조건을 판단하고 바이패스 장치를 제어할 수 있는 프로그램을 구성하도록 한 바이패스 장치에 관한 것이다. 이에 따라서, 바이패스 장치의 추가로 고장 시에도 운전을 보장할 수 있어 제품 신뢰성을 증대할 수 있는 효과를 가지게 된다.