However, with the popularization of water purifiers, their defects and deficiencies in application have gradually been exposed.
After the filter element of the water purifier is used for a period of time, the
filter material of the filter element is gradually blocked by impurities and adsorbed on the outer surface of the filter material, resulting in a significant decline in filtration and adsorption effects. Make the "
pollution" degree of the filter element impurities exceed the "pollution" degree of drinking water itself, so that the filter element becomes a new "pollution" source
Especially in some fine filter elements using
ultrafiltration membrane,
nanofiltration membrane, and
reverse osmosis membrane, due to the extremely small pore size of the screen, it is easy to cause clogging during use, which affects the life of the filter element
For this reason, these fine filter elements are equipped with a "drainage outlet" for drainage and flushing:
nanofiltration membranes and
reverse osmosis membranes adopt a regular
discharge "drainage outlet" for continuous discharge; Flow-type filter structure, open the
sewage outlet intermittently to flush the
ultrafiltration filter element, but because the
sewage outlet and the water inlet are on the water inlet side of the filter layer, the effect of flushing the filter layer is very poor, although some high-end
water treatment equipment Through the
electric control system and multi-channel
solenoid valve to change the direction of
water flow, the reverse flushing from the water outlet to the water inlet is realized, and the impurities trapped in the filter element are flushed out.
However, due to the need to be equipped with a power supply
system,
electronic control system, timing device, multiple solenoid valves, etc., the price is very high. Therefore, although this type of water purifier has a better effect, the price is very high, and it can only
recoil at regular intervals. , not easy to promote
At the same time, in order to ensure that the granular filter material such as
activated carbon does not escape from the filter element, that is, the phenomenon of "running carbon" does not occur, the front and rear stages of the existing water purifier mostly use screen-type filter material, and the
intermediate stage is granular filter material. It is very difficult to use the reverse full backflushing mode to completely discharge the intermediate impurities accumulated on the rear screen through the multi-stage filter element and then completely discharged from the water inlet. It often occurs that the intermediate impurities cannot be discharged by forward and reverse back and forth flushing.
However, high-end water purifiers with filter element status prompt function determine the corresponding filter element status according to the
water flow rate, which cannot truly reflect the use status of the filter element in different environments.
In addition, all the washing water that only needs rough treatment will be
purified water after advanced treatment, and the machine will quickly alarm and prompt to replace the filter element, which will increase the user's economic and psychological burden.
Furthermore, the discharge pipes of existing water purifiers with
recoil cleaning function or concentration discharge port are usually directly discharged into the sewer
pipe, and users cannot intuitively see the effect of filtering and retaining impurities, and then understand the importance of using water purifiers insufficient
This is a great shortcoming for the popularization of water purifiers, and it is also a major reason for the long-term slow development of the water purifier industry.
In addition, it is generally a small flow and fine filtration mode, which is limited to drinking water, and there is a lack of models that can take into account the dual functions of drinking and washing
However, water purifiers with washing flow are often expensive and bulky.
In addition, the replacement of the filter element of the existing water purifier is more troublesome, and generally requires professional on-site service, resulting in higher cost of the filter element
Above-mentioned defect and deficiency cause water purifier to be difficult to obtain wider popularization