Analyzer Water Purification On-Demand Purity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional analyzer devices fail to maintain the required purity of Type I water due to contamination and microbiological growth in storage tanks, leading to poor analysis results, frequent cleaning, and high maintenance costs, as existing systems do not monitor or maintain water quality effectively.
Innovation Solution
An analyzer device with integrated water purification means that produces and recirculates purified water immediately before use, utilizing a closed circuit with pretreatment, reverse osmosis, UV radiation oxidation, degassing, and final filtration, along with electronic control units for monitoring and feedback to ensure consistent Type I water quality at points of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If water is stored in a storage tank inside the analyzer device, then water is available for use, but water purity deteriorates due to contamination and microbiological growth
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful storage function is extracted from the system. Instead of storing purified water in a tank inside the analyzer device, the system connects directly to an external municipal water supply, eliminating the storage tank that causes contamination and microbiological growth while maintaining continuous access to water.
Solution Approach 2:
A water treatment system acts as an intermediary between the municipal water supply and the analyzer device. This intermediary treats the water on-demand through multiple purification stages (reverse osmosis, deionization, UV oxidation, filtration) to produce Type I purified water without requiring storage, thus maintaining purity while providing continuous supply.
2Reliability
If frequent cleaning procedures are implemented to maintain water quality, then analysis reliability is improved, but maintenance costs and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The water treatment system operates continuously to treat water on-demand as it is used by the analyzer device. This continuous treatment ensures water remains pure throughout use without requiring periodic cleaning interruptions, maintaining analysis reliability while eliminating cleaning time and associated costs.
3Measurement precision
If Type I water is used for all analyses to prevent contamination influence, then analysis accuracy is improved, but water consumption and treatment costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The water treatment system provides Type I purified water locally and on-demand to the analyzer device through direct connection. This ensures high purity water is available exactly where and when needed for analyses, maintaining measurement precision without requiring excessive water consumption for storage and handling.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution ensures the reproducibility and accuracy of medical analyses by maintaining water quality, simplifying decontamination procedures, and reducing maintenance costs by continuously monitoring and maintaining water purity at the point of use.
Implementation Method 1
reverse osmosis purification means
Implementation Method 2
UV radiation oxidation treatment means
Implementation Method 3
degassing means
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to an analyzer device of the kind using purified water and including one or more analyzer means adapted to carry out predetermined analyses and defining at least one point of use of the purified water and having a water purification system at least partially formed on board the device. The water purification system includes a variety of water purification modules adapted to produce purified water for the one or more analyzer means having a predetermined purity and in that the purified water is taken up by the one or more analyzer means immediately after it has been purified.