Cap-Mounted Ozone Disinfection Device for Beverage Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ozone-based water disinfection devices require powerful generators and can irritate mucous membranes due to ozone in the air, posing a double inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A device with an ozone generator, air flow impeller, and duct mounted as a lid or plug on a container, allowing for a smaller generator and impeller, higher ozone concentration, and integration of a power supply for effective disinfection without ozone escaping into the air.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a powerful ozone generator is used to disinfect water by bubbling through the liquid, then the disinfection effectiveness is improved, but the device size and power requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the harmful ozone gas from the bubbling process and redirects it through a duct into the liquid. This separates the ozone generation function from the direct contact method, allowing a smaller generator to be used while maintaining disinfection effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The duct acts as an intermediary element that transports ozone from the generator to the liquid surface. This mediator allows controlled delivery of ozone directly where needed, improving efficiency and reducing the required generator power.
2Reliability
If ozone is bubbled through the liquid to achieve disinfection, then the disinfection function is improved, but ozone escapes into the air becoming an irritant to mucous membranes
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts ozone that would otherwise escape into the air and redirects it through a duct into the liquid. This prevents harmful ozone from becoming airborne while maintaining the disinfection function.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention converts potentially harmful escaped ozone into a beneficial disinfectant by directing it into the liquid through the duct. What would be waste or harmful emission becomes the active disinfection agent.
3Quantity of substance
If a duct is used to conduct ozone flow into the drink, then the ozone concentration inside the container is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the duct with the lid or closure of the container, integrating the ozone delivery system into an existing structural component. This reduces overall device complexity while achieving higher ozone concentration inside the container.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid serves multiple functions: it closes the container and houses the duct for ozone delivery. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the overall device structure.
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
The solution enables a compact, efficient, and effective ozone-based disinfection system with higher ozone concentration inside the container, reducing the need for powerful equipment and minimizing air-borne ozone exposure.
Implementation Method 1
an ozone generator, an air flow impeller, connected to the ozone generator, to pass said flow through it
Implementation Method 2
an air flow impeller, connected to the ozone generator, to pass said flow through it
Data Source
AI summary
A device (1) for disinfecting a beverage (2) in a container (3), comprising: an ozone generator (4), an impeller (5) for generating an air flow (6) connected to the ozone generator (4) to drive said air flow (6) through same, a duct (7) disposed at the outlet of the ozone generator (4) to direct the flow (6) of ozone-rich air toward the beverage (2), and where the components of the device (1) are installed on a support (8) with the shape of a cap or plug, adapted to the aperture (30) of the container (3).