Chlorinator Eroding Assembly With Removable Sieve and Adjustable Weir
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water-soluble chemical feeders, such as chlorinators, face issues with chemical material accumulation leading to flow rate alterations, environmental and health risks during cleaning, and labor-intensive maintenance, necessitating extensive disassembly for performance modifications.
Innovation Solution
An eroding assembly with a two-member eroding chamber, a removable sieve plate, and a repositionable weir body, allowing for easy cleaning and performance adjustments without disassembly, using a slidably removable sieve plate and a flexible weir body with adjustable perforations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the chlorinator operates continuously to maintain water disinfection, then the productivity is improved, but chemical material accumulates in the eroding assembly requiring maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The eroding assembly is divided into separable components: the eroding chamber can be detached from the distribution chamber, and the sieve plate can be removed independently. This segmentation allows maintenance of specific components without complete disassembly, reducing downtime while maintaining continuous operation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a static, fixed assembly to a dynamic, reconfigurable structure. Components such as the sieve plate and eroding chamber are designed to be movable and removable, enabling quick maintenance access without shutting down the entire system, thus maintaining productivity while allowing regular maintenance.
2Reliability
If the eroding assembly is cleaned by disassembly to remove accumulated chemical material, then the reliability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to labor-intensive maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The eroding assembly is segmented into removable components including the eroding chamber and sieve plate. This allows maintenance personnel to access and clean accumulated chemical material from specific areas without complete disassembly, significantly reducing labor effort while maintaining reliability through consistent cleaning.
Solution Approach 2:
The design enables easier self-cleaning capabilities through removable components that can be taken out for cleaning. The sieve plate and eroding chamber can be removed and cleaned separately, reducing the need for extensive manual disassembly and making maintenance more accessible to operators.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the chlorinator is disassembled for maintenance to remove accumulated material, then the harmful factors are reduced, but the loss of time increases due to extensive disassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The eroding chamber is segmented and removable, allowing maintenance personnel to access and clean chemical accumulations without complete system disassembly. This reduces exposure time to harmful chemicals while maintaining safety, and reduces overall maintenance downtime by enabling targeted cleaning of contaminated components.
Solution Approach 2:
The eroding chamber and sieve plate are extracted as separate removable components. This allows direct access to accumulated chemical material for safe removal and cleaning, minimizing personnel exposure to harmful substances while reducing maintenance time through focused access to contaminated areas.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the system structure is modified to adjust erosion rate for seasonal demand, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases requiring extensive disassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The eroding assembly is segmented into modular components that can be independently adjusted or replaced. This modularity allows seasonal adjustments to erosion rate by changing sieve plate configurations or eroding chamber components without modifying the entire system, maintaining adaptability while reducing modification complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates dynamic, adjustable components such as removable sieve plates with varying aperture configurations. This allows seasonal adjustment of erosion rates by simply changing the sieve plate rather than disassembling and modifying the entire eroding assembly, improving adaptability while maintaining simple device architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates efficient cleaning and maintenance, reduces exposure to harmful chemicals, and simplifies performance adjustments, minimizing downtime and safety risks.
Implementation Method 1
a slidably removable sieve plate having a sieve therethrough adapted to provide fluid communication between the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member
Implementation Method 2
a weir body is removably attached to the eroding chamber upper member and adapted to limit fluid communication from the eroding chamber upper member to a mixing chamber tank
Implementation Method 3
a solid chemical material, such as provided as tablet, granules and the like, is provided in a feeder and is eroded by water so as to produce a sanitizing solution of dissolved chemical material and water
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AI summary
An eroding assembly for use in water-soluble chemical feeder where a solid chemical material is eroded by water so as to produce a sanitizing solution of dissolved chemical and water having removal components in its structure for ease of cleaning and removal of any undissolved chemical material, particularly the sieve plate and weir.