Deformable Chlorine Dioxide Generator with Gas-Permeable Port
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional chlorine dioxide generators are not portable and suffer from liquid dripping or spill issues, and achieving high concentrations of chlorine dioxide gas requires hazardous acidic substances, which poses handling risks and reduces generation efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A deformable container with a gas-permeable, water-impermeable gas discharge port and a non-contact arrangement of solid acidic and chlorite solutions, where the enclosure breaks upon deformation to generate chlorine dioxide gas, allowing for safe portability and efficient generation with low acidic substance concentrations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the device is formed compact for providing portability, then portability is improved, but liquid dripping or spill occurs from inside the device
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate compartments: a reaction chamber for generating chlorine dioxide gas and a storage chamber for liquid chlorine. This segmentation prevents liquid from reaching areas where it could drip or spill, while maintaining compact overall device size for portability.
Solution Approach 2:
A gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable membrane is introduced as an intermediary barrier between the liquid chlorine storage and the reaction chamber. This membrane allows chlorine gas to pass through for reaction while blocking liquid chlorine, preventing liquid leakage while enabling the compact design.
2Reliability
If sealing of the container is ensured to prevent liquid dripping or spill, then liquid containment is improved, but resistance in discharging of chlorine dioxide gas increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container structure has different properties in different locations: the gas discharge port is made gas-permeable while the rest of the container walls are liquid-tight. This local differentiation allows efficient gas discharge through the permeable port while maintaining liquid containment through the impermeable sealing of the rest of the container.
3Productivity
If the concentration of acidic substance is increased to achieve high concentration of chlorine dioxide gas, then generation efficiency is improved, but handling safety deteriorates due to hazardous substance
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the concentration parameter of the acidic substance from high to low (e.g., using dilute sulfuric acid instead of concentrated acid). This parameter change maintains sufficient chlorine dioxide generation efficiency while dramatically improving handling safety by reducing the hazards associated with concentrated acidic substances.
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 compact, portable chlorine dioxide generation with reduced fumigation treatment time, allowing immediate human access to treated spaces by generating a large amount of chlorine dioxide gas in a short period without liquid spills and using safer, lower acidic substance concentrations.
Implementation Method 1
a gas discharge port formed of a gas-permeable, water-impermeable or gas-permeable, water-permeation retardant member
Implementation Method 2
the solid acidic composition comprises a porous material containing an acidic substance that exhibits acidity when dissolved in water
Implementation Method 3
generate chlorine dioxide gas through a reaction between a chlorite and an acidic substance
Data Source
AI summary
A method of producing chlorine dioxide involves generating chlorine dioxide gas by deforming a container body of a chlorine dioxide generator which is deformable in response to application of a force to the container body from outside of the container body. The deforming of the container body causes an enclosure contained in the cylinder body to be broken to bring an aqueous chlorite solution into contact with a solid acidic composition to generate chlorine dioxide gas that is discharged via a gas discharge port of the container body to outside of the container body. The method additionally involves submerging in water at least the gas discharge port of the container body during the generation of the chlorine dioxide gas to dissolve the chlorine dioxide gas discharged via the gas discharge port in the water.