Drink Water Treatment Composition for Mineral Re-mineralization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water treatment methods fail to consistently re-mineralize drinking water to achieve desired mineral concentrations for brewing coffee and other beverages, leading to inconsistent flavor profiles.
Innovation Solution
A drink water treatment composition comprising a blend of edible, water-soluble salts such as calcium citrate, magnesium sulfate, and sodium chloride, which are mixed and dissolved in drinking water to re-mineralize it, ensuring consistent mineral levels and flavor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If existing water treatment methods are used, then water treatment is performed, but the desired mineral concentrations are not consistently achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by precisely controlling the concentration ratios of different salts in the treatment composition. The composition specifies exact weight percentages: calcium salt (15-25%), magnesium salt (65-75%), and sodium/potassium salt (5-10%). This precise parameter control ensures consistent mineral concentrations in the treated water, directly resolving the contradiction between manufacturing precision and reliability of flavor profiles.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite material approach by creating a multi-component salt mixture rather than using a single treatment agent. The composite composition combines calcium citrate, magnesium sulfate, and sodium/potassium chloride in specific proportions. This composite formulation ensures that multiple minerals are delivered in consistent ratios, simultaneously achieving both manufacturing precision and reliable flavor outcomes.
2Quantity of substance
If salts are added to re-mineralize water, then mineral concentrations increase, but sedimentation and hazing may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by carefully selecting and controlling the solubility parameters of the salts used. The composition employs highly water-soluble salts (calcium citrate, magnesium sulfate, sodium/potassium chloride) in optimized concentrations that fully dissolve in the treated water volume. This parameter control ensures that mineral concentration is increased without exceeding solubility limits, thereby preventing sedimentation and hazing.
3Ease of manufacture
If a simple salt mixture is used, then ease of manufacture is improved, but adaptability to different water sources is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a treatment composition that functions effectively across multiple water sources including distilled water, deionized water, and reverse osmosis water. The multi-component salt mixture (calcium citrate, magnesium sulfate, sodium/potassium chloride) provides a universal mineral profile that adapts to different starting water conditions while maintaining consistent final mineral concentrations, thus achieving both ease of manufacture and water source adaptability.
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 composition effectively re-mineralizes water to achieve desired mineral concentrations, enhancing the flavor consistency of beverages like coffee and other water-based drinks without sedimentation or hazing, and can be tailored for specific water sources and applications.
Implementation Method 1
a first edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight between about 15% and about 25% by weight of the composition... a second edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight between about 65% and about 75% by weight of the composition and in admixture with the first edible, water-soluble salt
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AI summary
A drink water treatment composition comprises a first edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight, e.g., between about 15% and about 25% by weight of the composition, and a second edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight, e.g., between about 65% and about 75% by weight of the composition and in admixture with the first edible, water-soluble salt. The composition can also include a third edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight, e.g., between about 5% and about 10% by weight of the composition and in admixture with the first and second edible, water-soluble salts. The mixture of edible, water-soluble salts is packaged in an effective amount to be mixed and dissolved in a reference amount of drinking water to re-mineralize the drinking water for human ingestion.