Electrolytic Bath Mesh Electrodes Uniform Potential Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electrolytic baths face issues with uniform potential difference across electrodes, require ion exchange resin for conductivity, suffer from electrode surface instability, and have limited electrolysis efficiency due to decomposition reactions and resin degradation.
Innovation Solution
An electrolytic bath design that couples electrodes of the same polarity to ensure stable power distribution without a catalytic agent or ion exchange resin, using a housing with ion exchange membranes and mesh electrodes to expand reaction areas and minimize distances, facilitating redox reactions in tap, RO, or DI water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a power source is independently applied to a plurality of electrodes having the same polarity, then the electrodes can be supplied with power, but a potential difference for surfaces of these electrodes is not uniformly formed, making it difficult to stabilize the surfaces of the electrodes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple electrodes of the same polarity into a single electrode assembly that is connected to a single power source terminal. This combining approach ensures uniform potential distribution across all electrode surfaces while maintaining stable electrode surfaces, resolving the contradiction between reliability and ease of operation.
2Reliability
If RO water or DI water is used as raw material water, then the electrolytic bath can operate, but an ion exchange resin had to be used to enhance conductivity due to low conductance of the raw material water
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the ion exchange resin component from the electrolytic bath system. By using tap water instead of RO or DI water, the system achieves sufficient conductivity without requiring ion exchange resin, thereby simplifying the device structure and reducing complexity.
3Reliability
If an ion exchange resin is repeatedly used in the electrolytic bath, then conductivity is enhanced, but the heat resistance of the resin is degraded, and its lifespan is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the ion exchange resin with a disposable, replaceable component approach. The power source connection system is designed to be simple and replaceable, allowing easy maintenance without degrading heat resistance issues, thus extending the operational lifespan of the electrolytic bath system.
4Productivity
If electrolysis is performed between a negative pole and a positive pole, then decomposition reaction occurs on electrode surface, but electrolysis efficiency at a region that is not in direct contact with the electrode surface is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mesh structure for the electrodes, transforming the traditional planar electrode surface into a three-dimensional mesh configuration. This dimensional change increases the effective electrode surface area and allows electrolysis to occur throughout the mesh volume, improving electrolysis efficiency in regions not directly contacting the electrode surface while maintaining high productivity.
5Area of stationary object
If the power source is independently supplied to the electrodes installed adjacent to each other to have the same polarity, then the electrodes can be powered, but it is difficult to stably expand the surfaces of the electrodes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple adjacent electrodes of the same polarity into a unified electrode assembly connected to a single power source terminal. This merging approach allows the electrode surfaces to expand stably while maintaining uniform potential distribution and surface stability, resolving the contradiction between area expansion and reliability.
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 configuration achieves stable and efficient electrolysis of acidic water with high conductivity and reduced electrode surface instability, allowing for the production of acidic reduced and oxidized water with specific pH and ORP values, suitable for various applications including antioxidants, drinking water, and cosmetics.
Implementation Method 1
at least one ion exchange membrane (111) dividing the housing (100) into a plurality of packing chambers (110a, 110b)
Implementation Method 2
electrolyzing reverse osmosis (RO) water or deionized (DI) water as well as tap water... by applying the same polarity to a plurality of electrodes having one polarity and applying the same polarity to a plurality of electrodes having the other polarity through a mesh electrode without using an ion exchange resin, so that a reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction is facilitated by expanding an electrode surface that is a reaction area of the electrodes having different polarities and narrowing a distance between the electrodes
Implementation Method 3
a reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction is facilitated by expanding an electrode surface... production of acidic reduced and oxidized water with specific pH and ORP values
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AI summary
An electrolytic bath for manufacturing acidic water capable of ensuring sufficient conductivity through wide surfaces of electrodes and stability of the surfaces of the electrodes to electrolyze tap water as well as RO water or DI water, especially, by coupling electrodes having the same polarity as one to apply a power source to the electrodes having the same polarity at the same time without using an additional catalytic agent or ion exchange resin, and use of the acidic water are provided. In particular, an electrolytic bath for manufacturing acidic water capable of obtaining a high concentration of acidic water by further forming mesh electrodes having a polarity different from the plurality of electrodes on a surface of an ion exchange membrane to widen an area of the electrodes and minimize a distance between the electrodes, thereby further facilitating a redox reaction, and use of the acidic water are provided.