Electrostatic Pipe Water Treatment with Integrated Electrode Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrostatic water treatment devices face challenges such as complex configurations, high manufacturing costs, and reduced efficiency due to long distances between high-voltage units and ground units, along with difficulties in assembly and insulation issues, which hinder effective water treatment and rust suppression.
Innovation Solution
A water treatment device with a simple configuration that includes a water treatment housing, a gap-maintaining member, a power converter, a high-voltage unit, and an epoxy molding layer, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly on pipes, reducing manufacturing costs while effectively treating water to reduce hardness and suppress rust.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a conventional electrostatic water treatment device with separate high-voltage units and ground units is used, then water treatment function is achieved, but the distance between high-voltage units and ground units becomes long, reducing treatment efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the high-voltage unit and ground unit into a single integrated electrode assembly. The high-voltage electrode and ground electrode are positioned adjacent to each other within the same housing, eliminating the need for separate distant units. This merging reduces the distance between electrodes while maintaining the electrostatic field generation capability, thereby improving water treatment efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing structure serves multiple functions: it provides mechanical support, maintains electrode positioning, and acts as part of the electrostatic field system. The integrated design allows the same structure to fulfill both structural and functional roles, reducing the need for additional components and minimizing electrode distance.
2Reliability
If conventional water treatment devices with complex configurations are used, then comprehensive water treatment functions are achieved, but manufacturing costs increase and assembly becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple components (high-voltage electrode, ground electrode, housing, insulation elements) are merged into a single integrated assembly that can be manufactured as one unit or pre-assembled modules. This reduces the number of separate parts, simplifies manufacturing processes, and lowers assembly complexity while maintaining comprehensive water treatment functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed as a modular assembly where the electrode system, housing, and insulation components can be manufactured separately and then easily assembled together. This segmentation allows for specialized manufacturing of each component and simplifies assembly procedures, reducing both manufacturing costs and assembly difficulty.
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 device achieves efficient water treatment with reduced hardness and rust suppression, utilizing a simple structure that can be easily installed on pipes, thereby lowering production costs and enhancing operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a high-voltage unit connected to the high-voltage output line to generate static electricity between itself and an inner surface of the water treatment housing
Implementation Method 2
generate static electricity between itself and an inner surface of the water treatment housing
Implementation Method 3
a water treatment power converter accommodated in the water treatment gap-maintaining member to receive power from outside and convert the power into high voltage
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AI summary
Provided is a water treatment device with a simple configuration that uses an electrostatic field, which can be assembled and disassembled to and from a pipe through which water flows to treat the passing water into water with a reduced hardness that can be used as sterilizing water and can also suppress rust generation, and the water treatment device can be manufactured with a simple structure, thereby reducing manufacturing costs.