Gas-Liquid Dissolving Tank With Segmented Flow Paths

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for generating microscopic bubbles in liquids are costly, difficult to maintain, and inefficient, particularly in generating large amounts quickly, and often struggle with cleanliness and scalability, especially when handling food/beverage or high-purity liquids.

Innovation Solution

A gas-liquid dissolving tank with vertically divided chambers and strategically positioned openings that promote gas-liquid contact through specific gravity differences, combined with a pumping unit, gas mixing unit, and gas-liquid discharging unit, allows for efficient generation and easy cleaning of microscopic bubbles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If gas-liquid dissolving tank increases contact area by adding separation walls, then dissolution efficiency is improved, but equipment size and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedissolution efficiencyVSAvoidequipment size

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The dissolving tank is divided into multiple chambers by partition walls with through-holes, creating segmented flow paths that increase gas-liquid contact area and dissolution efficiency without requiring a proportionally larger tank volume

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Partition walls with vertically extended through-holes create three-dimensional flow paths where gas and liquid interact in multiple dimensions, increasing contact efficiency within the same horizontal footprint

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Productivity

If separation walls are added to increase contact area, then dissolution is promoted, but liquid submerges separation walls making them ineffective

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedissolution efficiencyVSAvoidseparation wall effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The through-holes in partition walls are designed with vertical extensions that dynamically adapt to liquid level changes, ensuring gas-liquid separation functionality is maintained regardless of liquid submergence depth

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Different portions of the partition wall structure serve different functions: the main body provides structural separation while the vertically extended through-holes specifically address liquid submergence issues by maintaining gas passage capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If fine holes or bladed wheels are used to diffuse bubbles, then bubbles are generated, but equipment cost is high and maintenance is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebubble generationVSAvoidmaintenance difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of using complex bladed wheel structures or fine-hole diffusers, the invention uses simple partition walls with through-holes that replicate the bubble generation function in a much simpler, more maintainable manner

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The partition wall structure with through-holes provides a low-cost, simple alternative to expensive and difficult-to-maintain bubble generation equipment, achieving effective bubble generation without complex components

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

4Device complexity

If simple collision method is used to generate bubbles, then equipment is simple, but bubbles cannot be made sufficiently microscopic and energy loss is large

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment simplicityVSAvoidbubble size

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The invention uses gas-liquid flow dynamics through partition walls with through-holes to generate microscopic bubbles, combining equipment simplicity with effective bubble size reduction through fluid mechanical principles

Inventive Principle:

Principle #29Pneumatics and hydraulics

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 stable and efficient generation of a large amount of microscopic bubbles in a short time, ensures easy cleaning, and is applicable to various liquids, including food/beverage, while maintaining a simple and cost-effective design.

Implementation Method 1

a gas-liquid dissolving tank which promotes dissolution of gas (701) mixed with liquid (702) in the liquid (702)

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectGravity: Gravitation

Data Source

PatentUS9700853B2Gas-liquid dissolving tank and microscopic bubble generator

Publication Date: 2017.07.11 YOKOTA SEISAKUSHO

AI summary

This invention provides a microscopic bubble generator that can stably/efficiently generate a large amount of microscopic bubbles in liquid in a short time and can be easily cleaned in an assembled state and in a disassembled state, and a gas-liquid dissolving tank that can be suitably used for the apparatus.In the gas-liquid dissolving tank that promotes dissolution of gas mixed with liquid in the liquid, openings that pass the flowing gas-liquid are formed at an upper portion and a lower portion of a container of the tank, a plurality of separation walls that vertically divide a plurality of chambers are disposed in the container, openings that connect upper and lower chambers are formed through the separation walls, the upper ends of the openings of the separation walls extend predetermined distances upward from the separation walls, and the lower ends of the openings of the separation walls extend predetermined distances downward from the separation walls.