Humic and Fulvic Acid Extraction via Physical Filtration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for extracting humic and fulvic acids for human consumption involve chemical processes that include carcinogenic chemicals, which are not suitable for human consumption, and introduce residual chemicals in the water, posing health risks.
Innovation Solution
A method using humate sources such as humus soil, coal, and ocean water, processed through a series of filtration, dechlorination, sterilization, and pH adjustment stages, without the use of harmful chemicals, to extract and separate humic and fulvic acids, ensuring their safety for human consumption in beverages and supplements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If chemical extraction processes are used to extract humic and fulvic acids, then extraction efficiency is improved, but harmful residual chemicals are introduced that are not suitable for human consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the beneficial humic and fulvic acid components from humate sources while deliberately excluding harmful chemical extraction agents. The process takes out the desired substances through physical and biological methods rather than chemical reactions, ensuring no carcinogenic residuals remain in the final product
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces purified water as an intermediary medium to facilitate the extraction and separation of humic and fulvic acids without using harmful chemicals. This intermediary enables the extraction process while maintaining safety for human consumption, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and harmlessness
2Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple filtration and purification stages are added to remove harmful chemicals, then product safety is improved, but process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the purification process into distinct sequential stages: initial filtration to remove particulates, dechlorination to remove chlorine, and final purification. This segmentation allows each stage to target specific contaminants systematically, improving safety while keeping each individual stage relatively simple and manageable
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary purification actions on the water and humate sources before the main extraction process. By pre-filtering and pre-purifying the input materials, the system reduces the burden on subsequent extraction and purification stages, achieving high product safety without requiring excessively complex overall processing
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 method produces humic and fulvic acids that are safe for human consumption, free from harmful chemicals, and can be used in various products like water beverages, flavored drinks, and supplements, enhancing their quality and safety.
Implementation Method 1
A mixing tank has a humate source material and water added to it and mixed together in the mixing tank to form a mixture
Implementation Method 2
The mixture is then added to a pH control device that controls the pH of the mixture
Implementation Method 3
A temperature control device controls the temperature of the mixture
Implementation Method 4
The mixture is then added to a vacuum device that uses a vacuum pressure to draw out the fulvic acid molecules
Implementation Method 5
The humic acid molecules are drawn out of the mixture by an activated carbon bed
Data Source
AI summary
The embodiments disclose a method including processing and treating at least one water source supply for mixing with humic acid and fulvic acid, chopping and pulverizing at least one humate source, mixing the chopped and pulverized at least one humate source with the processed and treated at least one water source supply, processing the chopped and pulverized at least one humate source and the processed and treated at least one water source supply for separating, segregating, and suspending fulvic acid and humic acid molecules from the at least one humate source, storing the fulvic acid and humic acid molecules in a fresh quantity of the treated water source supply, adjusting the pH level of the stored fulvic acid and humic acid, and creating at least one or more beverage product for human consumption using the fulvic acid and humic acid molecule ingredients and other ingredients including vitamins, flavorings and additives.