Liquid micronization apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
In conventional liquid micronization apparatuses, continuous operation leads to the concentration and precipitation of scale components like calcium, causing clogging in the water storage, water pumping pipe, and drain hole.
Innovation Solution
A liquid micronization apparatus is designed with a water storage, a water supplier, a drainage system, a remaining water amount acquirer, a transition determiner, and a water supply/drain controller. This configuration allows for the discharge of all water from the storage and subsequent refilling when the storage is empty, preventing scale component precipitation and clogging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If water is continuously supplied to the water storage during humidification operation, then the humidification function is maintained, but scale components concentrate and precipitate causing clogging
Solution Approach 1:
The system periodically drains water from the water storage at predetermined intervals during continuous humidification operation. This periodic drainage prevents scale components from concentrating and precipitating, thereby maintaining system reliability while allowing continuous productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system discards a portion of water from the water storage through the drainage mechanism to remove accumulated scale components. By selectively discarding water that contains concentrated scale, the system prevents clogging while maintaining continuous operation.
2Reliability
If water is drained from the water storage, then scale component precipitation is prevented, but water supply control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit automatically determines when drainage is needed based on operational time or water amount thresholds, and autonomously controls the drainage and water supply processes. This self-service approach manages the complexity of water supply/drain coordination without requiring external intervention or complex manual control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the operational time or water amount information as feedback to trigger drainage operations. By monitoring these parameters and automatically initiating drainage when thresholds are reached, the system manages water supply control complexity through simple feedback-based decision making.
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 apparatus effectively suppresses the occurrence of clogging by ensuring that water is supplied in a state where no water remains in the storage, thereby preventing the concentration and precipitation of scale components.
Implementation Method 1
water stored in a water storage is pumped up by a water pumping pipe, the pumped water is radiated in a centrifugal direction
Data Source
AI summary
Liquid micronization apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: water storage that stores water to be micronized; water supplier that supplies water to water storage; drainage that drains water stored in water storage; remaining water amount acquirer that acquires a remaining water amount of water storage; transition determiner that determines a transition from a value greater than or equal to a remaining water amount threshold to a value less than the remaining water amount threshold; and water supply/drain controller that discharges all water in water storage by water drainage and supplies water to water storage by water supplier in a state where water storage does not have water when transition determiner determines the transition during micronization.