Lithium-Enriched Water Production With Parallel Chamber Dosing
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mineral waters do not contain sufficient lithium concentrations to exhibit significant biological benefits, and existing methods do not efficiently produce water artificially enriched with lithium for human consumption at effective doses.
Innovation Solution
A process involving the use of a parallel chamber system with lithium chloride injection to achieve lithium concentrations between 0.05 mg/liter and 10 mg/liter in water, ensuring continuous production through controlled solubilization and pumping, adhering to health guidelines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If lithium is added to water to achieve effective biological benefits, then the health benefits are improved, but the production efficiency and continuity are worsened by existing methods
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the lithium enrichment process into two separate chambers that operate in parallel. Each chamber can independently process water, allowing continuous production without interruption. One chamber can be filled while the other is being emptied and prepared for the next cycle, thereby maintaining continuous supply of lithium-enriched water.
Solution Approach 2:
The parallel chamber configuration enables continuous operation of the lithium enrichment process. While one chamber is being filled with lithium-enriched water, the other chamber is being emptied and prepared for the next cycle. This continuous action ensures uninterrupted production of lithium-enriched water, solving the productivity issue.
2Reliability
If lithium concentration is increased to achieve effective doses, then the biological benefits are improved, but the risk of toxic effects is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system carefully controls and adjusts the lithium concentration parameter in the water to achieve effective biological benefits while avoiding toxic levels. By using controlled addition of lithium chloride and monitoring the concentration in both chambers, the process maintains lithium levels within safe and beneficial ranges throughout the water production.
3Ease of manufacture
If existing mineral waters are used, then the production process is simple, but the lithium concentration is insufficient to exhibit significant biological benefits
Solution Approach 1:
Lithium chloride is introduced as an intermediary substance to increase the lithium concentration in the water. The lithium chloride dissolves in the water within the chambers, serving as a mediator that transfers lithium ions into the water supply, thereby achieving the desired lithium concentration while maintaining a relatively simple production process.
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 process enables the production of lithium-enriched water suitable for human consumption, providing psychophysical benefits by maintaining or enhancing the functionality of target organs and adhering to health safety standards.
Implementation Method 1
The solvation phase of lithium chloride to give chloride ions and lithium ions is an exergonic process
Data Source
AI summary
Lithium is an alkaline earth metal, long used in psychiatric pharmacology as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of bipolar disorder (BD). The therapeutic dosage of lithium carbonate is calibrated so as to have a lithiaemia in a patient with BD between 0.4 and 0.8 mmol/liter. However, several studies have shown that at lower doses lithium has an anti-aging effect while maintaining the functionality or enhancing the functional capacity of target organs. There are mineral waters on the market that are naturally enriched with lithium, thanks to their path in the subsoil, but generally the final concentration of lithium is much lower than that capable of exhibiting detectable biological effects. To date, there are no drinks artificially enriched with lithium and there is also no industrial process that artificially adds lithium to drinks and waters aimed at obtaining an effective dose following consumption. This invention concerns a new product that includes a drink artificially enriched with lithium suitable for human consumption and an example of the process aimed at its preparation.