Mineral Functional Water Production via Composite Materials
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mineral-containing water products often fail to demonstrate scientifically proven effects, show insufficient or unreliable results, and the relationships between mineral-imparting materials and their effects are not well understood, leading to inconsistent performance.
Innovation Solution
A method for producing mineral functional water involving the use of a specific combination of mineral-imparting materials, including woody plant and vegetation raw materials from Asteraceae and Rosaceae, sulfur, and inorganic minerals, with a controlled DC electric current and far-infrared irradiation, to create a water solution with antioxidant properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional mineral-containing water is used, then various effects (soil-modifying, plant-growing, deodorizing, air-cleaning) are claimed, but the effects are not scientifically proven and show poor reproducibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by precisely controlling the DC electric current (0.05-0.1 A, 8000-8600 V) and specifying exact mineral-imparting material compositions with particular mixing ratios. These controlled parameters ensure reproducible production of mineral functional water with consistent antioxidant effects, directly addressing the reproducibility issue of conventional mineral water.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite mineral-imparting materials containing specific combinations of woody plant raw materials, vegetation raw materials from Asteraceae and Rosaceae, sulfur raw materials, and inorganic minerals. This composite approach creates a synergistic effect that produces reliable antioxidant activity, overcoming the inconsistency of single-material conventional mineral water.
2Reliability
If mineral-imparting materials are used in conventional apparatus, then mineral-containing water is produced, but the relationships between material kinds and effects are not proven
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning specific functions to different mineral-imparting materials in the composite: woody plant materials and vegetation materials provide antioxidant components, sulfur materials enhance antioxidant effects, and inorganic minerals provide additional beneficial elements. This functional differentiation establishes clear relationships between material composition and antioxidant effects.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent specifies precise manufacturing parameters including DC current range (0.05-0.1 A), voltage (8000-8600 V), and exact mineral material mixing ratios. These controlled parameters enable reproducible production with consistent antioxidant effects, establishing reliable material-effect relationships.
3Productivity
If DC electric current and ultrasonic vibration are applied, then water flow is generated and raw mineral water solution is formed, but antioxidant effects are not achieved without specific material combinations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple material types (woody plant, vegetation from Asteraceae/Rosaceae, sulfur, inorganic minerals) in specific ratios to create a composite mineral-imparting material system. This composite approach ensures that when DC current and ultrasonic vibration generate water flow, the resulting solution reliably exhibits antioxidant effects due to the synergistic interaction of different material components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent specifies precise parameters for DC current (0.05-0.1 A), voltage (8000-8600 V), and mineral material composition ratios. These controlled parameters ensure that the water treatment process consistently produces mineral functional water with reliable antioxidant effects, transforming the variable conventional process into a reproducible method.
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 produced mineral functional water exhibits significant antioxidant effects, surpassing those of vitamin C in superoxide-scavenging activity, making it suitable for therapeutic and prophylactic applications against diseases caused by active oxygen and free radicals.
Implementation Method 1
conducting DC electric current to the conductive wire to generate water flow around the conductive wire in the same direction as the DC electric current
Implementation Method 2
applying ultrasonic vibration to the water, thereby forming raw mineral water solution
Implementation Method 3
a far-infrared ray-generating unit irradiating far-infrared rays to the formed raw mineral water solution to produce mineral-containing water
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AI summary
Provided is a method of producing mineral function water showing beneficial effects, such as antioxidant effects, or the like. The water including contains mineral-containing water (A) and mineral-containing water (B) according to a ratio of 1:5 to 1:20 (weight ratio), the mineral-containing water (A) containing first mineral components eluted from mineral-imparting material (A) containing: vegetation raw material, woody plant raw material, and sulfur raw material, the mineral-containing water (B) containing second mineral-containing water (B) containing the mineral component eluted from inorganic mineral-imparting material (B).