Modular Pipe Loop Distribution System for Filter Zone Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing distribution systems for filtering water from swimming ponds or pools face challenges in ensuring uniform flow and easy cleaning without removing the filter bed, leading to sedimentation and oxygen deficiency issues that impair filtration efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A modular distribution system with perforated pipes forming unbranched loops that allow for high-pressure water or air supply and chemical cleaning, enabling effective flushing of contaminants and sediments without disrupting the filter bed, and using modular designs to accommodate various filter zone geometries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If perforated drainage pipes are positioned at the bottom of the filter zone, then water distribution is achieved, but the pipes are damaged or crushed by filter material, significantly impairing filter performance
Solution Approach 1:
The distribution system is divided into modular pipe sections that can be assembled in different configurations. This segmentation allows the pipes to be positioned on a support structure rather than directly under filter material, preventing crushing while maintaining water distribution functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The pipes are elevated from the bottom dimension (direct contact with filter material) to a higher dimension using a support structure. This dimensional change protects the pipes from mechanical damage while preserving their water distribution function through the filter zone.
2Reliability
If pipes are damaged or clogged with deposits, then filtering performance is impaired, but restoring proper filtration requires removing the filter bed and replacing the tubes
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates self-cleaning capabilities through backflushing functionality, allowing the pipes to clean themselves without external intervention or filter bed removal. This maintains filtration performance while simplifying maintenance to a routine flushing operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular pipe design with connection points allows for preliminary preparation of maintenance access before deposits accumulate. The system is designed from the outset to enable easy cleaning operations, preventing the need for complex filter bed removal procedures.
3Manufacturing precision
If uniform flow through filter material is not ensured, then sediment forms in certain areas, but achieving uniform flow requires complex distribution systems
Solution Approach 1:
The modular pipe sections can be configured with varying numbers and positions of perforations in different segments, allowing local optimization of water distribution to achieve uniform flow through the filter material without requiring a completely complex centralized system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows for dynamic adjustment of pipe configurations and perforation patterns to optimize flow distribution. This adaptability enables uniform flow achievement through simple modular arrangements rather than fixed complex designs.
4Reliability
If deposits accumulate in the distribution system, then oxygen supply to filter material decreases, but cleaning requires filter bed removal
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-cleaning through backflushing operations that can be performed without filter bed removal. This maintains oxygen supply to filter material by allowing routine cleaning access, preventing deposit accumulation that would otherwise require complex maintenance interventions.
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
Ensures uniform water distribution and easy maintenance by allowing effective cleaning of the distribution system in place, preventing sediment accumulation and maintaining oxygen levels, thus enhancing filtration efficiency and extending the system's operational lifespan.
Implementation Method 1
filter zone for mechanical, and/or biological and/or mineral or chemical filtration
Implementation Method 2
biological filtration works, the principle of which is based on the formation of a biofilm, which is responsible for the breakdown of organic impurities
Implementation Method 3
it is necessary to ensure an even flow of the entire filter material during mechanical/biological/mineral/chemical processing
Implementation Method 4
perforated, joinable pipes for introducing water originating from swimming ponds or swimming pools into a filter zone
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AI summary
Distribution system with perforated (6b) connectable pipes (6) for introducing water from swimming ponds, swimming pools, and the like into a filter zone (8) for mechanical, and/or biological and/or mineral or chemical filtration, wherein the filter zone (8) comprises a filter basin or filter tank containing at least one filter medium. The interconnected pipes (6) form at least one unbranched pipe loop running through the filter zone, which extends between an inlet point into the filter zone (8) and an outlet point from the filter zone (8). Due to the unbranched arrangement of the pipes (6) as a pipe loop, when the pipes are flushed with a high-pressure pump, the loosened dirt exits at the second end of the pipe loop, thus eliminating the need to remove the pipes for cleaning.In a preferred embodiment, the distribution system consists of a number of flat, cuboid modules (1, 2, 3, 4). The open-ended pipes (6) run through the housing (5) of the modules.