Pipe Plasma Sterilizer With Mesh Electrodes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sterilization methods for water and raw materials, such as physical and chemical methods, are inefficient, costly, and pose health and environmental risks, while plasma sterilization is difficult to install and lacks operational stability in pipes.
Innovation Solution
A plasma sterilizer apparatus is designed with mesh structure electrodes and adjustable connections to easily mount on pipes, generating cold plasma for effective sterilization of harmful microorganisms and toxic substances, with multiple electrode pairs for enhanced sterilization and neutralization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If plasma sterilization is used, then sterilization efficiency and safety are improved, but device complexity and difficulty of installation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The plasma sterilizer is divided into separate modules: a plasma generation unit and electrode members that can be independently installed on pipe surfaces. This segmentation allows the complex plasma generation technology to be separated from the simple electrode structures, enabling easy installation while maintaining high sterilization efficiency through the plasma field generated by the electrode pairs.
Solution Approach 2:
Electrode members serve as intermediaries between the plasma generation unit and the water flow. These electrodes are installed on the pipe surface and generate plasma locally where water flows, acting as a mediator that transfers the plasma sterilization effect to the water without requiring direct contact with the complex plasma generation equipment.
2Ease of operation
If plasma generating device components are installed in water pipes, then sterilization function is achieved, but operational stability and safety deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The complex plasma generation components are extracted from the water pipe interior and placed in an external power supply unit. Only simple electrode members are installed on the pipe surface, separating the complex technology from the water contact area. This extraction maintains operational stability by preventing complex components from being exposed to water while still achieving effective sterilization through the generated plasma field.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical installation of complex plasma generating devices inside pipes is replaced with a field-based approach where electrodes on the pipe surface generate plasma that acts on the water. This substitution of mechanical system with electromagnetic field interaction eliminates the need for complex mechanical components within the water flow path, ensuring operational stability while maintaining ease of installation.
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 provides efficient, cost-effective, and safe sterilization of harmful microorganisms and toxic substances, maintaining operational stability and ease of maintenance, even with fast-flowing materials.
Implementation Method 1
fast and cheap plasma sterilization is proposed
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a plasma sterilizer apparatus for a pipe and, more particularly, to a plasma sterilizer apparatus for a pipe, which can be easily mounted on a pipe and effectively sterilize harmful microorganisms contained in water or raw materials flowing through a pipe. A plasma sterilizer apparatus for a pipe comprises: a first connection member connected to one side of a pipe; a second connection member connected to the other side of the pipe; a first electrode mounting member disposed in contact with the first connection member; a second electrode mounting member disposed in contact with the second connecting member; a first electrode member provided on the first electrode mounting member; and a second electrode member provided on the second electrode mounting member.