Electrochemical systems and methods for operating an electrochemical cell with an acidic anolyte
    52.
    发明授权
    Electrochemical systems and methods for operating an electrochemical cell with an acidic anolyte 有权
    用酸性阳极电解液操作电化学电池的电化学系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09011650B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-21

    申请号:US13269412

    申请日:2011-10-07

    Abstract: An electrochemical cell having a cation-conductive ceramic membrane and an acidic anolyte. Generally, the cell includes a catholyte compartment and an anolyte compartment that are separated by a cation-conductive membrane. While the catholyte compartment houses a primary cathode, the anolyte compartment houses an anode and a secondary cathode. In some cases, a current is passed through the electrodes to cause the secondary cathode to evolve hydrogen gas. In other cases, a current is passed between the electrodes to cause the secondary cathode to evolve hydroxyl ions and hydrogen gas. In still other cases, hydrogen peroxide is channeled between the secondary cathode and the membrane to form hydroxyl ions. In yet other cases, the cell includes a diffusion membrane disposed between the secondary cathode and the anode. In each of the aforementioned cases, the cell functions to maintain the pH of a fluid contacting the membrane at an acceptably high level.

    Abstract translation: 具有阳离子导电陶瓷膜和酸性阳极电解液的电化学电池。 通常,电池包括由阳离子导电膜分离的阴极电解液室和阳极电解液室。 当阴极电解液室容纳主阴极时,阳极电解液室容纳阳极和次级阴极。 在一些情况下,电流通过电极以使次级阴极放出氢气。 在其他情况下,在电极之间通过电流以使次级阴极放出羟基离子和氢气。 在其他情况下,过氧化氢被引导在次级阴极和膜之间以形成羟基离子。 在其他情况下,电池包括设置在次级阴极和阳极之间的扩散膜。 在上述每一种情况下,电池用于将接触膜的流体的pH保持在可接受的高水平。

    Portable hydrogen-rich water generator
    53.
    发明授权
    Portable hydrogen-rich water generator 有权
    便携式富氢水发生器

    公开(公告)号:US08974646B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-10

    申请号:US13695907

    申请日:2011-03-21

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a portable hydrogen-rich water generator that includes a separable drinking cup, an electrolytic cell which includes an anode, a cathode, a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, etc. and is disposed at the bottom of the drinking cup, a reservoir base on which the drinking cup is mounted and in which an anode reaction of the electrolytic cell is generated, a float valve which allows water to be continuously supplied at a certain water level from a water tank, and a power supply to apply direct current power to the electrolytic cell. In the portable hydrogen-rich water generator, when power is applied after putting purified water into the drinking cup and mounting the drinking cup on the reservoir base, the electrolytic cell electrolyzes the water in the reservoir base so that oxygen is generated at the anode of the reservoir base side and hydrogen is generated at the cathode of the drinking cup side, thereby allowing hydrogen gases to be dissolved in the purified water in the drinking cup within a short time with the consequence that hydrogen-rich water is produced.

    Abstract translation: 本文公开了一种便携式富氢水发生器,其包括可分离饮用杯,包括阳极,阴极,固体聚合物电解质膜等的电解池,并且设置在饮用杯的底部,储存器底座 在其上安装饮用杯并且产生电解槽的阳极反应的浮动阀,允许水从水箱以一定水位连续供水的浮阀和电源,以将直流电力施加到 电解池。 在便携式富氢水发生器中,当将净化水放入饮用杯中并将饮用杯安装在储存器底座上之后施加电力时,电解池电解储存器底座中的水,使得在阳极处产生氧气 在饮用杯侧的阴极处产生储存器底侧和氢,从而在短时间内将氢气溶解在饮用杯中的纯净水中,结果产生富氢水。

    DESALINATION AND PURIFICATION SYSTEM
    56.
    发明申请
    DESALINATION AND PURIFICATION SYSTEM 有权
    脱盐净化系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140318972A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-30

    申请号:US14325423

    申请日:2014-07-08

    Abstract: A liquid electrolyte can be desalinated and purified using a system that includes a first electrode and a configuration selected from (a) a second electrode and at least one distinct ion-selective boundary and (b) a second electrode that also serves as the ion-selective boundary. The ion-selective boundary is contained in the liquid conduit adjacent to a porous medium that defines pore channels filled with the liquid and that have a surface charge, and the charge of the ion-selective boundary and the surface charge of the pore channels share the same sign. A liquid including at least one charged species flows through the pore channels, forming a thin diffuse electrochemical double layer at an interface of the liquid and the charged surface of the pore channels. A voltage differential is applied between the electrodes across the porous medium to draw ions in the liquid to the electrodes to produce brine at the electrodes and to create a shock in the dissolved-ion concentration in the bulk volume of the liquid within the pore channels, wherein a depleted zone with a substantially reduced concentration of dissolved ions forms in the liquid bulk volume between the shock and the ion-selective boundary.

    Abstract translation: 可以使用包括第一电极和选自(a)第二电极和至少一个不同的离子选择性边界的构造的系统对液体电解质进行脱盐和纯化,以及(b)也用作离子交换膜的第二电极, 选择性边界。 离子选择性边界包含在与多孔介质相邻的液体管道中,该多孔介质限定填充有液体的孔隙通道,并且具有表面电荷,并且孔隙通道的离子选择性边界和表面电荷的电荷共享 相同的标志。 包含至少一种带电荷的物质的液体流过孔道,在液体和孔道的带电表面的界面处形成薄的漫射电化学双层。 在电极之间穿过多孔介质施加电压差以将液体中的离子吸引到电极以在电极处产生盐水并且产生在孔隙通道内的液体的体积体积中的溶解离子浓度的冲击, 其中在冲击和离子选择性边界之间的液体本体体积中形成具有基本上降低的溶解离子浓度的贫化区。

    HIGHLY EFFICIENT SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE GENERATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DECREASING DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20140311897A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-23

    申请号:US14362577

    申请日:2012-11-28

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus capable of decreasing disinfection by-products, which is a chlorine disinfection device for on-site generation and produces sodium hypochlorite solution by electrolyzing sodium chloride aqueous solution on site, thereby requiring no additional liquefied chlorine storage equipment or disaster prevention equipment and securing flexibility of installation and operation while not being regulated by a high-pressure gas safety control act.The highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus of the present invention capable of decreasing disinfection by-products comprises: a diaphragm electrolytic bath comprising an anode room into which a sodium chloride aqueous solution flows, a cathode room into which water flows, and a cation exchange membrane for dividing the anode room and the cathode room; an anode water storage tank for storing chlorine gas and anode water generated by the electrolysis of the anode room; a cathode water storage tank for storing sodium hydroxide generated by the electrolysis of the cathode room and discharging hydrogen gas; and a gas/liquid contact portion in which the chlorine gas supplied from the anode water storage tank reacts with the sodium hydroxide generated at the cathode water storage tank to produce sodium hypochlorite, wherein the sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus further comprises a water-splitting electrodialysis tank for producing hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide using a sodium chloride aqueous solution and water to supply the same as anode water and cathode water, respectively.The present invention can provide a highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus capable of decreasing disinfection by-products which can minimize the generation of chlorate ions (ClO3−), by-products, by increasing the chlorine generation efficiency of an anode and adjusting a material balance in case of gas/liquid contact. In addition, since it is possible to provide chemicals generated using salt only to a diaphragm sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus, a highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus capable of decreasing disinfection by-products with excellent safety and economic efficiency can be provided without using expensive chemicals that are difficult to handle.

    Scale deposition device and water heater
    58.
    发明授权
    Scale deposition device and water heater 有权
    刻度沉积装置和热水器

    公开(公告)号:US08840785B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-23

    申请号:US13146298

    申请日:2010-01-15

    Abstract: A water heater, which allows efficient deposition of a scale component dissolved in water so as to reduce adhesion of the scale to a heat-transfer channel. The water heater includes: scale deposition device including a tank, an anode and a cathode provided in the tank so as to be opposed to each other, and a first power supply for applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode, the scale deposition device depositing a scale component dissolved in water retained in the tank; a heat-transfer channel provided at downstream of the scale deposition device, for guiding the water; and a heat source for heating the water by heat exchange in the heat-transfer channel, in which the scale deposition device includes oxygen-gas supplying/dissolving means for supplying an oxygen gas to a water feed pipe for feeding the water to the tank and dissolving the oxygen gas in the water.

    Abstract translation: 一种热水器,其允许有效地沉积溶解在水中的垢垢成分,以便降低污垢与传热通道的粘附。 所述热水器包括:沉积装置,包括设置在所述罐中以相互相对的罐,阳极和阴极;以及用于在所述阳极和所述阴极之间施加电压的第一电源,所述刻度淀积装置 沉积溶解在储存在水箱中的水中的水垢组分; 设置在刻度沉积装置的下游的用于引导水的传热通道; 以及用于通过在传热通道中进行热交换来加热水的热源,其中所述刻度淀积装置包括氧气供应/溶解装置,用于将氧气供应到用于将水供给到所述罐的给水管, 将氧气溶解在水中。

    Electrolyzing System
    59.
    发明申请
    Electrolyzing System 审中-公开
    电解系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140202872A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-24

    申请号:US14225532

    申请日:2014-03-26

    Abstract: An electrolyzing system for electrolyzing a brine solution of water and an alkali salt to produce acidic electrolyzed water and alkaline electrolyzed water is provided. The system includes an internal chamber for receiving the brine solution and two electrolyzer cells immersed in a brine bath. Each electrolyzer cell includes an electrode, at least one ion permeable membrane supported relative to the electrode to define a space communicating between a fresh water supply and a chemical outlet into which brine enters only through the membrane. One of the electrodes is coupled to a positive charging electrical supply and the other to a negative charging electrical supply.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于电解水和碱性盐的盐水溶液以产生酸性电解水和碱性电解水的电解系统。 该系统包括用于接收盐水溶液的内部室和浸没在盐水浴中的两个电解池单元。 每个电解池包括电极,至少一个离子可渗透膜,其相对于电极被支撑,以限定在淡水供应和化学品出口之间连通的空间,盐水仅通过膜进入该空间。 电极中的一个耦合到正充电电源,而另一个耦合到负充电电源。

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