Integrated composite filter and water purification system having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10399019-B2
Application number	US-201514847085-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2015
Priority date	Dec 19, 2014
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

An integrated composite filter and a water purification system having the same are provided. The integrated composite filter includes: a shell defining a chamber therein, and defining a raw water inlet, a pretreated water outlet, a pretreated water inlet, a pure water outlet and a waste water outlet which are in communication with the chamber respectively; a pretreating filtering element disposed within the chamber; a filtering membrane disposed within the chamber. The pretreating filtering element and the filtering membrane are sequentially positioned between the raw water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet, and the pretreating filtering element is positioned between the raw water inlet and the pretreated water outlet, and the filtering membrane is positioned between the pretreated water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An integrated composite filter, comprising:
a shell defining a chamber therein, and defining a raw water inlet, a pretreated water outlet, a pretreated water inlet, a pure water outlet and a waste water outlet which are in communication with the chamber respectively;
a pretreating filtering element disposed within the chamber;
a filtering membrane disposed within the chamber;
a central tube;
wherein the pretreating filtering element and the filtering membrane are sequentially positioned between the raw water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet, and the pretreating filtering element is positioned between the raw water inlet and the pretreated water outlet, and the filtering membrane is positioned between the pretreated water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet;
wherein pretreated water is exhausted from the shell through the pretreated water outlet and reenters the shell through the pretreated water inlet;
wherein the raw water inlet is configured as a single hole, the pretreated water outlet and the pretreated water inlet are formed in a nested manner, and the pretreated water inlet is nested within the pretreated water outlet;
wherein the pretreating filtering element comprises an installation tube configured as a hollow cylinder and a filtering assembly fitted over the installation tube, a water inlet channel communicated with the raw water inlet is defined between the filtering assembly and the shell, and a pretreated water outlet channel communicated with the pretreated water outlet is defined between the filtering assembly and the installation tube;
wherein the central tube is mounted within the installation tube, is spaced apart from the installation tube to define a filtering chamber communicated with the pretreated water inlet, and defines an end communicated with the pure water outlet and a water inlet hole in a sidewall of the central tube;
wherein the filtering membrane is disposed within the filtering chamber and around an outer peripheral wall of the central tube, a waste water channel communicated with the waste water outlet is defined between an outer peripheral wall of the filtering membrane and an inner peripheral wall of the installation tube;
wherein the pretreated water outlet is formed in a lower portion of the shell and below the raw water inlet, the pure water outlet is formed at an upper portion of the shell, and an upper end of the central tube is open and communicated with the pure water outlet.

2. The integrated composite filter according to claim 1 , wherein the pretreating filtering element comprises first to third filtering layers sequentially fitted over the installation tube from outside to inside, the first filtering layer is constituted by a polypropylene (“PP”) cotton, the second filtering layer is constituted by an activated carbon fiber winding layer, the third filtering layer is constituted by one of a PP cotton, a microfiltration membrane and an ultrafiltration membrane, the water inlet channel communicated with the raw water inlet being further defined between the first filtering layer and the shell, the pretreated water outlet channel communicated with the pretreated water outlet being further defined between the third filtering layer and the installation tube.

3. The integrated composite filter according to claim 1 , wherein the pretreating filtering element further comprises:
an upper end cover disposed around a periphery of an upper end of the installation tube;
a lower end cover disposed around a periphery of a lower end of the installation tube, the filtering assembly being disposed between the upper end cover and the lower end cover;
a supporting tube defining a plurality of through holes penetrated therethrough, and fitted over the installation tube and positioned between the upper end cover and the lower end cover, the filtering assembly being disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the installation tube and an inner peripheral surface of the supporting tube.

4. The integrated composite filter according to claim 3 , wherein the pretreating filtering element further comprises:
an inner tube defining a plurality of water passing holes penetrated therethrough, and fitted over the installation tube, an inner peripheral surface of the inner tube being spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface of the installation tube, the filtering assembly being fitted over the inner tube.

5. The integrated composite filter according to claim 1 , wherein the pretreating filtering element and the filtering membrane are formed in a nested manner.

6. The integrated composite filter according to claim 5 , wherein the pretreating filtering element and the filtering membrane are formed coaxially.

7. The integrated composite filter according to claim 5 , wherein the pretreating filtering element defines a filtering chamber therein, and is detachably inserted into the filtering chamber.

8. The integrated composite filter according to claim 1 , wherein the pure water outlet and the waste water outlet are formed in a nested manner, and the pure water outlet is nested within the waste water outlet.

9. The integrated composite filter according to claim 2 , wherein the first filtering layer is constituted by a non-woven winding layer, and the third filtering layer is constituted by a microfiltration membrane; or
wherein the first filtering layer is constituted by a PP cotton with a thickness of 5 microns, and the third filtering layer is constituted by a PP cotton with a thickness of 1 micron; or
wherein the first filtering layer is constituted by a winding PP cotton, and the third filtering layer is constituted by an ultrafiltration membrane.

10. The integrated composite filter according to claim 1 , wherein the filtering membrane is a reverse osmosis membrane, an ultrafiltration membrane or a nanofiltration membrane.

11. A water purification system, comprising:
an integrated composite filter comprising:
a shell defining a chamber therein, and defining a raw water inlet, a pretreated water outlet, a pretreated water inlet, a pure water outlet and a waste water outlet which are in communication with the chamber respectively;
a pretreating filtering element disposed within the chamber;
a filtering membrane disposed within the chamber;
a central tube;
wherein the pretreating filtering element and the filtering membrane are sequentially positioned between the raw water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet, and the pretreating filtering element is positioned between the raw water inlet and the pretreated water outlet, and the filtering membrane is positioned between the pretreated water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet; and

a booster pump;
wherein pretreated water is exhausted from the shell through the pretreated water outlet and reenters the shell through the pretreated water inlet;
wherein the raw water inlet is configured as a single hole, the pretreated water outlet and the pretreated water inlet are formed in a nested manner, and the pretreated water inlet is nested within the pretreated water outlet;
wherein the pretreating filtering element comprises an installation tube configured as a hollow cylinder and a filtering assembly fitted over the installation tube, a water inlet channel communicated with the raw water inlet is defined between the filtering assembly and the shell, and a pretreated water outlet channel communicated with the pretreated water outlet is defined between the filtering assembly and the installation tube;
wherein the central tube is mounted within the installation tube, is spa

Assignees

• Guangdong Midea Water Dispenser Mfg Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cai Xuegang

Classifications

• C02F9/20

  Portable or detachable small-scale multistage treatment devices, e.g. point of use or laboratory water purification systems · CPC title

• C02F1/442

  by nanofiltration · CPC title

• C02F1/44

  by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis {(general membrane separation processes B01D61/00, membrane modules B01D63/00, electrodialysis C02F1/4693, combination of membrane modules and bioreactors C02F3/1268)} · CPC title

• C02F1/283

  using coal, charred products, or inorganic mixtures containing them · CPC title

• C02F1/001 Primary

  Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance (C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00) · CPC title