Ion removing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11339072-B2
Application number	US-201917043523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2019
Priority date	Aug 27, 2018
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

Ion removing system includes primary-side ion removing apparatus that includes primary-side hard water storage part storing hard water and primary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to primary-side hard water storage part and that causes fine bubbles to adsorb first metal ions in hard water in primary-side hard water storage part to remove first metal ions from hard water, secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus increasing pH of hard water from which first metal ions are removed by primary-side ion removing apparatus, and secondary-side ion removing apparatus that includes secondary-side hard water storage part storing hard water having pH increased by secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus and secondary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to secondary-side hard water storage part and that causes fine bubbles to adsorb second metal ions in hard water in secondary-side hard water storage part to remove second metal ions from hard water.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An ion removing system comprising:
a primary-side ion removal apparatus that comprises a primary-side hard water storage part storing hard water and a primary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to the primary-side hard water storage part and that causes the fine bubbles to adsorb first metal ions in the hard water in the primary-side hard water storage part to remove the first metal ions from the hard water;
a secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus increasing pH of the hard water from which the first metal ions are removed by the primary-side ion removal apparatus; and
a secondary-side ion removal apparatus that comprises a secondary-side hard water storage part storing hard water having pH increased by the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus and a secondary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to the secondary-side hard water storage part and that causes the fine bubbles to adsorb second metal ions in the hard water in the secondary-side hard water storage part to remove the second metal ions from the hard water.

2. The ion removing system according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a secondary-side degassing apparatus removing carbon dioxide contained in the hard water from which the first metal ions are removed by the primary-side ion removal apparatus.

3. The ion removing system according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a secondary-side electrolysis apparatus electrolyzing the hard water from which the first metal ions are removed by the primary-side ion removal apparatus, to generate acidic water and alkaline water, and the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus is configured to supply the alkaline water as hard water having the increased pH to the secondary-side hard water storage part.

4. The ion removing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a primary-side pH adjustment apparatus increasing the pH of the hard water contained in the primary-side hard water storage part.

5. The ion removing system according to claim 4 , wherein the primary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a primary-side degassing apparatus for removing carbon dioxide contained in the hard water.

6. The ion removing system according to claim 4 , wherein the primary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a primary-side electrolysis apparatus for electrolyzing the hard water to generate acidic water and alkaline water and the primary-side pH adjustment apparatus is configured to increase the pH of the hard water by separating the acidic water from the hard water while leaving the alkaline water and to supply the alkaline water as the hard water to the primary-side hard water storage part.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takehisa Ayane
• Maeda Yasunari
• Akita Tomohiro

Classifications

• C02F1/66

  by neutralisation; pH adjustment (for degassing C02F1/20; using ion-exchange C02F1/42; for flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities C02F1/52; for removing dissolved compounds C02F1/58) · CPC title

• C02F9/00 Primary

  Multistage treatment of water, waste water or sewage · CPC title

• C02F2303/26

  Reducing the size of particles, liquid droplets or bubbles, e.g. by crushing, grinding, spraying, creation of microbubbles or nanobubbles · CPC title

• C02F5/02 Primary

  Softening water by precipitation of the hardness · CPC title

• C02F1/38

  by centrifugal separation · CPC title