CN101421054A

CN101421054A - Electrochemically activated anolyte and catholyte liquid

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Publication number: CN101421054A
Application number: CNA2007800130215A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 布鲁斯·F·菲尔德; 帕特里克·J·格朗伦德
Original assignee: Tennant Co
Current assignee: Tennant Co
Priority date: 2006-02-10
Filing date: 2007-02-08
Publication date: 2009-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-08
Also published as: CN101600516A; CN101384380A; CN101421054B; CN101384380B; CN101421053B; CN101410192A; CN101421053A; CN101394941A; CN101410192B; CN101600516B

Abstract

The invention discloses an electrochemically-activated liquid (20, 22, 44, 45, 51, 52, 190, 192) which comprises anode liquor and cathode liquor, for example, anode liquor and cathode liquor (51, 52) provided for jetting. In another embodiment, combined anode liquor and cathode liquor (71, 160) are provided.

Description

The anolyte of electrochemical activation and catholyte liquid

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of cleaning and/or decontamination system, more specifically, relate to but be not limited to the system that produces hydraulic fluid with cleaning and/or disinfecting properties.

Background technology

At present, many different systems be used to clean or sterilize dwelling house, industry, commerce, hospital, food processing and restaurant facility such as surface and other substrate, and be used to clean or sterilize as the various projects of food product or other article.

For example, hard place plate surface scrubbing machine is widely used in the floor of cleaned industry and commercial building.This size range of cleaning washing agent with water from by the mini-plant of operator's control of walking later at it to by the main equipment of sitting operator's control thereon.This machine is generally the wheeled vehicle that is fit to operator's control.The recycling can of the foul solution that the body of described machine comprises power and driving element, the NaOH solution tank NaOH of the liquid that keeps clean and keep reclaims from the floor of cleaning.Hold the scrub head of one or more scrub-brushes and relevant driving element and be connected to vehicle, and can be positioned at front portion, below or the rear portion of this vehicle.The solution compartment system is assigned near scrub-brush or the brush floor with clean liquid from NaOH solution tank NaOH.

Hag plate cleaner can realize as the little mobile machine of being handled by the operator, or can realize in having the system on the truck of being installed in of the channel washer (cleaning wand) that is connected to truck.Truck carries NaOH solution tank NaOH, waste water recycling can and the high-efficiency vacuum extractor of cleaning solution.

The typical clean liquid that uses in the hard and hag plate cleaning systems comprises water and based on the cleaning agent of chemistry.Cleaning agent typically comprises solvent, buider and surfactant.When these cleaning agent increases were used for cleaning effect as the various different dirt types of dirt and greasy dirt, these cleaning agents also had the trend that stays undesirable residue on the clean surface.This residue may influence surperficial outward appearance unfriendly, and according to cleaning agent, the dirty again trend in surface may cause the influence that is unfavorable for health or environment potentially.Similar shortcoming also is applied to the surface that is used for other type and the cleaning systems of project.

Improved cleaning systems are stayed lip-deep residue after requiring to be used to reduce the use of typical cleaning agent and/or reducing cleaning, keep required cleaning and/or disinfecting properties simultaneously.

Summary of the invention

One embodiment of the present of invention relate to a kind of to the injection product of small part by the water generates that contacts with negative electrode with anode.Anode and negative electrode are by membrane separation, and barrier film allows to cross the unidirectional ion that transports the selection that is produced by negative electrode or anode of this barrier film.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a kind of by the product of the water that contacts with anode with the combination results of the water that contacts with negative electrode.Anode and negative electrode are by membrane separation, and barrier film allows to cross the unidirectional ion that transports the selection that is produced by negative electrode or anode of this barrier film.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a kind of anolyte of combination and the fluid of catholyte electrochemical activation.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows the example of forcing function generator according to an embodiment of the invention, and described forcing function generator can be used for the pending liquid such as water that electrochemical activation uses in cleaning on hard place plate and/or hag plate cleaner or away from this cleaner;

Fig. 2 shows forcing function generator according to another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 shows the equipment with the injection apparatus in the downstream that is positioned at forcing function generator according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 shows the equipment with injection apparatus of the upstream that is positioned at forcing function generator according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 shows the equipment with electrolytic cell formula injection apparatus of the upstream that is positioned at forcing function generator according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 shows the equipment with injection apparatus of the upstream and downstream that is positioned at forcing function generator according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 shows electrolytic cell formula injection apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;

The common demonstration of Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B shell that holds injection apparatus and forcing function generator according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 9 is the perspective view of the injection apparatus shown in Fig. 8 B;

Figure 10 A is the side view according to the portable hard place plate cleaning surfaces machine of one or more example embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 10 B is the perspective view that Figure 10 A is shown in the portable hard place plate cleaning surfaces machine under its lid closed condition;

Figure 10 C is the perspective view that Figure 10 A is shown in the portable hard place plate cleaning surfaces machine under its lid open mode;

Figure 11 is the block diagram that more specifically shows the liquid distribution flow path of the cleaner shown in Figure 10 A-10C according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 12 constitutes polytype burnisher and the extractor block diagram with the floor cleaner that adapts to different clean operations when using identical whole cleaner;

Figure 13 is the block diagram that shows the cleaner shown in Figure 12 in being suitable for cleaning the pattern of hag plate according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 14 is the block diagram that shows the cleaner shown in Figure 12 in the pattern that is suitable for deep clean hag plate according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 15 is the block diagram that shows the cleaner shown in Figure 5 in being suitable for cleaning the pattern of hard place plate according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 16 is the perspective view of hag plate cleaner according to an embodiment of the invention (for example, carpet aspirator);

Figure 17 is the perspective view of the cleaner of all surface according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 18 is the sketch that shows onboard system according to a further embodiment of the invention;

Figure 19 is the simplified block diagram that shows the cleaner with the EA water distribution system that has compound supply source odorous according to a further embodiment of the invention;

Figure 20 is the simplified block diagram according to the clean liquid generator that is installed to platform of another embodiment; And

Figure 21 is the block diagram of system of indicator that comprises the mode of operation of presentation function generator.

The specific embodiment

In a disclosed example embodiment, a kind of method and apparatus is provided, described method and described equipment use atomizing of liquids, electrochemical activation (EA) anolyte and/or catholyte liquid or are as the injection of unique or main cleaning solution and the anolyte and/or the catholyte liquid of electrochemical activation, with during cleaning or sterilization, eliminate the use of traditional surfactant/cleaning agent substantially or fully.

1. the surfactant that uses in traditional clean liquid

Traditional clean liquid generally includes water and chemical surfactant.Term " surfactant " or " surfactant " refer to help the absorption at surface or interface place and the both sexes based compound of assembling with particular concentration and temperature (amphiphilic compund) as used herein.The chemicals that is made of surfactant bonds to specific molecular structure.Molecule is grouped into by at least two kinds of one-tenth, and a kind of is water miscible (hydrophily), and another kind is water-fast (hydrophobicity).In oil, composition is respectively lipophilicity and lipophobia.Both balances are to obtain to be used for the required characteristic of surfactant.

Employing comprises the cleaning equipment of the mechanical scrub device of for example portable hard place plate cleaner, comprise that the ability that an advantage of surfactant has is, effectively in cleaning with the liquid aerating that uses to form foam, clean liquid foamy is applied to hard place plate surface, operate clean liquid foamy with ecouvillon, and before reclaiming dirty solution, from clean liquid foamy, remove bubble substantially.In operation, the bubble removal of the clean liquid of inflation is realized fast by the brush contact.As a result, have only less relatively foam to be transported in the recycling can.

Substantially have four kinds of surfactants, for example-(1) in aqueous environment, be separated into the anionic surfactant of electronegative ion (anion) and positively charged ion (cation), wherein anion becomes the carrier of surface active characteristic, (2) also be separated into anion and cationic cationic surface active agent, wherein cation becomes the carrier of surface active characteristic, (3) be the nonionic surface active agent of surface-active material, it can not be separated into ion in aqueous environment, and (4) comprise positive charge and negative electrical charge in being present in aqueous environment the time and according to the amphoteric surfactant of forming and can have such as the condition of the pH value of aqueous environment anion or cationic characteristic in identical surfactant molecule.

Usually, two main tasks that are used for the clean Surface activator comprise that (1) reduce the surface tension of water, obtaining wetting characteristics and to discharge dirt from the surface, and (2) dispersion solid particle and pigment.When producing effective cleaning surfactant and cleaning agent, have the many variations that to work.Usually, important parameters is time, temperature, inflation or the system of not inflating, concentration, dirt and mechanical treatment.

2.EA liquid and injection

Have been found that electrochemical activation (EA) water and other EA liquid can be used in traditional cleaning systems, rather than or except the liquid based on chemical surfactant, with the surface of cleaning such as hard place plate and/or hag plate.Below the example of EA " water " as main clean liquid used in explanation.Yet any EA liquid that other is fit to or solution can be with in other embodiments.

Term " electrochemically activated liquid " or " EA liquid " as used herein, for example be meant the water with high response, described water comprises metastable fixed (activation) ion and the free radical that (1) reactive species and/or (2) form when be exposed to electrochemical energy with the form of fundamental voltage electromotive force or electric current under nonequilibrium condition after.For example, term " activation " means electrochemistry or electric physical state, or has when the state that is exposed to the excessive internal potential energy that obtains after thermodynamics nonequilibrium condition a period of time.Metastable ion and free radical pass through the gradually transformation of experience from metastable condition to the heat power poised state lax (relax) on time.

Term " electrochemical activation " for example is meant in the process that produces the material that is in metastable condition under the non-equilibrium charge transport state during the liquid electrochemical of ion that will comprise dissolved substance and molecule is exposed to zone near the specific charge of electrode surface as used herein.

Under the situation of producing EA water, the original liquid source that is used to form EA water for example can comprise, (1) conventional, untreated running water or obtainable other water usually, (2) one or more electrolytical pure water have been increased, (3) chemically treated running water, and (4) comprise electrolytical other aqueous solution that is fit to concentration.In one embodiment, one or more electrolyte join in the pure water (or other aqueous solution), to obtain greater than zero and to be no more than 0.1 mole every liter electrolyte concentration.In a further embodiment, electrolyte concentration is greater than zero and be no more than 1.0 moles every liter.In this scope or outside other concentration can be with in other embodiments.The electrolytical example that is fit to comprises villaumite (chloride salt), nitrate, carbonate or may be dissolved in any other salt (or by other liquid of electrochemical activation) in the water.For example, villaumite comprises sodium chloride (for example, pure NaCl), potassium chloride, manganese chloride, calcium chloride or analog.Any material that term " electrolyte " expression is separated into two or more ions in being dissolved in water the time maybe when for solution with any material of conductive electric current.

When comparing with non-EA water, the EA glassware for drinking water has the cleaning capacity and the disinfecting power of enhancing.EA water is different from conventional or untreated water on molecular level and electron energy level.

Have been found that further injection apparatus can be used for micro air bubble is increased to EA water (other liquid that maybe will spray), the clean liquid that is sent to surface to be cleaned or project and in cleaning course, uses with generation.For example, described liquid can be injected before or after liquid is become anolyte and catholyte by electrochemical activation.Final clean liquid has promoted the effective wetting of floor surface.If use the active gases such as oxygen, then oxygen bubble can further improve the wetting characteristics of liquid by the surface tension that reduces liquid, and can react with the cleaning and/or the disinfecting properties of further enhancing liquid.

If for example spray the pending liquid that is used for cleaning by machinery and/or electric approach, then before electrochemical activation, can help the electrochemical activation process by hyperoxia (or other gas) level that spray to produce, the cleaning that is used to strengthen with generation or the super oxidation EA liquid of disinfecting power.Owing to have the different range of metastable ion and reaction free radical, so super oxidation EA water comprises high-caliber oxygen and by electrochemical activation.Final result is to have the cleaning of enhancing and/or electrochemical activation foam, foam or the reacting gas of disinfecting power.

3. produce the forcing function generator of EA liquid

Fig. 1 has shown the example of the forcing function generator (reactor) 10 that can be used to produce EA liquid.Term " forcing function generator " and " reactor " can exchange mutually at this.Forcing function generator 10 comprises one or more electrochemical activations (EA) batteries (cell) 12, and described unit receives from liquid source 14 by supply pipeline 16,17 and 18 and supply with water (or other the pending liquid that uses) cleaning.Liquid source 14 can comprise jar or other solution reservoir, perhaps can comprise the accessory or other inlet that are used for receiving from external source liquid.In one embodiment, supply water comprises the water constituent such as the running water of routine, comprises to be not more than 1.0 moles every liter salt.In another embodiment, the water constituent comprises and is not more than 0.1 mole every liter salt.The water constituent that comprises the salt that is not more than 1.0 moles every liter can be used in a further embodiment.

" running water " expression of term routine is applicable to any water from public building, holder, well etc. of family or commercial use usually.Conventional running water typically comprises the salt less than 0.1 mole every liter concentration.Because ion helps the electrochemical activation of water, so not preferred deionized water or the negligible water of ion concentration.As mentioned above, be different from or the liquid component except the running water of routine can as in cleaning and/or sterilization, use processed and for the cleaning that strengthens and/or disinfecting power by the liquid of electrochemical activation.

Each EA battery 12 is supplied with water by utilize the electrolysis electrochemical activation to small part, and produces EA water with the form of acid anolyte composition 20 and alkaline catholyte composition 22.Term " acid anolyte ", " EA anolyte ", " EA oxidize water " and " anolyte composition " can be exchanged use in detailed explanation.Similarly, term " alkaline catholyte ", " EA reductive water ", " EA catholyte " and " catholyte composition " can exchange use in detailed explanation.

In one embodiment, each EA battery 12 all has one or more anode chambers 24 and one or more cathode chamber 26 (only having shown), and described anode chamber and described cathode chamber separate by the amberplex 27 such as cation or anion-exchange membrane.One or more anode electrodes 30 and cathode electrode 32 (every kind of electrode shows one) are set respectively in each anode chamber 24 and each cathode chamber 26.Anode and cathode electrode 30,32 can be made by any suitable material, for example, and titanium or use titanium or any electrode material that other is fit to such as the noble metal coating of platinum.Electrode and each chamber can have any suitable shape and structure.For example, electrode can be flat board, coaxial cable interface board, bar or its combination.For example, each electrode can have entity structure maybe can have one or more holes, as metallic sieve.In addition, for example, a plurality of batteries 12 can be connected in serial or parallel with each other.

Electrode 30,32 is electrically connected to the relative terminal of conventional power source (not shown).Amberplex 27 is between electrode 30 and 32.Power supply can offer the male or female electrode with the DC output voltage of constant DC output voltage, pulse or modulation in addition or the AC output voltage of pulse or modulation in addition.Power supply can have output voltage level, levels of current, working cycles (dutycycle) or the waveform that is fit to arbitrarily.

For example, in one embodiment, power supply applies the voltage that supplies to plate with metastable state.Power supply comprises the DC/DC converter that uses pulse width modulation (PWM) control configuration, with control output voltage and electric current output.The DC/DC converter uses the pulse near 15kHz, produces required voltage with antianode and negative electrode in 5V arrives the scope of 25V, for example, produces the voltage of the 15V of the electric power that reaches about 120-150 watt (W).Working cycles depends on required voltage and current output.For example, the working cycles of DC/DC converter can be 90%.As following more specific description, if desired, power supply can constitute with the voltage of metastable state and replace between 5 seconds at another polarity place 5 seconds of polarity place with the voltage of metastable state.

Also can use other power supply type, power supply can be pulse or non-pulse formula and other voltage and electric power scope.Parameter is specific.

Supply with the supply water supplying pipe line 16 of water by can being branched off into anode supply pipeline or manifold 17 and negative electrode supply pipeline or manifold 18 and 14 supply to anode chamber 24 and cathode chamber 26 from originating.Anode supply pipeline 17 will be supplied with water and be fed to each anode chamber 24, and negative electrode supply pipeline 18 will be supplied with water and be fed to each cathode chamber.

Under the situation of cation-exchange membrane, when crossing anode 30 and negative electrode 32 and apply dc voltage potential energy, for example at about 5 volts (V) voltage in the scope of about 25V, be present in cation in the cation chamber 24 at first and move towards negative electrode 32 and cross amberplex 27, and the anion in the anode chamber 24 moves towards anode 30.Similarly, the cation that is present in the cathode chamber 26 moves towards negative electrode 32.Therefore yet the anion that is present in the cathode chamber 26 can't pass through cation-exchange membrane, keeps and is limited in the cathode chamber 26.

In addition, the hydrone that contacts with anode 30 is turned to oxygen (O by electrochemistry oxygen in anode chamber 24 ₂) and hydrogen ion (H ⁺), and the hydrone that contacts with negative electrode 32 is hydrogen (H by electrochemical reduction in cathode chamber 26 ₂) and hydroxyl ion (OH ^-).Allow the hydrogen ion in the anode chamber 24 to enter cathode chamber 26 by cation-exchange membrane 27, wherein hydrogen ion is reduced to hydrogen, and the dioxygen oxidation in anode chamber 24 is supplied with water to form anolyte 20.In addition, because conventional running water typically comprises sodium chloride and/or other chloride, so the chloride that anode 30 oxidations exist is to form chlorine.As a result, produce the chlorine of fundamental quantity, and the pH of anolyte composition 20 is along with gradually becoming in the past of time is acid.

As mentioned above, when applying voltage potential, the hydrone electrochemical reduction that contacts with negative electrode 32 is hydrogen and hydroxyl ion (OH ^-), and the cation in the anode chamber 24 enters negative electrode 32 by cation-exchange membrane 27.These cations can be used for combining with the hydroxyl ion that produces at negative electrode 32 places with ionic species, and hydrogen typically bubbles to the surface, and effusion cathode chamber 26 as shown in arrow 34.As a result, the hydroxyl ion of fundamental quantity is along with accumulating in the past in the cathode chamber 26 and with cation of time reacts to form alkaline hydrated oxide.In addition, because cation-exchange membrane does not allow electronegative hydroxyl ion by cation-exchange membrane,, hydroxide is limited to cathode chamber 26 so keeping.Therefore, in cathode chamber 26, produce the hydroxide of fundamental quantity, and the pH of catholyte composition 22 is along with gradually becoming in the past of time is alkaline.

Because hydrogen 34 is overflowed from cathode chamber 26 easily, so the electrochemical reaction of forcing function generator 10 reaches balance never.As a result, the non-equilibrium state of the electrolytic process in the forcing function generator 10 allows the formation of concentrated and the metastable ion and the atomic group of the reactive species in anode chamber 24 and the cathode chamber 26.

Typically discharge (electron withdrawal) (at anode 30 places) or electronics introducing (at negative electrode 32 places), thereby cause supplying with the change of physical chemistry (comprising structure, energy and the haptoreaction) characteristic of water, the electrochemical activation process occurs by electronics.Supply with water (anolyte or catholyte) and be activated near the electrode surface place, at this electrode surface place, electric-field intensity can reach very high level.This zone can be called electric double layer (EDL).

Alternatively, for example, comprise deionized water and be directed into anode chamber 24 and cathode chamber 26 with the water constituent that reaches 0.1 mole of every liter of salt (for example, 0.1 mole of every liter of sodium chloride).Sodium chloride is dissolved into positively charged sodium ion (Na fully ⁺) and electronegative chlorion (Cl ^-).Sodium ion and chlorion become by aquation by hydrone.The positively charged sodium ion that is present in the water moves towards negative electrode 32, and negative chlorion moves towards anode 30.

Water is oxidized to oxygen and hydrogen ion at anode 30 places, and is reduced to hydroxyl ion and hydrogen at negative electrode 32 places.Therefore, be positioned on the surface of negative electrode 32 or near sodium ion can be with ionic species in conjunction with electronegative hydroxyl ion to form NaOH.As a result, cathode chamber 26 comprises water and hydroxide, thereby makes pH increase, and water is along with gradually becoming in the past of time is alkaline.

Similarly, being present in chlorion in the anode chamber 24 becomes by electrochemistry oxygen and turns to chlorine.The hydroxyl ion or other cation that are present in the anode chamber 32 are carried by cation-exchange membrane 27.As a result, anode chamber 24 comprises chlorine and the oxygen that pH is descended along with the time.

As mentioned above, hydrogen is overflowed from water constituent (aqueous composition) easily; Therefore, electrochemical reaction can not reach balance.As a result, the non-equilibrium state of the electrolytic process in forcing function generator 10 continues, to allow the concentrating and the formation of metastable ion and atomic group of reactive species in anode chamber 24 and the cathode chamber 26.

In another embodiment, one or two in the electrode 30 and 32 can apply with silver.Alternatively, for example, extra electrode can be increased in the chamber 32 that applies or embed with silver.During use, silver dissolves lentamente, thereby will be discharged in anolyte and/or the catholyte such as the silver ion of silver-colored nanoparticle.Silver ion can help to increase the disinfecting properties of the EA liquid of generation.

4. amberplex

As mentioned above, amberplex 27 can comprise cation-exchange membrane or anion-exchange membrane.Under the situation of cation-exchange membrane, for example, barrier film can be the form of the single-layer septum that obtained by perfluor ionomer resin.Alternatively, for example, amberplex 27 can be for by identical or two biseptate forms that different perfluor ionomer resin obtains.Also can use other material with many layers.In addition, barrier film is strengthened by loose structure or the porous body made by for example polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) usually, so that sufficient mechanical to be provided.

Cation-exchange membrane for example comprise for the anion exchange base of the covalent bond of polymer backbone ( Or-COO ^-).During operation, ion salt is dissolved into cation or anion in water.Cation is called counter ion counterionsl gegenions, and anion is called the coion of cation-exchange membrane.

Under the potential gradient that in electrochemical cell, exists, with the Na of hydrone gathering ⁺And H ⁺Ion by barrier film towards electronegative cathode transport, and coion (Cl ^-And OH ^-) towards positively charged anode transmission.

Even cation-exchange membrane optionally transmits Na ⁺, but other cation and hydrone can suppress Cl ^-And OH ^-The diffusion of ion, some hydroxide anions still can move by cation-exchange membrane.Main final result is to be rich in Cl in anode chamber 24 ^-Ion, and in anion chamber 26, be rich in Na ⁺(the H of less degree ⁺) ion, and Cl ^-Anion is the diffusion of 22 utmost point lowlands from anolyte 20 to catholyte, and OH ^-Anion is the diffusion of 20 utmost point lowlands from catholyte 22 to anolyte.In one embodiment, in order to limit or prevent moving of hydroxyl ion, the side of the perfluorinated sulfonic acid barrier film of contact catholyte 22 can use perfluorocarboxylic acid polymer (perfluorocarbohylyc acid polymer) layer to cover.

The electric charge of the coupled ion in cation-exchange membrane is with H ⁺, Li ⁺, Na ⁺, K ⁺Deng form come balance by the equivalent charge of counter ion counterionsl gegenions.Typically, when abundant and hydrate, cation-exchange membrane work.When polymer was placed in the water, polymers swell became mutability and allows ion to move freely under the effect of voltage potential or by diffusion.As a result, cation-exchange membrane shows as the ion conductor in the electric field, and can highly selective transmission cation.

Also can think the hydrogen (R-SO of strong resin ₃H) and sodium (R-SO ₃Na) form height disassociation, and tradable Na ⁺And H ⁺Easily obtain to be used for exchange at whole pH range content.Therefore, exchange capacity does not rely on pH and therefore makes process efficiency not rely on pH.Yet, can think that the disassociation of hydrogen of weak carboxylic acids (R-COOH) and sodium (R-COONa) form is not high, and mainly depends on pH.Therefore, the exchange capacity of weak carboxylic acids mainly depends on pH, and is highly-efficient processing when adopting this barrier film.

The operation of cation-exchange membrane is the function of the following stated: (1) ionic conductivity or the whole cationic conveying by barrier film, (2) ion current density, (3) electric current of carrying quantity or carrying with respect to the ion of the total current that applies by specific ion, (4) molecular weight of linear polymer, (5) porosity of barrier film, (6) comprise the equivalent or the weight of 1 mole of sulfonic dry polymeric in every gram, (7) be applicable to the sulfonic stoichiometric ion-exchange capacity or the entire quantity of the exchange of the per unit weight of polymer resin or unit volume, aquation that (8) absorb by polymer or percentage of water and/or (9) water are carried.

The Flemion barrier film that the example of the cation-exchange membrane that is fit to that can use in forcing function generator 10 comprises Nafion barrier film that the Dupont by the U.S. produces, produced by the Asahi Glass Co. of Japan, the Aciplex barrier film of producing by the Asahi Chemical Industries Co. of Japan and the Dow barrier film of producing by U.S. Dow Chemical.The example of the forcing function generator that is fit to is included in Emco Tech " JP102 " battery of finding in the JP2000 ALKABLUE LX, and it is by the Yeupdong of Korea S, Goyang-City, and the Emco Tech Co. of Kyungki-Do, LTD buys.This special battery has 27 volts DC scope, about 10 to about 5.0 pH scope, the battery size of 62mm * 109mm * 0.5mm, and five battery lead plates.Also can use the forcing function generator of other type that can have various different sizes.

5.EA the characteristic of water output

Electrochemical activation in forcing function generator 10 produces and can be used to the EA water that cleans and/or sterilize.EA water respectively in the anode chamber 24 and the output of cathode chamber 26 form of sentencing acid anolyte 20 and alkaline catholyte 22 produce.

A. anolyte

The characteristic of anolyte 20 is acid, and comprises and for example be active chlorine (Cl ₂) the very strong oxidant of form.In one embodiment, anolyte 20 has about 2.0 to about 4.0 pH, but can have in other embodiments at this extraneous pH, for example in about scope of 2.5 to 6.In one embodiment, for example, anolyte 20 has approximately+600mV to approximately+oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) of 1200mV, or can such as+100mV to+1200mV ,+400mV is to+900mV, or+400mV is in other scope of+700mV.Other pH value, oxidation-reduction potential and cl concn can use in other embodiments.The intensity of oxidation-reduction reaction depends on the electronically active in the aqueous solution, it is characterized in that oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) value.The ORP value is high more, and then medium is got over " acid ", and more can the oxidation molecule.The ORP value is low more, and then the reducing power of this anolyte, oxidation resistance are high more.Because the electrochemistry of the water of close anode exposes, the oxidation-reduction potential of this anolyte increases, and obtains the oxidant characteristic.

Anolyte 20 can be used in the place that needs sterilization or sterilization.Anolyte 20 changed microorganism, virus, bacterium and the propagable environment of other biological life form owing to have the water of the oxidation-reduction potential of this scope, and attracted electronics, so can be used for killing bacteria from environment and microorganism.As a result, make environment and microorganism oxidized.Therefore, in one or more embodiments, during the cleaning surfaces machine operation, EA anolyte water can be used as disinfectant and bactericide.Yet, have should note on the surface of electromotive force the corrosion.

During the electrochemical activation of water, anolyte 20 can also be included in many metastable ions and the living radical molecule that anode 30 places produce.These molecules can comprise: O ₃, O ₂, H ₂O ₂, Cl ₂, ClO ₂, HClO, HCl, HClO ₃, O ₂, H ₂O ₂, O ₃, H ⁺, H ₃O ⁺, OH ^-, ClO ^-, HO ^-, H ₂O ^-, O ₂ ^-, O ^-, ClO ^-And Cl ^-Free radical and other excited molecule.

Mol-chloric can also react to form hypochlorous acid and ion OCl ^-Other ion.These OCl ^-Further oxidation and become chlorate ions (ClO of ion ₃ ^-) and the high chloro acid ion (

).Chlorine dioxide can also obtain by the oxidation of sodium chloride and hydrochloric acid.In addition, many reactions that other depends on pH cause producing the many different metastable significantly fixed and/or active chlorine that comprises molecule, ion and free radical.Except disinfecting properties, the chlorion in the acid anolyte solution 20 of appropriateness can with the reactive metal oxide in the lip-deep dirt to be cleaned, this assists in removing dirt.

B. catholyte

Because the electrochemistry of the water of close negative electrode exposes, the oxidation-reduction potential of this catholyte reduces, and this catholyte obtains anti-oxidation characteristics.Catholyte 22 is a strong basicity, and in one or more embodiments, and the scope of the pH of catholyte solution is from about 8 to about 12, or from 9 to about 12.Yet in other embodiments, catholyte can have the pH value beyond this scope.In one embodiment, catholyte 22 has approximately-600mV to approximately-ORP of 1000mV, or ORP can such as-150mV to-1000mV ,-150mV to-700mV or-300mV is in other scope of-700mV.Catholyte 22 can be used for the flocculation product of heavy metal, coagulation, washing and extraction.In addition, catholyte 22 can be used to clean a wound (rather than utilizing the tincture of iodine), and whatsoever all needs to increase the pH level of water under the situation.Catholyte 22 can also comprise hydrogen peroxide (H ₂O ₂), sodium and other hydroxide, metastable ion and/or free radical.

For example, hydrone typically for each cluster that centers on ion with 12-14 molecular aggregates together.Sometimes this is called as " surface tension ".Normal running water comprises the net of icosahedral water cluster.These big water body pieces are feasible too greatly to be not easy to permeate different organic and inorganic material and organism, thereby may be for consuming useless time and catabiotic process.Big water cluster resolves into less water cluster and can make water have more activity in actual applications and have more value.When the forcing function generator electrochemically-activated water, the hydrogen covalent bond between hydrogen and the oxygen disconnects, and causes H ₂The O cluster is reduced to each cluster at 10 below the molecule, and for example, each cluster is between 5 molecules and 6 molecules.Therefore, final EA glassware for drinking water has the distribution of the water cluster size that comprises a large amount of small size clusters.Therefore, EA water is to have bigger wettability, more impregnability and more soluble " wetting agent " arranged.Because EA water is " wetting agent " with wettability bigger than common water, so this EA water can than non-EA water fast six to ten times (for example) and hydrate, and will with act on promote and than non-EA water more easily with the conveying mechanism of fragment from just separating in clean Surface.

More specifically, the EA glassware for drinking water for the form of alkaline catholyte liquid composition has and anion surfactant, cationic surfactant, nonionic formula surfactant and the similar ability of amphoteric surfactant.Because catholyte 22 can have high pH, and is loaded by a large amount of anions behind electrochemical activation, so catholyte 22 has and the similar effect of surfactant.In one embodiment, catholyte 22 is for having 9 or bigger (the strong basicity of) pH for example, in about scope of 10 to 12, but can have in other embodiments in this extraneous other pH value.When in solution, water molecule cluster is typically around ion.During electrochemical activation, electronics and ion move in water molecule cluster consumingly, and clash into each other up to water molecule cluster become very little till.Therefore, these less water molecule clusters can penetrate crack and the gap between foul and the object, and can more effectively promote foul than common non-EA water.

The similar manner that catholyte 22 can be seen with the surfactant that uses conventional, well-known the time strengthens peptizaiton.Because catholyte 22 comprises the anion of any molecule that surrounds object and foul, so observe these effects.Surround or produce the negative potential that the molecule that makes object and foul repels each other and keeps separating with negative electrical charge around the molecule of object and foul.

The removal that these characteristics have also been improved solvation and grease, acid foul and contained carbon oil.This be because catholyte 22 usefulness negative electrical charges around the grease molecule, the grease molecule can by anion around afterwards being moved separately.In addition, help to reduce the overall size of grease molecule around the grease molecule with negative electrical charge, thus catholyte 22 that the grease molecular change is got is littler.

In addition, make the saponification of grease molecule effectively around the grease molecule, and help the hydrophobicity grease molecule in emulsification or the stabilize water with negative electrical charge.When materials such as fat or grease by from the negative electrical charge of catholyte 22 around the time, catholyte converts grease to the synthetic fluid soap.As a result, oil or oil contamination become soluble, and can remove by catholyte 22, and do not need to add the chemical surfactant/cleaning agent as the part clean liquid.Yet if desired, in other embodiments, surfactant/cleaning agent also can be increased in the pending liquid that used in cleaning before or after activation.

Therefore, catholyte 22 has very strong cleaning capacity.Catholyte 22 can be used as the clean solution with high-level cleaning capacity, and safety can't contaminated environment.Because reductive water reducing substances and oxidation material not are so catholyte 22 is very safe for environment.Oxidation makes some materials get rusty, degenerate, wear out and is dirty.Catholyte 22 has been avoided getting rusty, degeneration, premature aging and dirty.

Therefore, the EA water (catholyte and anolyte) that is produced by forcing function generator 10 has cleaning capacity and sterilizing ability.As a result, the cleaning equipment such as portable or fixed hard place plate and/or hag plate cleaner can use EA water cleaning floor and other non-floor surface for example industrial, commercial, residential housing.Cleaner can use the EA water that does not have to add such as the surface active ingredient of surfactant that helps cleaning of hard surfaces and/or pressure release surface or cleaning agent.

In addition, the EA glassware for drinking water that produces by forcing function generator 10 have make oil become can be from the solution of surface extraction effectively solvability.With tend to keep oil opposite for the cleaning agent of suspension, in water loses its activation characteristic and takes place and the time, EA water makes oil reconfigure after extraction.When use had the cleaning equipment of soiling solution recovery function, this characteristic of this EA water made oil more effectively separate with the sewage that extracts.Can reduce the relevant expense of processing like this with the waste water of the pollution of reclaiming from clean Surface or project.

As in the more detailed description below, anolyte and catholyte can apply respectively and from clean Surface or item extraction, or order or apply as mixture together.Anolyte and catholyte can apply by independent compartment system, or can shared same compartment system.In an example,, then the output of this electrolyte from forcing function generator can be planned for buffer or the reservoir, be used for using in the back, maybe can be planned in refuse or the recycling can if do not use a specific anolyte and catholyte.Term jar, buffer and reservoir can be intercoursed.

C. anolyte of Hun Heing and catholyte

Have been found that anolyte and catholyte can mix in the compartment system of cleaning equipment and/or on clean Surface or the project, still keep favourable cleaning and disinfection characteristic simultaneously.The EA water constituent that mixes can also form by making the anolyte 20 and 22 mutual mixing of catholyte that change ratio.When mixing, the EA water that mixes is non-equilibrium state, and can comprise the pH that for example has about 2.5-6 and-150mV is to the anolyte material of the ORP of-700mV and for example have the pH of about 8-12 and approximately+400mV is to the catholyte material of the ORP of about+900mV.Believe that little water cluster can not make reactive species moment in anolyte and the catholyte reconfigure and neutralizes.Though mixed anolyte and catholyte, described electrolyte is originally still uneven, the therefore temporary transient cleaning and disinfection characteristic that keeps its enhancing.

For the cleaner of typical portable cleaning surfaces machine or extractor type, the liquid RT on the clean surface before extracting is shorter relatively, for example, for typical portable cleaning surfaces machine at 2-3 between second.This just makes the oxidation-reduction potential of EA water and other favourable cleaning/disinfecting properties of mixing, is kept substantially in the time of staying before the basic neutralization in the recycling can of cleaner or following processing in these characteristics.

6. the product design of the variation of anolyte and catholyte and volume

Anolyte and catholyte can produce or apply with the ratio that differs from one another by the structure that changes forcing function generator 10, the flow that passes through generator and/or compartment system.

For example, if the major function of EA water is cleaning, then forcing function generator can constitute more volume is compared in generation with anolyte catholyte.Alternatively, for example, if the major function of EA water is sterilization, then forcing function generator can constitute more volume is compared in generation with catholyte anolyte.In addition, the concentration of the combination of the active reaction in each electrolyte can change.

Fig. 2 has shown the schematic diagram according to the forcing function generator 40 of embodiment, and this embodiment has and is the minus plate 41 of 3:2 ratio and positive plate 42, is used to produce the catholyte of comparing more volume with anolyte.Each minus plate 41 all amberplex 43 by separately separates with positive plate 42.Therefore, for two anode chambers, have three cathode chambers.This structure produces about 60% catholyte by output 44, produces about 40% anolyte by exporting 45.In another embodiment, similar to embodiment shown in Figure 2, each battery all comprises three cathode chambers and an anode chamber, and each all passes through membrane separation separately.Also can use other ratio.

For a plurality of anode chambers and cathode chamber, ratio can further improve by selecting the battery lead plate that electricity starts or electricity is stopped using.For electrode, start and the inactive suitable switch realization that can use in the power line, this switch can be controlled automatically by control circuit, manually control by the operator, or both is in conjunction with control.In the embodiment shown in Figure 2, the ratio of 1:1 can be by stopping using a negative electrode 41 and be cut to flowing of this chamber and realize.In this example, the ratio of the 2:3 of cloudy substrate and the positive plate polarity that can be only be applied to the electromotive force of plate 41 and 42 by conversion realizes.Therefore, each plate 41 all becomes positive plate, and each plate 42 all becomes minus plate.The polarity of the voltage that applies also can be periodically or in conversion At All Other Times, with automatically cleaning anode and minus plate, therefore, prolonged the life-span of described positive plate and minus plate.Therefore, being used in term " anode " in this explanation and the claim and " negative electrode " and term " anolyte " and " catholyte " can intercourse respectively.

Alternatively or in addition, to flowing of the chamber of selecting can be 46 mechanically activated by movement restriction device, stop or reducing, this device can be positioned at the input or the output of forcing function generator 40.Movement restriction device can comprise and is suitable for limiting the mobile any device such as valve or pump.

The variation of the concentration of the reactive species in each chamber, pH or reduction potential can be flow through flowing of this chamber by adjusting and regulates.In given chamber, adopt higher flows, supply with water and in this chamber, have the short time of staying, and therefore produce the active reaction combination or change pH or reduction potential with the less time.

Forcing function generator 40 can also have a plurality of batteries parallel to each other, and described battery can optionally start as required or stop using.

In another embodiment, one or more minus plates can have the surface area different with each positive plate, so that the concentration of the active water that produces in chamber changes with respect to another chamber.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the output 44 of catholyte and the output 45 of anolyte combine in the flow path of output place of forcing function generator 40.

7. spray

As mentioned above, have been found that pending liquid that upstream or downstream injection at forcing function generator use can improve the cleaning or the disinfecting properties of final liquid in cleaning.Alternatively, for example, injection apparatus can not use separately in having any equipment of forcing function generator, and is not limited in this disclosure.In one embodiment, any suitable method understood by those of ordinary skill in the art of term " injection " expression is with in the gas dispersion feed liquor body or with in the liquid dispersion air inlet body.Term " the EA liquid of injection " and " the EA water of injection " refer to injected EA liquid or the EA water in upstream and/or downstream at the forcing function generator 10 of electrochemically activated liquid or water.Fig. 3 has shown the equipment of the injection apparatus 50 with the downstream that is positioned at forcing function generator 10.Injection apparatus 50 sprays or injects anolyte EA liquid 20 and the catholyte EA liquid 22 with gas, to form anolyte EA liquid 51 that sprays and the catholyte EA liquid 52 that sprays.Single combined jet device or separator can be used to spray each flow stream.Alternatively, for example, injection apparatus 50 is connected only to spray in anolyte EA liquid 20 and the catholyte EA liquid 22 one or another.In a further embodiment, for example, flow stream 20 and 22 is flowing by being combined into single liquid before installing 50 injections.In addition, for example, a plurality of injection apparatus can be used for being cascaded in parallel with each other.

In one embodiment, injection apparatus 50 disperses into EA liquid with trickle bubble, is transferred to surface to be cleaned or the foam on the project with generation.The gas that is fit to comprises air, oxygen, nitrogen, ammonia, carbon dioxide and other gas.Under the situation of air and oxygen, final injection EA liquid becomes high oxidation.The increase of oxidation further promotes the effectively moistening of surface to be cleaned or project, and can strengthen the chemical reaction that promotes cleaning or sterilization.

Injection apparatus 50 can comprise various foam-making apparatuses, including, but not limited to be the device of fundamental operation with machinery, with electromechanics be the basis for example by the device of electrolysis procedure, be device or its combination of fundamental operation with the chemistry.The mechanical injection device can be suitable for gas dispersion feed liquor body or with liquid dispersion air inlet body.Example comprises supercharging or unpressurized air delivery system, supercharging or unpressurized liquid delivery system, stirring system, injector and bubbler.In one embodiment, pressurization gas is introduced in the flow path of the pending liquid that is used for cleaning, disperse in the feed liquor body by the mixer element that is fit to then, mixer element is for example for carrying secretly or the dispersive medium of its both combination results foam by shear action, gas.In another embodiment, for example, Venturi tube can be used for gas is introduced flow path of the liquid.

For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 4, if injection apparatus 50 is placed on the upstream of forcing function generator 10, then gas also can help the electrochemical activation process, with cleaning or the disinfecting power that improves final EA liquid.Can supply to anode chamber, cathode chamber or anode chamber and the cathode chamber of forcing function generator 10 from the atomizing of liquids 53 of injection apparatus, and conventional running water (or other liquid) can supply in any chamber that does not receive atomizing of liquids.

If gas jet comprises air or oxygen, then the hyperoxia level during the electrochemical activation can produce the EA water of super oxidation.The oxygen level that increases can increase the efficient of electrochemical activation process.In addition, during the electrochemical activation process, injection water can have water cluster Size Distribution, and described distribution has a large amount of less cluster that has more a spot of hydrone for each cluster.These less clusters can increase by the amberplex of forcing function generator carries and the efficient of separating.The EA water of super oxidation becomes by electrochemical activation, causes having electrochemical activation foam, foaming and/or the activated gas that strengthens cleaning or disinfecting power.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, injection apparatus 50 comprises with electrochemistry being that one or more electrolytic cells of fundamental operation are realize to spray.Electrolytic cell can be positioned at the upstream or the downstream of forcing function generator 10.In Fig. 5, electrolytic cell 50 is in the upstream of forcing function generator 10.Similar to forcing function generator illustrated in figures 1 and 2, electrolytic cell has one or more anodes and one or more negative electrode.Yet in one embodiment, electrolytic cell does not have amberplex.

In addition, injection apparatus 50 can be located along the flow path of 14 (illustrated in figures 1 and 2) of originating from liquid, or is positioned at the inside in liquid source 14, for example, and in coming in the carrying shield of carrying by movable floor cleaning surfaces machine.

Conventional running water typically comprises 8 to 40mg/L oxygen.The oxygen level can improve by electrolysis.Electrolysis from the supply water at the water source EA water of forcing function generator 10 (or from) can be incorporated into oxygen and hydrogen peroxide in the water.Oxygen and other bubble have not only further improved the wetting characteristics of water by the surface tension that reduces water, and these bubbles can also react cleaning and/or disinfecting properties with further enhancing water.Electrolytic oxidize water 54 can also comprise hydrogen peroxide, and it is a strong oxidizer, and can further improve the disinfecting properties of water.

Injection can cause entering of " micro-bubble " or " nano bubble ".To such an extent as to micro-bubble and nano bubble have the too little capillary size that can not destroy liquid usually.As a result, these bubbles keep suspending in liquid indefinitely.The indefinite suspension of bubble makes the concentration of bubble increase, and finally causes having the over-saturation water of bubble.

Fig. 6 is the sketch that shows the embodiment similar to Fig. 5, but further be included in second electrolytic cell (or other device of realization injection) 50 in the downstream of forcing function generator 10, be used for other electrolysis and produce oxygen has preferable cleaning or disinfecting power with generation reaction bubble.In one embodiment, by

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51 and 52 expressions from the super oxidation anolyte of forcing function generator 10 and the output of catholyte, by second electrolytic cell 50, the chamber by two separation or mix individually.In another embodiment, pass through second battery 50 such as an output of super oxidation anolyte output, and as shown in arrow 55, walk around second battery 50 such as another output of super oxidation catholyte output.By electrochemically-activated water before by 50 electrolysis of other battery, during being used for the electrolytic process of atomizing of liquids, run into less resistance.In addition, in final reaction bubble, can obtain the more effective maintenance of nano bubble.

In a further embodiment, jar can be filled by the prior airtight container of EA liquid, can by neighbouring fixing or " filling the station " that move fill, fill the station and carry the forcing function generator that is used for electrochemically activated liquid, then by flexible pipe or other interim annex with the canned cleaner that is downloaded to.After loading EA water, before the surface or project that are transported to be cleaned or sterilization, EA water is transported to injection apparatus.

In a further embodiment, jar can be filled by the prior airtight container of atomizing of liquids, can by neighbouring fixing or " filling the station " that move fill, fill the station and carry the injection apparatus that is used for atomizing of liquids, then by flexible pipe or other interim annex with the canned cleaner that is downloaded to.After loading atomizing of liquids, before the surface or project that are transported to be cleaned or sterilization, liquid is transported to the forcing function generator that is used for electrochemical activation.In an example, atomizing of liquids is included in to have in the container of pressing in being fit to, with the spray regime that keeps liquid till carrying or using.Container can be emptied in the jar by the cleaning device carrying, and/or container can be constituted in the flow path that is directly connected to device in the upstream or the downstream of forcing function generator.

8. electrolytic cell

Fig. 7 is the block diagram that can be used as the electrolytic cell 50 of injection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.For example, battery 50 comprises reative cell 56, anode 57 and negative electrode 58.Chamber 56 can limit by the wall of the wall of battery 50, the container of placing electrode 57 and 58 or pipeline or by electrode itself.Anode 57 and negative electrode 58 can be made by the combination of any suitable material or material, for example, and titanium or be coated with the titanium of noble metal (for example, platinum).Anode 57 and negative electrode 58 are connected to traditional power supply (not shown).In one embodiment, electrolytic cell 50 comprises delimit chamber 56 and is arranged in itself the container of flow path of the pending liquid of cleaning equipment.In another embodiment, electrolytic cell 50 comprises anode 57 and negative electrode 58, but does not comprise container.In these embodiments, reative cell 56 can limit by container or the pipe section of placing electrode.

In another example, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, anode and cathode electrode can be placed on the inside of liquid tank 14.

In further example, anode and cathode electrode can be placed on along placing in the part of the pipeline of the flow path of the liquid location of cleaning equipment or along the part of this pipeline.

Electrolytic cell 50 and electrode thereof can have any physical form and structure.For example, electrode can be flat board, coaxial cable interface board, bar or its combination.Each electrode can have entity structure, maybe can have one or more holes, for example metallic sieve.

During operation, liquid is supplied with by the source 14 of jar 14 among for example Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 and/or forcing function generator 10, and is incorporated in the tank house 56 of electrolytic cell 50.In the embodiment shown in fig. 7, electrolytic cell 50 does not comprise the amberplex that the product at anode 57 places is separated with the product at negative electrode 58 places.In the example of running water,, contact with anode 57 or near the hydrone this anode is turned to oxygen (O by electrochemistry oxygen when water being incorporated in the chamber 56 and after applying voltage potential between anode 57 and the negative electrode 58 as the pending liquid that in cleaning, uses ₂) and hydrogen ion (H ⁺), and contact with negative electrode 58 or near the hydrone this negative electrode is hydrogen (H by electrochemical reduction ₂) and hydroxyl ion (OH ^-).Owing to do not make product physical barriers separated from one another, have neutral pH or arrive the oxidation fluid 59 of the ORP in the scope of about 800mV at about 500mV so can mix and form from the product of two electrodes.Hydrogen 60 is typically around the surface blistering of the fluid of negative electrode 58 and escape in the atmosphere, and because oxygen has bigger density than hydrogen, so oxygen can keep being suspended in the water for a long time.As a result, fluid 59 over-saturation and have strong ORP because oxygen becomes.If electrolytic cell 59 is placed on the upstream of forcing function generator, the characteristic of the then super oxidation of the fluid of Yin Ruing, strong ORP and the cluster size that reduces can have great help for the electrochemical activation process in the forcing function generator.

Alternatively, for example, anode 57 can separate with negative electrode 58 such as the dielectric barrier that is arranged on the impermeable barrier film (not shown) between anode and the negative electrode by utilizing.

9. spray and strengthen anolyte and the catholyte EA water that mixes

Have been found that when anolyte EA water mixes with catholyte EA water, the injection upstream of forcing function generator and/or downstream can also strengthen and help to keep clean and/disinfecting properties.

Simply test, wherein various types of EA water are placed in the unlimited container, and oil droplet is placed on the water surface, to measure the oil-dispersing property of every type EA water.Do not have that the anolyte EA water meter that sprays is bright not to have an oil-dispersing property.The catholyte EA water that does not have to spray and spray demonstrates 100% oil-dispersing property, and wherein oil disperses on 100% water surface.The anolyte and the catholyte EA water that do not have to spray demonstrate 100% oil-dispersing property when combining.The anolyte EA water that sprays demonstrates 50% oil-dispersing property, wherein compares with 0% oil-dispersing property for the anolyte EA water that not have to spray, and oilyly disperses on 50% water surface.The anolyte and the catholyte EA water that spray demonstrate 100% oil-dispersing property when combining.

The diffusing characteristic of oil content of spraying anolyte increases by 50% and shows, the EA glassware for drinking water that mixes has the diffusing ability of the oil content of increase, thereby should be able to strengthen cleaning/disinfecting properties, and owing to increased the activity in the water, so should be able to prolong the EA water neutralization time before of mixing.Alternatively, for example, liquid can pass through forcing function generator more quickly, keeps essentially identical cleaning/disinfecting power simultaneously.

10. the housing example that is used for the forcing function generator of combined jet device and mixing output

Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B have shown the housing that forms by clam shell shape

half shell

62A and 62B jointly, and described half shell forms together and comprises the roughly watertight housing of controlling electronic installation 64, forcing function generator 10 and injection apparatus 50.Housing 62 for forcing function generator 10 and injection apparatus 50 with and relevant control electronic installation 64 is provided convenience, the housing of compactness.Yet in other embodiments, these devices can be installed separately.

Control electronic installation 64 comprises the printed circuit board (PCB) of the electronic installation that comprises the operation that is used to provide electric power and control forcing function generator 10 and injection apparatus 50.Half housing 62A comprises provides the inlet port 65 that obtains one or more electric test points; And cable 66, described cable is provided for powering to control electronic installation 64 and installs 10 and is connected with 50 and the lead such as the other element of one or more pumps or valve that is used to control housing 62 outsides.Half housing 62A may further include the cover plate 67 of the heat abstractor that is provided for controlling electronic installation 64.Plate 67 may further include a plurality of fin that are used to provide extra cooling, and if desired, can also improve to support cooling fan.In other embodiments, cooling fan can be arranged on any other position of shell 62 or near.

In an example, control circuit 64 comprises power supply, and power supply has with the electric power of forcing function generator 10 and injection apparatus 50 parallel coupled and limit transport to two device and is for example 150 watts output.Control circuit 64 also comprises the opposite polarity H-electric bridge that can optionally make the voltage that is applied to forcing function generator 10 and injection apparatus 50, and wherein said voltage is as the function of the control signal that control circuit produced.For example, control circuit 64 can constitute with predetermined pattern and change polarity in for example per 5 seconds.The frequent anti-phase of polarity can provide self-cleaning function to electrode, thereby can reduce sedimental fouling or increase on the electrode surface, and can prolong the life-span of electrode.

Similar to example shown in Figure 4 and be presented in the example among Fig. 8 B, injection apparatus 50 is connected the upstream of forcing function generator 10.Arrow among Fig. 8 B has shown from 70 flow path of the liquid to outlet 71 that enter the mouth.Injection apparatus 50 and forcing function generator 10 link together at inlet 70 with between exporting 71 by the pipeline 72 in various cross sections.

Fig. 8 B has shown the example of forcing function generator 10, and described forcing function generator is realized by improving the commercial battery of buying (that is, by Emco Tech Co., the JP102 battery that LTD produces).Forcing function generator battery 10 have the battery lead plate of comprising (for example, as shown in Figure 2) housing and have two the inlet 73 and two the outlet 74 and 75.One or two inlet 73 can be connected to injection apparatus 50.If an inlet does not use, then this inlet can close with cap seal.The output liquid that is produced by anode chamber in the generator 10 and cathode chamber supplies to chamber 76 by independent port.From the chamber 76 remove with the JP102 battery provide (also optionally anolyte and catholyte are sent to separately outlet 74 with 75 to separate) valve system, and chamber 76 usefulness cover plates 76 sealing makes chamber 76 form to receive from the anolyte of anode chamber with from the mixing chamber of the catholyte of cathode chamber.Anolyte and catholyte mix in chamber 76, and with anolyte and the catholyte EA water that form to mix, described EA water 76 is directed to outlet 74 again to outlet 71 from the chamber.Outlet 75 usefulness cap seals close.In another embodiment, for example, the output of anolyte and catholyte can be in the mixed downstream of forcing function generator battery 10, or keeps as the liquid that separates by outlet 44 and 45 and to flow.

In the example shown in Fig. 8 B, injection apparatus 50 has tubular.Fig. 9 A has more specifically shown the injection apparatus 50 according to an illustrative example, has wherein cut away partial devices 50 in order to show.In this example, injection apparatus 50 is for having the electrolytic cell of electrode 82 in outer tubular electrode 80 and the tubulose, and described external electrode and described interior electrode separate with the gap (for example, 0.020 inch) that is fit to.Also can adopt other gap size.In an example, external electrode 80 has the solid plate structure, and interior electrode 82 has wire mesh structure, and two electrodes by tubulose dielectric silk screen 84 separately.For example, external electrode 80 can comprise the titanium plate with the platinum spraying plating, and interior electrode 82 can comprise the #304 stainless steel mesh with 1/16 inch grid.Also can adopt other material, electrode shape and size.In this example, element 82 and 84 mesh structure have strengthened the liquid flows in two gaps between electrodes.This liquid flow conduction is also finished two circuit between the electrode.Electrolytic cell 50 can have any suitable size.In an example, battery 50 can have about 4 inches long length and about 3/4 inch external diameter.Length and diameter can be selected nano bubble or the micro-bubble amount with the processing time of control liquid and per unit volume generation.Alternatively, for example, if battery is placed in the exocoel that comprises liquid, then two electrodes can all be the tubulose screen cloth.In further example, interior electrode comprises the bare wire coaxial with external electrode.Can use many change forms.

Battery 50 can be connected any suitable position along flow path of the liquid, for example, makes liquid flow through battery on the direction of arrow shown in Fig. 8 B to connect by engaging two batteries between the cannula member.Can use any method of attachment, for example, connect by the quick connection fittings 86 of plastics.

Fig. 9 B has shown the view according to the injection apparatus 50 of another embodiment of present disclosure.In an example shown in Fig. 9 B, injection apparatus 50 comprises the commercial oxygenator of buying 90 that is installed in the container 91 with inlet 92 and outlet 93.For example, oxygenator 90 can comprise the OXYGENHATORBait Keeper that can be buied by the Aqua Innovation Inc. of Minnesota State Bloomington, and it is explanation in No. the 6th, 689,262, the United States Patent (USP) of Senkiw more specifically.Oxygenator 90 has a pair of exposed electrode 94, and described electrode forms by flat circular woven wire and smooth circular slab parallel to each other and that separate to form reative cell with little gap.Container 91 can be positioned at any suitable position along flow path of the liquid.

11. the example of hard place plate and/or hag plate cleaning systems

Above-mentioned various forcing function generator and injection apparatus can be realized in various dissimilar cleanings or decontamination system.For example, described forcing function generator and described injection apparatus can be realized on airborne (or non-airborne) portable (or fixed) cleaning surfaces machine, for example, portable hard place plate cleaning surfaces machine, portable hag plate cleaning surfaces machine or for example be suitable for cleaning the portable cleaning surfaces machine on hard place plate and hag plate or other surface.

Figure 10 A-10C has shown the portable hard place plate cleaning surfaces machine 100 according to one or more example embodiment of present disclosure.Figure 10 A is the side view of cleaner 100.Figure 10 B has the perspective view of the cleaner 100 of its lid at the place, closed position, and Figure 10 C is the perspective view that has the cleaner 100 of its lid in open position.

In an example, cleaner 100 and T5 operator's manual 02 revised edition that is labeled as on September 9th, 2006 and to be labeled as in T5 parts manual 02 revised edition on November 11st, 2006 Tennant T5 scrubber-drying machine shown and explanation similar substantially, wherein for example, described cleaner has been revised as and has comprised injection apparatus and forcing function generator, for example, but it is not limited to shown in Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B or in any other embodiment of this demonstration or explanation and/or the situation of its combination.

In this example, cleaner 100 is the cleaner of walking in the back of following on the hard place plate surface that is used to clean for example concrete, ceramic tile, vinyl, terrazzo etc.Alternatively, for example, but cleaner 100 can constitute the rear haulage formula cleaner that is sitting in top interconnection system or is used to carry out scouring operation as described below.In a further embodiment, cleaner 100 can be suitable for cleaning for example hag plate of carpet, or can clean hard place plate and hag plate in a further embodiment.Cleaner 100 can comprise by airborne power supply (for example, battery) or the motor by cable power supply.For example, alternatively, internal-combustion engine system can use separately or be used in combination with motor.

Cleaner 100 generally includes pedestal 102 and lid 104, and lid 104 connects by the hinge (not shown) along a side of pedestal 102, makes and covers 104 inside that can upwards pivot and enter into pedestal 102 to provide.Pedestal 102 comprises and is used to hold pending liquid or mainly cleaning and/or sterilised liq composition (for example, Chang Gui running water) and be applied to jars 106 of floor surface during cleaning/sterilizing operation.Alternatively, for example, liquid can handled on the cleaner 100 or outside cleaner 100 before being contained in jars 106.The jar 106 any suitable shapes that can have in pedestal 102, and can have to the compartment of small part around other parts that carry by pedestal 102.

Pedestal 102 carryings comprise one or more scouring parts 112, guard shield 114 and the electric scrubbing head 110 of cleaning part driver 116.Clean part 112 and can comprise one or more brushes, for example, scrub-brush, liner type are cleaned part, microfibre or other hard (or soft) floor surface and are cleaned part.Driver 116 comprises that one or more motor are with rotation scouring part 112.Shown in Figure 10 A-10C, clean part 112 and can comprise the disc type ecouvillon that winds with respect to the rotating shaft rotation of floor surface approximate vertical.Alternatively, for example, clean part 112 and can comprise the one or more cylinder formula ecouvillons that wind with respect to the rotating shaft rotation of hard place plate surface approximate horizontal.Driver 116 can also make cleans part 112 swings.Scrub head 110 can be connected to cleaner 110, makes scrub head 110 to move between the advanced positions of cleaning position that descends and rising.Alternatively, for example, cleaner 100 can not comprise scrub head 110 or ecouvillon.

Pedestal 102 further comprises and is supported on machine frame 117 on wheel 118 and the Caster 119 with supplying with carrying shield 106.Wheel 118 is driven by motor and the transaxle assembly with 120 expressions.The back of framework is mounted with the linkage 121 that connects fluid recycling apparatus 122.In the embodiment shown in Figure 10 A-10C, fluid recycling apparatus 122 comprises the vacuum rubber scraper plate 124 by the inlet's vacuum communicating in flexible pipe 126 and the recycling can 108.The bottom of supplying with carrying shield 106 comprises and is connected to the discharge pipe 130 that is used to empty the drain hose 132 of supplying with carrying shield 106.Similarly, the bottom of recycling can 108 comprises the discharge pipe 133 that is connected to the drain hose 134 that is used to empty recycling can 108.Alternatively, for example, supply with carrying shield and can hold by independent equipment or carry with one of recycling can or both and relevant system.

In further example embodiment, fluid recycling apparatus comprises and is used to promote dirty solution away from floor surface and dirty solution is transported to the antivacuum mechanical device of collecting tank or container.For example, antivacuum mechanical device can comprise a plurality of scouring medias as flexible material spare, and it contacts with the joined floorboards surface and from floor surface with the floor surface rotation and promotes dirty solution.

In a further embodiment, cleaner 100 does not dispose scrub head, and wherein liquid is assigned to floor 125, is used for cleaning or sterilization and scouring action.Then, fluid recycling apparatus 122 is recycled to the liquid that small part is distributed from the floor.

In another embodiment, cleaner 100 comprises that rod-type injector and extractor maybe can be used to clean other attachment device (not shown) on the surface outside the floor.

Cleaner 100 may further include the battery case 140 of wherein placing battery 142.Battery 142 provides electric power for other electrical equipment of drive motor 116, vacuum fan or pump 144 and cleaner 100.Vacuum fan 144 is installed in and covers in 104.The control module 146 that is installed on the rear portion of body of cleaner 100 comprises operation control and the metering that turns to joystick 148 and be used for cleaner 100.

Liquid tank 106 is filled with the pending liquid that is used to clean and/or sterilizes and use, for example, and conventional running water.In one embodiment, liquid is without any surfactant, cleaning agent or other cleaning chemistry product.Cleaner 100 further comprises output fluid flow path 160, and it comprises pump 164, injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162.Jar 106, injection apparatus 161, forcing function generator 162 and pump 164 can be positioned at any position on the cleaner 100.In one embodiment, similar with shown in Fig. 8 B of injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162 and Fig. 8 A, and be installed in the housing 150 that is loaded in the pedestal 102.Pump 164 is installed in the below of supplying with carrying shield 106, and by injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162, the moving path 160 of longshore current is drawn into water from jar 106 adjacent domain of scrub head 110, and finally arrive floor 125, wherein retracting device 122 reclaims dirty liquid, and this liquid is turned back to recycling can 108.Arrow among Figure 10 A shows that the liquid communication via flow path 160 from jar 106 arrives floors 125,128 the direction from retracting device 122 to recycling can then.Alternatively, for example, second injection apparatus 163 (showing in Figure 11) can be positioned at the downstream of forcing function generator 162.Similarly, pump 164 can move downstream or the upstream that path 160 is positioned at any parts by longshore current.Alternatively, for example, can remove pump 164, and flow path 160 is constructed such that the moving path 160 of operation longshore current that water passes through gravity passes through.The pump of any suitable type or model can use.For example, pump 164 can comprise having open-flow capacity (open flowcapacity) is the SHURflo SLV10-AB41 membrane pump (can be by the Cypriote SHURflo in California, LLC buys) of 1.0 gallon per minute (gpm).In this example, because in this example flow path 160 has very little or do not have back pressure, so, can use pump with little open-flow capacity.When starting, pump 164 may be controlled to any suitable speed suction, for example, and greater than zero gpm and reach any speed suction of 1.0gpm.For example, described speed can be set at predetermined speed, but or at .01gpm in the scope of 1.0gpm or in the regulations speed of 0.15gpm in the scope of 0.75gpm.If desired, bigger speed can realize with big pump.

In a disclosed embodiment, control module 146 constitutes formal operations pump 164, injection apparatus 161 and the forcing function generator 162 with " requirement ".Static and when not mobile with respect to floor to be cleaned, pump 164 is at " cutting out " state when cleaner 100, and injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162 no powers.Shown in arrow 165, when cleaner 100 was advanced on respect to floor direction forward, control module 146 was opened to " opening " state with pump 164, and gave injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162 energisings.At " opening " state, pump 164 with water from jar 106 by flow path 160 be drawn into scrub head 110 near.Therefore, injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162 produce and carry EA water when " requirement ".

When the moving path 160 of water longshore current is passed through, injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162 are by spray nano bubble the structure that has reconstituted water in the water inlet temporarily, make water become the height oxygenation, and electrochemically-activated water and the water of activation is separated into catholyte output stream and anolyte output is flowed.Forcing function generator changes the redox potential (ORP) of catholyte and anolyte output stream.As mentioned above, conventional running water is made up of the big aggregation block of amorphous hydrone, to such an extent as to this aggregation block is too greatly in the surface tension that does not have can not move effectively under the situation of surfactant with destruction water.For example, catholyte output rheology is the height alkalescence with pH of about 11, and constitutes by having less water molecule cluster, and when the purpose that is used to clean, this water molecule cluster passes with faster speed.Alkaline water is rich in electronics, and is called reductive water.This alkaline water has the ability that penetrates dirt molecule and clean surface, the effect of playing surfactants based clean solution.Anolyte output rheology is for for example having the highly acidic of about 3 pH.Final acid water lacks electronics and is called oxidize water.Similarly, acid water has by removing the ability that electronics reduces bacterium and other harmful organism.

In one embodiment, according to Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B the output place again combination of the output stream of catholyte and anolyte at forcing function generator 162 is described, then, catholyte that flow path 160 will finally mix and anolyte EA moisture are fitted on scrub head 110, or directly are assigned on the floor to be cleaned.

Alternatively, for example, one or more jars 106 can be filled with the EA water (catholyte and/or anolyte) of injection water, non-injection or the EA water that sprays, distribute by cleaner 100 then.For example, jar 106 can be filled by the EA water receptacle of prior sealing, maybe the forcing function generator that this filling station carrying is used for electrochemically-activated water and by flexible pipe or other interim jockey jar 106 is loaded into cleaner 100 then can be filled from neighbouring static or mobile " filling the station ".If desired, additive can increase the water of electrochemical activation in advance to keep the electrochemical activation state.Be filled with at jar 106 under the situation of non-EA water of injection, cleaner 100 can comprise forcing function generator, with electrochemically-activated water before spray water.Be filled with at jar 106 under the situation of EA water of non-injection, cleaner 100 can distribute the EA water of non-injection, and is not further processed, and maybe can be included in the injection apparatus of injection water before the dispensing water.If jar 106 is filled with the EA water of injection, then cleaner 100 can distribute the liquid that has or do not have by airborne forcing function generator and/or the further processing of airborne injection apparatus.Alternatively, for example, additional injection apparatus can be realized with airborne cleaner, to spray EA water before distributing.

As following more specific description, flow path 160 can comprise the catholyte that is used for the mixing that produces in output place of forcing function generator 162 and the single array output flow path of anolyte EA water, maybe can comprise can be in the moving path 160 of longshore current or the whole length in combination of the somewhere at distributor place or the moving path 160 of longshore current keep the independent path of separating.The flow stream of separating can have the common fluid distributor of close scrub head 110, maybe can send to independent liquid distributor.Pump 164 can show as single pump or a plurality of pump that is used for a plurality of flow paths.

Constitute among the embodiment of the output that optionally distributes one or two catholyte or anolyte EA water at cleaner 100, cleaner 100 can also comprise the one or more waste water flow paths from forcing function generator 162, is used for no catholyte and anolyte EA water are sent to recycling can 108 or independent waste water tank from housing 150.Flow path can also be provided for no catholyte and anolyte are sent to buffer or reservoir (not showing) in Figure 10 A-10C, is used for being used in the back by cleaner 100.For example, if 100 of cleaners are operated the anolyte EA water that need do not produced by forcing function generator 162 then in cleaning mode, and can send to recycling can 108 or buffer or independent holding vessel, be used for using in the back, for example, in the sterilizing operation pattern, use.

If 100 of cleaners are operated in the sterilization pattern, the catholyte EA water that need not produce by forcing function generator then, and can send to recycling can 108 or buffer or independent holding vessel, be used for using in the back, for example, in the clean operation pattern, use.In the cleaning and disinfection operator scheme, catholyte EA water and anolyte EA water all send in the moving path 160 of longshore current, to be applied to the floor simultaneously or sequentially.Catholyte EA water can be applied to floor surface with the cleaning floor surface, the purpose in order to sterilize was removed catholyte EA water before anolyte EA water is applied to identical floor surface then.Catholyte and anolyte EA water can also apply with opposite order.Alternatively, for example, cleaner 100 can constitute in the back to applying catholyte EA water discontinuously in the short cycle that applies anolyte EA water, and vice versa.Whether control cathode electrolyte and/or anolyte EA water apply and when apply, (for example, with reference to the explanation of Fig. 2) various operator schemes can be controlled by the operator by control module 146 for concentration, flow and ratio.

In a further embodiment, cleaner 100 can be improved to and comprise two independent cleaning heads, and one is used for distributing and recovery anolyte EA water, and another is used for distributing and reclaim catholyte EA water.For example, each all will comprise himself liquid distributor, scrub head and squeegee.Can follow another along the mobile route of cleaner for one.For example, the head of front can be used for cleaning, and the head of back can be used for sterilization.

Yet, in example shown in Figure 8, two output place combinations of exporting liquid stream at forcing function generator 162, and need not each output liquid stream is controlled separately.

Have been found that, when two liquid body fluid flow that comprise anolyte EA water and catholyte EA water are applied on the surface to be cleaned simultaneously, no matter be output liquid stream by combination or the liquid stream by independent output, though mix from the teeth outwards or combination, but during the typical time of staying from the teeth outwards, two kinds of liquid all keep the cleaning and disinfection characteristic of its independent enhancing.For example, when cleaner 100 with typical speed advance cross to be cleaned when surperficial, be distributed to the surface and reclaim by vacuum rubber scraper plate 124 between time of stopping from the teeth outwards shorter relatively, for example about 3 seconds.In an example, for example, even two kinds of liquid mix, catholyte EA water and anolyte EA water also can keep its unique electrochemical activation characteristic at least 30 seconds.During at this moment, the electrochemical activation characteristic of the uniqueness of two types of liquid can not offset, till liquid reclaims the back from the surface.So just allow during common clean operation, to utilize the advantageous feature of every kind of liquid.

After reclaiming, nano bubble begins to reduce, and alkalescence and acidic liquid begin neutralization.In case neutralization comprises that then the electrochemical properties of pH of the mixing material of recovery returns to the level of conventional running water.

Injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162 can be by batteries 142 or by the power supply of one or more independent power supplys, this power supply by or be independent of battery 142 power supplies and be suitable for providing required voltage and the electrode of levels of current with required waveform.In an example, injection apparatus 161 and forcing function generator 162 are electrically connected with being connected in parallel to each other, and are powered by battery 142 by control circuit, and shown in Fig. 8 A, described control circuit makes the polarity that is applied to device anti-phase by phased manner.

If desired, the liquid distribution path of cleaner 100 can also comprise one or more filters, is used for removing composition or the chemicals of selecting from the EA water of supplying with water or generation, remains in residue on the clean surface with minimizing.Described path can also comprise ultraviolet ray (UV) radiation generator that is used for the UV treat liquid, to reduce virus and the bacterium in the liquid.

Figure 11 is the block diagram that more specifically shows according to the liquid distribution flow path 160 of the cleaner 100 of embodiment of the present disclosure.For simplicity, be not presented among Figure 11 to the waste water flow path of recycling can 108 and other parts of cleaner 100.In other embodiments, the element in the flow path 160 can rearrange in the upstream or the downstream toward each other.In addition, the particular element in the moving path 160 of longshore current can have great variation to next embodiment from an embodiment, and this variation depends on the concrete application scenario and the platform of realization.Some elements can be removed, other element can be increased simultaneously.For example, in one embodiment, can remove injection apparatus 161, and in another embodiment, can remove forcing function generator 162.The element that with dashed lines shows does not exist in the example shown in Figure 10 A-10C, but can comprise in other embodiments.The embodiment that is presented among Figure 11 is an example.

Liquid in jar 106 or supply water are connected to the input of forcing function generator 162 by duct portion 170,171, pump 164 and injection apparatus 161.Pump 164 can comprise the pump such as any suitable type of membrane pump.Also can use the pump of other type.

As mentioned above, can supply with in the water with the concentration of any needs and being increased to of the moving path of the upstream of forcing function generator 162 longshore current such as the additive of electrolyte (for example, sodium chloride) or other compound or the compound of increase at any desired location place.For example, additive can be increased in the water in jars 106.In further example, the additive that flows through device 173 can be connected with flow path one row formula, for example, and in the downstream (or upstream) that is used for additive is inserted into the pump 164 of supplying with water.Yet this additive is unwanted for a lot of clean applications and such as the kind of liquid of conventional running water.In some applications, additive can be used for further increasing the anolyte of forcing function generator and the value of pH separately of catholyte output, if desired, even can neutral further away from each other pH.

Injection apparatus 161 can be in any position along the flow path between liquid source 106 and the forcing function generator 162, or in any position in the downstream of forcing function generator 162.In one embodiment, injection apparatus comprises electrolytic cell, for example, is presented among Fig. 9 A or Fig. 9 B and is used for by the electrolysis atomizing of liquids.Yet, for example, as mentioned above, also can use the injection apparatus of other type.

In the application of the cleaning agent that needs add, cleaner 100 can be improved to the supply source 180 that further comprises cleaning agent, and cleaning agent supplies to the input of forcing function generator by duct portion 181,182 and pump 183 (all with dashed lines demonstrations).Alternatively, for example, pump 183 can arrive detergent delivery one or more flow paths 160 in the downstream of forcing function generator 162, or supplies to for example flow path of the upstream of pump 164.Mixer element 184 mixes with the cleaning agent supplied with from the supply water in liquid source 106.

The volume that does not rely on the cleaning agent in the supply source 180 substantially that flows of cleaning agent produces.The check-valves (not shown) can be installed in the pipeline with duct portion 170, when the upstream of pump 164, prevents that cleaning agent and main clean liquid composition are back to jars 106 with convenient fluid mixer element 184.Pump 183 can comprise for example any suitable pump of electromagnetic pump.An example of the electromagnetic pump that is fit to is the pump of the pump number ET200BRHP that sells and made by CEME of the Farmington Engineering by Madison CT.Another pump that is fit to is SV 653 measuring pumps of being made by Valcor Scientific.The pump of other type also can be used as pump and uses.

Controller 186 (showing with dotted line) is by the operation of control signal 187 control pumps 183.A suitable controller is the Part No. QRS2211C (24V or 36V) that is sold by Infitec Inc. or Syracuse NY.According to an embodiment, signal 187 is for providing the pulse signal with respect to the electric power of ground (not shown), and control pump drives the duration of cleaning agents by conduit 182.For example, control signal 187 can be turned off pump with 0.1 second startup pump 183 and with 2.75 seconds, to produce the low capacity output stream that concentrates cleaning agent.Also can adopt other ON/OFF time.In addition, can remove pump 164 and 183, and liquid and cleaning agent can be supplied with by other mechanism such as gravity.In the example shown in Figure 10 A-10C, owing to do not use other cleaning agent, so cleaning agent 100 does not comprise element 180,183,184 and 186.

Forcing function generator 162 has output 190 of catholyte EA water and anolyte EA water output 192, and described EA water output 190 and 192 is combined into shared flow path 160 (showing with solid line), and supplies to fluid distributor 194.In disclosed another embodiment, flow path 160 comprises independent flow path 160A and the 160B (showing with dotted line) that is used for each output 190 and 192.The relative discharge of the flow path by alone or in combination can be by one or more valves or other flow control apparatus 195 controls of placing along the path.

Buffer or reservoir 196 can be along the paths 160,160A and/or 160B place, and collecting any catholyte and the anolyte that is produced by forcing function generator 162, but are not transported to fluid distributor 194 immediately.For example, reservoir 196 can comprise air bleeding valve (burp valve), and it allows reservoir to fill, and then fills, and the flow path that empties into separately is used for using.Also can use reservoir and the valve or the buffer system of other type.Two reservoirs 196 can replace, open or empty simultaneously or according to any interval or control signal control.If one in catholyte or the anolyte is not used in specific cleaning or sterilizing operation, the then unnecessary liquid that do not use can supply to recycling can 108 by valve 195.Alternatively, for example, liquid can supply in the independent holding vessel, uses after being used for.For example, surpass one or more elements in flow path at the output flow velocity of distributor and can handle effectively among the embodiment of speed of liquid to be allocated, for example, also can use independent holding vessel.

In disclosed another embodiment, if require or need for specific structure, one or more flow resistances 198 can be placed point-blank with flow path 160,160A and/or 160B, to regulate flowing of liquid.For example, cross flowing that the pressure drop of flow resistance 198 can limit fluid, so that required volume flow to be provided.For example, when the pressure of pump 164 outlet during near 40psi, flow resistance 198 can comprise provides required output flow (for example, dip hatch 0.2GPM) or orifice plate.Also can adopt other flow that is greater than or less than 0.2GPM.

If adopt the supply of cleaning agent, then for example the volume flow of cleaning agent can be restricted near 10 cubic centimetres of per minutes or lower by pump 183.The example that is used to control the element of volume flow of liquid and cleaning agent and method is at United States Patent (USP) the 7th, 051, carries out more specific description in No. 399.Yet, in one or more embodiment of present disclosure, do not need these elements and method.

In addition or replace injection apparatus 161, cleaner 100 to may further include along the fluid path 160 of combination or along one or more injection apparatus 163 of one or two independent flow path 160A and 160B in the downstream of forcing function generator 162.Can the longshore current moving path 160 of injection apparatus 163,160A and 160B between forcing function generator 162 and fluid distributor 194 Anywhere.In one embodiment, injection apparatus 163 comprises electrolytic cell, for example, and at the electrolytic cell that is used for shown in Fig. 9 A or the 9B by the electrolysis atomizing of liquids.Yet, also can use the injection apparatus of other type.

Flow path 160,160A and/or 160B may further include the pressure regulator 202 and the check-valves 204 that can be arranged in along any suitable position of any flow path of cleaner 100.When cleaner 100 was in use, check-valves 204 can help the leakage of confined liquid.

Fluid distributor 194 can comprise any suitable distribution member of the concrete application that is used to use cleaner 100.For example, in one embodiment, fluid distributor 194 is directed to hard place plate surface with liquid, or is directed to another parts of cleaner 100, for example, and scrub head.Have at scrub head under the situation of a plurality of brushes, fluid distributor 194 can comprise for example T connector, if desired, can be used for independent output liquid stream is sent to each brush.Liquid can be for example to distribute by any suitable mode of spraying or drip.

In the embodiment that anolyte and catholyte apply independent of one another, fluid distributor 194 can have independent output, for a kind of types of liquid an output is arranged.Alternatively, for example, fluid distributor can have single output, wherein for example flows through valve, switch and buffer control from each flow path.In a further embodiment, fluid distributor 194 only comprises optionally by anolyte, the flow control apparatus of the mixture by catholyte or anolyte and catholyte optionally only.For example, term fluid distributor and liquid distributor can comprise single distribution member or a plurality of distribution member, and no matter whether these parts link together.

Have been found that, when two kinds of liquid are applied on the surface to be cleaned simultaneously and mix, micro-bubble (for example, nano bubble) by any one generation in injection apparatus 161 and 163 can further postpone the neutralization of catholyte EA water and anolyte EA water.This advantage can all exist in following various situations: no matter be that liquid distribution is in the independent flow path or the flow path of combination; And no matter be injection apparatus in the downstream of the upstream of forcing function generator 162, forcing function generator 162, in one or two of downstream flow path 160A and 160B, in any combination of in the flow path 160 of combination or these positions.

Have been found that, when two kinds of liquid streams that comprise anolyte EA water and catholyte EA water are applied on the surface to be cleaned simultaneously, no matter be to flow by output liquid stream or the independent output liquid that makes up, though mix from the teeth outwards, but during the common RT from the teeth outwards, two kinds of liquid all keep the cleaning and disinfection characteristic of its independent enhancing.For example, when cleaner 100 with common speed advance cross to be cleaned when surperficial, on being distributed to the surface and the time that stops from the teeth outwards between then reclaiming by vacuum rubber scraper plate 124 (being presented among Figure 10 A) shorter relatively, for example about 2-3 second.During at this moment, the electrochemical activation characteristic of the uniqueness of two kinds of liquid can not offset, till liquid reclaims the back from the surface.So just can during common clean operation, utilize the advantageous feature of every kind of liquid.

After reclaiming, nano bubble begins to reduce, and alkalescence and acidic liquid begin neutralization.In case neutralization comprises that then the electrochemical properties of pH of the mixing material of recovery returns to the level of conventional running water.Like this, in the recycling can of cleaner, before these characteristic basic neutralisations or the following processing,, keep oxidation-reduction potential and other favourable cleaning/disinfecting properties of the EA water of mixing substantially in the retention period.

In addition, have been found that after reclaiming that the oxidation-reduction potential of the EA water of mixing (or other EA liquid) is relative in recycling can with other electrochemical activation characteristic offsets apace.Like this, just make when clean operation is finished after, needn't wait for, almost handle withdrawal liquid immediately, maybe with the fluid storage of recovery in interim process tank till liquid neutralizes.

Cleaner 100 only is an example that can use the cleaning surfaces machine of one or more embodiment.Cleaner with other type of various other structures and element can be used among alternative embodiment of present disclosure, for example, and these embodiment as described below.

In a further embodiment, liquid can be converted into anolyte EA liquid and catholyte EA liquid outside cleaner 100.In this embodiment, cleaner 100 can be improved to and comprise that anolyte is supplied with carrying shield and catholyte is supplied with carrying shield, is used to receive anolyte EA liquid and the catholyte EA liquid that is produced by non-machine-carried type forcing function generator.Therefore, on cleaner 100, can eliminate forcing function generator 162.Output from anode electrolysis liquid jar and catholyte liquid jar can be made up, or keeps aforesaid independent output stream.If desired, cleaner 100 can comprise one or more injection apparatus for example shown in Figure 11, with combinations of injections or independent output stream.

12. the quick neutralization of anolyte and catholyte output

The further aspect of present disclosure relates to method, wherein have the neutral relatively pH (for example pH7) between pH6 and the pH8 and between ± the 50mV relatively in the middle of OPR (for example, the liquid such as water 0mV) passes through forcing function generator, to produce anolyte EA output and catholyte EA output.The EA of anolyte and catholyte output has the pH outside the scope between pH6 and the pH8, and has the extraneous ORP at ± 50mV.For example, anolyte EA output have about pH of 2.5 to 6 and+100mV to+1200mV ,+400mV to+900mV or+ORP of 400mV in the scope of+700mV.For example, catholyte EA output have about 8-12 pH and approximately-150mV to-1000mV ,-150mV to-700mV or-ORP of 300mV in the scope of-700mV.

Anolyte and catholyte EA output is applied on the surface stays for some time, reclaim this output then from the surface and be placed on the recycling can.In one embodiment, anolyte and catholyte EA output were applied on the surface in 5 second time, and at this moment, liquid is produced by forcing function generator, and this output can be applied to the surface with less time range (for example, in 3 seconds that produce).In one embodiment, the time of staying from the teeth outwards is greater than zero second and less than 5 seconds, for example, and at 1-5 between second or 2-3 between second.

Anolyte and catholyte EA output can mix before being applied to the surface, mixed from the teeth outwards or mixed in recycling can.For example, anolyte and catholyte EA output can be used as single mixing material or is applied on the surface simultaneously as the liquid that separates, or can apply in proper order and reclaim, no matter overlapping from the teeth outwards still not overlapping being not always the case.

In case reclaim, the anolyte of the mixing in the recycling can and catholyte EA output neutralize fast, reach the initial pH and the ORP of source liquid (for example, normal running water) substantially.In an example, the anolyte of the mixing in the recycling can and catholyte EA output neutralization fast, exporting the time that produces by forcing function generator from anolyte and catholyte EA, in the time window less than 1 minute (for example in 30 seconds), reach pH and the ORP between ± 50mV between pH6 and the pH8 substantially.

After this, the liquid of recovery can be handled in any suitable manner.Similarly, not from the embodiment of surperficial withdrawal liquid to be cleaned, the anolyte of mixing and catholyte EA output neutralize from the teeth outwards fast, reach the initial pH and the ORP of source liquid substantially.The method can be carried out with cleaner 100 or any miscellaneous equipment, such as, but be not limited to equipment disclosed herein.

13. the example of combined type hard place plate and hag plate cleaner

Figure 12 constitutes polytype burnisher and extractor with the block diagram at the floor cleaner 300 of the different clean operation of the simultaneous adaptation of utilizing identical whole cleaner.

Cleaner 300 can constitute, and carries cleaning mode to be used for carrying out dirt on hag plate surface with dirt and carries clean operation, be used to carry out the depth extraction clean operation with the depth extraction pattern, and be used to clean hard place plate surface with hard place scrubbers pattern.In each of these patterns, cleaner 300 usefulness fluid recoveries are removed liquid wastes and chip.Yet all this parts do not need in all embodiment of Figure 12.The specific selection of parts just provides as an example.

Cleaner 300 can constitute by use, perhaps can constitute the rear haulage formula cleaner that is connected to another device that grasps or be contained on the person etc. in cleaner 300 back walkings or the operator that is sitting on the cleaner 300.Cleaner 300 can be powered by the airborne power supply of for example battery or internal combustion engine, or passes through cable power supply.

Floor cleaner 300 generally comprises moving body 306, electric cleaning head 308, liquid distributor 310, one or more vacuum plant 312, at least one vacuum extraction instrument 314, vacuum rubber scraper plate 316 and waste recovery jar 317.

Moving body 306 is supported on and is used for the driving wheel 318 and the Caster 320 of advancing on ground 302.In one embodiment, driving wheel is driven by motor 322.

Cleaner 300 has and the similar liquid distribution path of one or more embodiment that illustrates about Fig. 8 and Fig. 9.For example, as as mentioned above about Fig. 9, according to structure, liquid distributor 310 receives liquid from forcing function generator 324 and one or

more injection apparatus

325 and 326, for example, the anolyte of the EA water of anolyte EA water, catholyte EA water, anolyte and catholyte or mixing and catholyte EA water.Alternatively, for example, cleaner 300 can comprise forcing function generator 324 and not have injection apparatus, maybe can comprise injection apparatus and do not have forcing function generator.Distributor 310 directly distributes the liquid to the parts of floor 302 or cleaning head 308 by one or more nozzles or opening.

For example, cleaning head 308 comprises burnisher 328 and is used to drive burnisher 328 around being parallel to or perpendicular to one or more motor 330 of the rotation of the axis on surface 302.Shown in arrow 331, spin-cleaning instrument 328 composition surfaces 302 are to carry out hard place plate and hag plate clean operation.Burnisher 328 can comprise one or more brushes, and for example, scrub-brush, liner type clean part, microfibre or other hard place plate or part is cleaned on hag plate surface.

According to an example, cleaner 300 comprises the cleaning head lifter, and it reduces cleaning head 308, is used for the floor-cleaning operation, and when not in use, for example between the delivery period of cleaner 300, promotes cleaning head 308.

For example, an embodiment of cleaner 300 is configured for polytype burnisher 328, so that use the different clean operation of the simultaneous adaptation of identical motor 330.Therefore, cleaning head 308 can be equipped with hag plate burnisher 328 or hard place plate burnisher 328.Alternatively, for example, cleaner 300 can constitute independent hag plate and hard place plate cleaning head 308.

In addition or replace cleaning head 308 in a further embodiment,, cleaner 300 can comprise the channel washer (not shown).Channel washer can comprise first flexible pipe that is connected to the distributor 310 that is used to distribute EA water and be connected to and is used for from the surface 302 second flexible pipes that extract the vacuum plant 312 of dirty EA water.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 12, one or more vacuum plants 312 are used for being used in combination with at least one vacuum extractor instrument 314, to remove liquid and dirty refuse (that is, dirty clean liquid) from burnisher 328 and/or surface 302.A vacuum plant 312 is also operated with the 102 removal refuses from the surface by squeegee 316.In one or more waste recovery jars 317 or another location, handle refuse then.In one embodiment, single dust catcher 312 utilizes vacuum path selector 332 optionally to be connected to squeegee 316 and extractor tool 314.In another embodiment, cleaner 300 comprises the independent vacuum plant 312 that is used for vacuum rubber scraper plate 316 and extractor tool 314.One or more lifters can be provided with in order to lifting and each

instrument

314 and 316 that descends and leave operation and enter operation.

In one embodiment, extractor tool 314 is used for removing liquid and solid debris from pressure release surface, and squeegee 316 is used for removing liquid and solid debris from crust.The liquid of other type and chip reclaim tool and method and also can be used on crust, hag plate surface or both.

Figure 13 is the sketch that more specifically shows burnisher 328.In the embodiment shown in fig. 13, burnisher 328 comprises that the one or more fouls that are used to clean the hag plate are carried and rolls 340, and extractor tool 314 comprises roller extractor tool 342.Roller is by the operation rotation of one or more motor 330 (Figure 12), and cleaning surface 302, and it is carried foul and rolls on 340 from the surface transport to the foul.It is wetting that the rotation of the roller 340 on the direction indicated by the arrow causes the conveying of part foul to roll the liquid that is cleaned, and extracted by roller extractor 340 then, and wipe from surface 302.For example, when roller 340 rotations, roller engages hag plate (for example, carpet fiber) 302, and makes dirt be transported to roller 340 from carpet fiber.Be further rotated roller 340, and spray clean liquid once more by nozzle 346.Then, the surface of vacuum draw roller 340, removing dirty clean liquid from roller, and with this liquids recovery to recycling can 317.Another embodiment of extractor tool 314 is the form that constitutes from the surface extraction device instrument 348 of surperficial 302 removal liquid and solid waste.

Figure 14 has shown the burnisher 328 under the depth extraction clean operation pattern, and wherein except clean liquid comprised above-mentioned EA water and/or injection water, the function of cleaner 300 was similar to known carpet extractor.If desired, foul is carried and is rolled 350 replacements of 340 usefulness extractor brushes, and cleaning head 308 and surface extraction device 344 move to its operating position, and vacuum rubber scraper plate 316 moves to raised position.Liquid distributor 310 is discharged to surface 302 with clean liquid by nozzle 352, or utilizes nozzle 354 that liquid is directed on the extractor brush 350 of surface 302 and front.Extractor brush 350 drives with joined floorboards surface 302 by motor 330.When cleaner 300 advances when crossing floor surface 302, surface extraction device 344 engages these surperficial wetted portions, with from the dirty liquid of surface removal.In addition, roller extractor tool 342 is removed dirty liquid and chip from brush 350.

Figure 15 has shown the burnisher 328 in hard place scrubbers operator scheme.At first, the hard place blackboard eraser is scrubbed 360 be installed in the reconfigurable cleaning head 308, the independent hard place plate cleaning head 308 that maybe will have ecouvillon 360 is connected to moving body 306 (Figure 12).In addition, cleaning head 308 and vacuum rubber scraper plate 316 are moved to its operating position, and surface extraction device 344 moves to raised position.Next, liquid distributor 310 is discharged liquid by nozzle 352 and is come wetting surface 302, and/or by coming wetting surface 302 and ecouvillon 360 in the inside of ecouvillon 360 or outside pipeline 362 discharge liquid 230.When ecouvillon 360 engages wetting surface 302, motor 330 rotation ecouvillons 360.When cleaner 300 when forward direction moves, waste recovery jar 317 is collected and be directed to dirty liquid by squeegee 316.

In a further embodiment, the READY of the Tennant company of the structure of cleaner 300 and Minnesotan Minneapolis

The commercial multi-mode cleaner of buying under the trade mark is similar, has removed traditional detergent delivery system but be improved to, and uses and replace this cleaner feed system at one or more embodiment of this explanation similar injection apparatus and/or forcing function generator.For example, READY

An embodiment of cleaner is at United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 735, carried out more specific description in No. 812.

14. the example of carpet extractor system

Figure 16 is the perspective view of carpet extractor 370, and it has the vacuum pick 371 that is used for extracting from carpet or other hag plate at least a portion dirty liquid body.Extractor 370 further comprises one wheel pairs 372 and joystick 373.During operation, when extractor distributed the liquid to floor to be cleaned and/or one or more electric cleaning instrument 375, the operator pulled back extractor 370 on the direction of arrow 373.Burnisher 375 can comprise any known hag plate burnisher, for example, and brush, roller, scrub-brush etc.Other details of extractor 370 is disclosed in United States Patent (USP) the 7th, 059, and No. 013 and the 4th, 956, in No. 891.For example, any vacuum pick head disclosed herein can be used in the extractor 370.In an example embodiment, extractor 370 can not comprise burnisher 375, and distributes the liquid to just on the floor, extracts dirty liquid then from the floor.

Extractor 370 is improved to and comprises the fluid distribution system with injection apparatus and/or forcing function generator, such as, but be not limited to any other content of embodiment open in Figure 11 or disclosed herein.Extractor 370 can constitute one or more following liquid is sent to floor to be cleaned and then extracting from this floor, and for example described liquid is: the anolyte of the anolyte EA water of anolyte EA water, catholyte EA water, injection, the catholyte EA water of injection, mixing and catholyte EA water, the injection anolyte of mixing and the water of catholyte EA water and injection.Except water, also can use other liquid.

15. the example of the cleaner of all surface (for example, bathroom)

Figure 17 is the perspective view of all surface cleaning assemblies 380, and it is at United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 425, has carried out more specific description in No. 958.Cleaning assemblies 380 is improved to and comprises the liquid distribution path with one or more injection apparatus and/or one or more forcing function generators, such as, but be not limited in the content shown in Figure 11, or is not limited to any other embodiment disclosed herein.

For example, cleaning assemblies 380 can constitute one or more following liquid is sent to floor to be cleaned and optionally reclaims this liquid from this floor, and described liquid for example is: the anolyte of the anolyte EA water of anolyte EA water, catholyte EA water, injection, the catholyte EA water of injection, mixing and the injection anolyte of catholyte EA water and mixing and the water of catholyte EA water and injection.Except water, also can use other liquid.

For example, cleaning assemblies 380 can be used for the hard place plate surface between sanitation and hygiene, or has any other room of at least one crust.Cleaning assemblies 380 comprises as at United States Patent (USP) the 6th, 425, the cleaning device of explanation and be used for the annex that the cleaning device of clean surface uses in No. 958.Cleaning assemblies 380 comprises housing 381, handle 382, wheel 383, drain hose 384 and various annex.Annex can comprise the floor cleaner brush 385 of the handle 386 with flexible and elongation, the first workpiece 387A and the second workpiece 387B of two-piece type double bend bar, and the various additional annexes that are not presented among Figure 17, comprise vacuum hose, blowpipe, jet hose, blowpipe nozzle, spray gun, squeegee floor tool annex, suction tool and jar filling flexible pipe (it can be connected to the port on the assembly 380).Assembly has the housing of carrying jar or detachable liquid container and recycling can or detachable withdrawal liquid container.Cleaning assemblies 380 is used for by jet hose clean liquid being ejected into the clean surface of coming up, surface.Blowpipe is then used in and dries up the surface, and blows lip-deep fluid on predetermined direction.Vacuum hose is used for suction and falls lip-deep fluid, and it is absorbed in the recycling can in the cleaning device 380 into, thus the clean surface.Transportation for convenience, vacuum hose, blowpipe, jet hose and other annex of using with cleaning assemblies 380 can be with cleaning device 380 carryings.

In certain embodiments, the output flow velocity can be very high, for example sprays with injector.If the output flow velocity of particular tool or equipment surpasses the speed that forcing function generator or injection apparatus can be handled liquid to be sprayed effectively, then equipment can constitute and comprise the anolyte that is used to hold generation and catholyte (no matter be independent or combined) one or more output reservoirs until needed so far.In case, then export reservoir the buffering that can supply with higher output flow can be provided with the output liquid perfusion.

16. the example of vehicle-mounted cleaning systems

Figure 18 is the sketch of demonstration according to the onboard system 400 of the further embodiment of present disclosure.Cleaning systems with one or more parts for example embodiment illustrated in fig. 11 in this explanation are installed in the truck 402.Use label shown in Figure 11, truck 402 carryings are used for supply carrying shield 106, the airborne forcing function generator 162 of receiving fluids (for example, Chang Gui running water) and are used for electrochemical activation and one or more injection apparatus 161 and/or 163 of injection water.Alternatively, for example, can remove injection apparatus and/or forcing function generator.Fluid distribution system comprises one or more flexible pipes 404, and it arrives moisture is fitted on lip-deep channel washer 406 to be cleaned by electrochemically-activated water (for example, the catholyte EA water of the anolyte EA water of injection and/or injection).Channel washer 406 may further include by flexible pipe 408 and is connected to also extractor by the vacuum feed source of truck 402 carryings.When surperficial, bar is fitted on EA moisture on the surface cleaning end that makes bar 406 as the operator by to be cleaned, and extractor reclaims addle and chip from the surface simultaneously.

In a further embodiment, no matter have or do not have other cleaning or extracting tool or recovery system, the bar similar to bar 406 can show with reference to herein any figure or any cleaner of explanation on realize.

17. odorant

Figure 19 is a simplified block diagram, and it has shown the mobile or fixed cleaner 500 that has according to the EA water distribution system of further embodiment, and it can be realized in any embodiment in this explanation.In one embodiment, compartment system comprises fluid supply 502, injection apparatus 503, forcing function generator 504, injection apparatus 505 and fluid distributor 506.In addition, cleaning systems 500 comprise the supply source 508 of compound odorous, and it can be by being drawn in the flow path of the liquid in the upstream of forcing function generator 504 or the dispensing pump 510 in downstream.Other equipment and method also can be used for compound odorous is disperseed the feed liquor body.For example, compound odorous can form and can be placed in the fluid path and the durable disc-shape of depositing of the length of slowly dissolving.In addition, in other embodiments, one or more injection apparatus 503, forcing function generator 504 or injection apparatus 505 can be removed.

Compound odorous joins fragrance or stink in the liquid, influence, stimulates user's sense of smell or is perceived by user's sense of smell.For example, this fragrance can comprise the fragrance of the easy selection that can be perceived by the user, to show the cleaning surfaces mistake.For example, fragrance can be " pure and fresh ", " stimulation " or " oranges and tangerines perfume (or spice) ".Also can use other fragrance to play other effect, for example, treat or be used to mate the fragrance of the environment on the floor of use handling or surface.For example, tropical flavored can be used to mate torrid zone decoration.The user of cleaner can select to be used for the suitable fragrance of environment.

Yet, have been found that, because for example chlorine that can produce by forcing function generator metastable decide reactive species, one or more cleaning devices disclosed herein provide natural " cleaning " fragrance, and do not use extra compound odorous 508.

18. clean liquid generator

Figure 20 is the simplified block diagram that is installed to the clean liquid generator 600 on the platform 601 according to example embodiment.Platform 601 can constitute by hold, carry by operator or vehicle and to install or to be placed in floor, wall, bench or other the lip-deep facility, remain connected to other device by hand, or be carried on one's body and wait.For example, platform 601 can be carried by cleaning or maintenance go-cart or mop-pail stands.Platform 601 comprises the inlet 602 that is used for receiving from supply source liquid (for example, running water).Alternatively, for example, platform 601 can comprise the jar of the supply of the liquid that is used to keep pending.Platform 601 further comprises injection apparatus 603, forcing function generator 604 and other injection apparatus 605.In one embodiment, platform 601 includes only one of injection apparatus 603 or 605.In a further embodiment,

injection apparatus

603 or 605 boths are removed.The output of injection apparatus 605 (or forcing function generator 604) is connected to outlet 606.Platform 601 can also comprise such as but not limited to any other device or parts disclosed herein.

Flow path from the output of forcing function generator 604 can constitute anolyte and the catholyte EA liquid that only distributes anolyte EA liquid, only distributes catholyte EA liquid, anolyte EA liquid and catholyte EA liquid or mix.For example, obsolete anolyte or catholyte may be directed to the dedicated waste tanks on the platform 601 or discharge outlet.All pass through among the embodiment of outlet 606 distribution at anolyte and catholyte EA, outlet can have the independent port or the port of combination, for example, with reference to the explanation of Figure 11, the mixture of carrying anolyte and catholyte to mix.In addition, output place that can be included in distributor at any embodiment of this explanation is used to hold the hold-up tank of the liquid of generation.In addition, in other embodiments, can remove one or more injection apparatus 603, forcing function generator 604 or injection apparatus 605.

In a further embodiment, platform can be combined in that hand for example triggers in the spray bottle of spray bottle or on, wherein spray bottle holds liquid from the teeth outwards to be sprayed, and before the conversion liquid that distributes as the output spraying, forcing function generator becomes anolyte EA liquid and catholyte EA liquid with liquid transition.Anolyte and catholyte EA liquid can be used as the mixture of combination or distribute as independent injection output.Employing offers the little of spray bottle and is interrupted the flow of output, and for example, forcing function generator can have inner wrapping and the powered battery by being carried by packing and spray bottle.

19. oxidation-reduction potential indicator

The other aspect of present disclosure relates to the method and apparatus of the observable indication of human eye of the oxidation-reduction potential that is used to offer user EA liquid, such as, but be not limited to the EA liquid that produces or use in any embodiment of this explanation.For example, the indicator that maybe can hear of the vision that can be improved to the oxidation-reduction potential that comprises airborne forcing function generator and output liquid with reference to the portable hard place plate surface and/or the hag plate cleaning surfaces machine of Figure 10-17 explanation.Similarly, any equipment of any other figure demonstration of reference and explanation can be improved to and further comprise this indicator.

Indicator can comprise the survey tool with analog or digital scale, indicator lamp, dial or voice output, maybe can comprise the variation of the mentioned observable property (for example, the color of this liquid) of liquid.For example, according to the output of survey tool, can be with in the dye injection feed liquor body, or the change of color can trigger by the chemistry response of the additive in the liquid, with the oxidation-reduction potential of indicating liquid.For example, the specific metal ion function that can be used as the oxidation-reduction potential of water changes the color of water.

In a further embodiment, indicator is provided as the machine-readable analog or digital output of the function of oxidation-reduction potential.Equipment can comprise the electric hardware and software of each output signal of any type that is used to be provided for the historical data of monitoring oxidation-reduction potential and/or storing oxidation-reduction potential, and other any required indicator of the mode of operation of consersion unit or condition.In one embodiment, amount, the state of equipment and the oxidation-reduction potential of output liquid of the EA water of monitoring of equipment use.If oxidation-reduction potential is not in required scope, if or other error condition on equipment, occurs, then this situation can be recorded on the equipment and report to the user of machine, or by the output that is fit to and some transmission medium to local or maintenance personal at a distance.For example, local monitoring system can receive this transmission and will report accordingly by Email Information and send to the maintenance personal.Repair and the report that also can note down other are used to trigger automatic maintenance step.

In addition, the use of EA liquid is record on equipment automatically, and is transported to the Local or Remote monitoring system in order to fill in inventory.

In a further embodiment, equipment can be by the situation and the functional status of above any method monitoring, record and/or report injection apparatus.In order to formulate specific maintenance procedure with predetermined interval, equipment can be measured, writes down and report the operating time.For example, one or more electrodes in forcing function generator or injection apparatus are launched among the embodiment of the ion of silver ion for example, because electrode has been installed, so the replacing that the measurement of the total time of using can be used to formulate before electrode life finishes or by indicator report user.

20. the visual detector of the operation of Presentation Function generator

Present disclosure another aspect relate to the method and apparatus of the observable indication of human eye of the electricity operation that is used to offer user's forcing function generator or injector.The level of power that forcing function generator (and/or injector) consumes can be used for determining whether proper operation of forcing function generator, and therefore determine the liquid (EA anolyte and/or EA catholyte) that produces by generator whether by electrochemical activation to sufficient level.Power consumption below reasonable level can be reacted and for example be used ultrapure supply water or (for example have low electrolyte content usually, the various potential problem of supply water low sodium/mineral content) make water can not conduct the electric current of abundant level in forcing function generator.Therefore, for example, current drain also can be indicated the high or low level of oxidation-reduction potential.

For example, with reference to the portable hard place plate surface of Figure 10-17 explanation and/hag plate cleaning surfaces machine can be improved to the vision of the electric power that comprises airborne forcing function generator and the consumption of presentation function generator, indicator that can hear or sense of touch.Similarly, any equipment with reference to other any figure demonstration and explanation may further include as indicator.

Figure 21 is the block diagram according to the system with indicator 700 of the embodiment of present disclosure, and for example, it can be combined among any embodiment disclosed herein.System 700 comprises power supply 702, forcing function generator (and/or injector) 704, control electronic installation 706, cooling fan 708, current sensor 710, logic circuit 712 and indicator 714.For simplicity, the liquid input and output of forcing function generator 704 do not show in Figure 21.All elements of system 700 can be by identical power supply 702 or for example by two or more independent power supply power supplies.

Control electronic installation 706 is connected, so that according to the operation of the existing operator scheme control forcing function generator 704 of system 700, and the user controls input, for example, and the input that shown in Figure 10 A-10C, receives by the control module 146 of cleaner 100.For example, control electronic installation 706 can be corresponding to the control electronic installation 64 among the embodiment shown in Fig. 8 A.Cooling fan 708 can be provided with in order to cooling control electronic installation 706, and can be connected to the housing that for example comprises forcing function generator 704 and control electronic installation 706.

The electric power that forcing function generator 710 consumes can be by monitoring with the current sensor 710 that forcing function generator 704 and power supply 702 in series are electrically connected.Current sensor 710 provides the analog or digital output 716 of the electric current that expression flows through forcing function generator.Logic circuit 712 will be exported 716 and compare with predetermined threshold value levels of current or scope, then function pilot guide 714 as a comparison.Threshold current level or scope can be selected for example to represent the predetermined electric power consumption level.

Indicator 714 can comprise indicator lamp, dial, voice output, sense of touch output, have survey tool or any other output observed of analog or digital scale.In one embodiment, below more specifically show with reference to Figure 22, fan 708 for comprise one or more lampions (for example, luminous fan LED), as shown in figure 21, luminous fan is electrically connected in parallel with fan motor.When by switch 718 during by logic circuit 712 operation, lamp plays the effect of indicator lamp of the mode of operation of presentation function generator 704.Yet in other embodiments, indicator lamp can not rely on fan motor and operates by logic circuit.

In an illustrative embodiment, logic circuit 712 operations are as the indicator lamp 714 of the function of the levels of current of being responded to by current sensor 710.For example, logic circuit 712 can close (or alternatively, opening) as the levels of current of induction be on the threshold level or under the indicator lamp of function.In one embodiment, when the levels of current of responding to is on threshold level, logic circuit 712 is with stable " opening " state of operation indicator lamp, and when the levels of current of responding to is under threshold level, indicator lamp is circulated with the indication problem between " opening " state and " pass " state with the frequency of selecting.In other embodiments, can use a plurality of threshold levels and frequency.In addition, indicator 714 can comprise the indicator of a plurality of independent controls, and for example a plurality of lamps, each lamp all are illustrated in the interior operation of restricted portion in advance.Alternatively or in addition, for example, logic circuit can constitute the luminance level that changes as about one or more indicator lamps of the function of the induced-current level of one or more threshold values or scope.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 10 C, the top of shell 150 comprises the cooling fan 708 of the control electronic installation that is used for refrigerating function generator and injector.In this embodiment, cooling fan comprises the colored fan of Mad Dog MD-80MM-4LED-F type 80mm, and it comprises four blue led lamps, illuminates fan component when rotating near 2000RPM with the energising of convenient fan and fan blade.The fan of this kind form typically is used for analog computer system, and described computer system is used to cool off and illuminate the transparent computer case of laying computer hardware.The luminous fan of other form can use in other embodiments.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 10 C, fan motor and LED are electrically connected as shown in figure 21 with being connected in parallel to each other.Therefore, fan motor and LED open and close under the control of logic circuit 712 together.Yet fan motor and LED also can control separately as mentioned above.Luminous fan provides the simple mechanism of the upstate of vision deixis generator.For the user, the indicator lamp steady glow provides the assurance of the water that is applied to surface to be cleaned in the situation of electrochemical activation.

Figure 10 B has shown that the cleaner 100 of the lid 104 with cleaner seals on the top of pedestal 102.Because forcing function generator is placed near the gap between lid 104 and the pedestal 102, thus during normal running, the steady glow of the cooling fan LED that represents with arrow 720 along in the zone of the side of cleaner as seen.Yet indicator lamp can be positioned at any other position, and no matter having fan motor can or leave fan motor.

In another embodiment, indicator 714 can be positioned at any position on the device of package system 700 wherein.For example, indicator 714 can comprise one or more light emitting diodes of control panel of the user of the cleaner 100 that is connected to shown in Figure 10 A-10C.Alternatively, for example, indicator 714 can be positioned at cleaner 100 housing or on.

In a further embodiment, logic circuit 712 can the stored current level or historical record and the mode of operation of reflection equipment or any other required indicator of condition of the electric power of consumption.In one embodiment, if the power that consumes is not in required scope, if or other error condition on equipment, occurs, then this situation can be recorded on the equipment and report to the user of machine, or gives local or maintenance personal at a distance by the output that is fit to and some transmission medium.For example, local monitoring system can receive this transmission and will report accordingly by Email Information and send to the maintenance personal.Repair and the report that also can note down other are used to trigger automatic maintenance step.

Still further among the embodiment, indicator comprises for example tactile indicators of vibrator, and when the power of forcing function generator consumption required scope outside or when being lower than certain threshold value, this vibrator vibrates the element of cleaner.For example, in the embodiment shown in Figure 10 A-10C, tactile indicators can vibration control handle 148 or wheel 118 or 119.At the embodiment that comprises the seat that is used for the operator, when error condition occurring, tactile indicators can optionally be vibrated this seat.

21. output liquid

In example embodiment, the injection product is provided, its to small part by the water generates that contacts with negative electrode with anode, anode and negative electrode separate by barrier film, this barrier film allows unidirectional the transporting of ion of the selection that produced by negative electrode or anode to cross barrier film.

For example, product can comprise running water or can be made up of water substantially.Also can use other liquid.As mentioned above, product can comprise the combination of anolyte and catholyte.For example, catholyte is a feature with the hydroxyl ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al) (stochiometric excess), and anolyte is a feature with the hydrogen ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al).

In further example embodiment, product is provided, this product is by the combination results of the water that contacts with anode with the water that contacts with negative electrode, and anode and negative electrode are by membrane separation, and this barrier film allows to cross barrier film by unidirectional the transporting of ion of the selection of negative electrode or anode generation.

For example, barrier film allows hydroxyl ion to cross barrier film towards unidirectional the transporting of negative electrode, and its septation allows to cross the barrier film of the ion that is produced by negative electrode towards anode one-way transmission barrier film.For example, product can comprise anolyte that is produced by anode and the catholyte that is produced by negative electrode, and wherein anolyte is a feature with the hydrogen ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al), and catholyte is a feature with the hydroxyl ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al).

In further example embodiment, provide the anolyte of combination and the electrochemical activation fluid of catholyte.For example, fluid can comprise running water and can be made up of water substantially.Also can use other fluid.

22. conclusion

Owing to do not add surfactant and cleaning agent, so one or more embodiment provide a kind of cleaning systems, this system is not for there being chemicals fully, and has an ability of using common running water, this running water by electrochemical activation, provides effective cleaning and/or disinfecting properties as main or unique liquid simultaneously.Yet, also can add surfactant and cleaning agent if desired.In addition, in the injection upstream of forcing function generator and/or the interpolation in downstream can further strengthen cleaning or the disinfecting properties and the product efficiency of output liquid.Therefore, system can provide effective environmental solution, is used to clean dwelling house, industrial plants, commercial facility, hospital, food processing facility and restaurant facility and more occasions.Cleaning systems can be for portable or fixed.

In addition, when in cleaning and/or decontamination system when using, when running water during by electrochemical activation, does not need defoaming compartment as unique clean liquid in the recycling can of hard place plate or hag scrubbers machine.

The term that uses " is connected " and can comprises direct connection or pass through one and be connected with a plurality of middlewares in this explanation and claim.

Claims

1. one kind to the injection product of small part by the water generates that contacts with negative electrode with anode, and described anode and negative electrode are by membrane separation, and described barrier film allows to cross the unidirectional ion that transports the selection that is produced by described negative electrode or anode of described barrier film.

2. product according to claim 1 mainly is made up of water.

3. product according to claim 1 comprises running water.

4. product according to claim 1 comprises the combination of anolyte and catholyte.

5. product according to claim 1 comprises catholyte.

6. product according to claim 5, wherein said catholyte are characterised in that the hydroxyl ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al).

7. product according to claim 5, the pH of wherein said catholyte is for approximately greater than 7.

8. product according to claim 5, the pH of wherein said catholyte is about 9 to 12.

9. product according to claim 5, wherein said catholyte have approximately-150mV to approximately-oxidation-reduction potential of 1000mV.

10. product according to claim 1 comprises anolyte.

11. product according to claim 10, wherein said anolyte are characterised in that the hydrogen ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al) and have approximately pH less than 7.

12. product according to claim 10, wherein said anolyte have about 2.5 to about 6 pH.

13. product according to claim 10, the oxidation-reduction potential of wherein said anolyte are that about+100mV is to about+1200mV.

14. product according to claim 10, wherein said anolyte comprises chlorine.

15. product according to claim 10, wherein said anolyte comprises the oxygen in the solution.

16. one kind by the product of the water that contacts with anode with the combination results of the water that contacts with negative electrode, described anode and described negative electrode are by membrane separation, and described barrier film allows to cross the unidirectional ion that transports the selection that is produced by described negative electrode or anode of described barrier film.

17. product according to claim 16, wherein said barrier film allow hydroxyl ion to transport towards the unidirectional of described negative electrode, described hydrogen ion produces by described anode.

18. product according to claim 16, wherein said barrier film allow to cross described barrier film and transport the ion that is produced by described negative electrode towards described anode.

19. product according to claim 16 comprises anolyte that is produced by described anode and the catholyte that is produced by described negative electrode.

20. product according to claim 19, wherein said catholyte are characterised in that the hydroxyl ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al).

21. product according to claim 19, the pH of wherein said catholyte is for approximately greater than 7.

22. product according to claim 19, the pH of wherein said catholyte is about 9 to 12.

23. product according to claim 19, wherein said catholyte have approximately-150mV to approximately-oxidation-reduction potential of 1000mV.

24. product according to claim 19, wherein said anolyte have approximately the pH less than 7.

25. product according to claim 19, wherein said anolyte have about 2.5 to about 6 pH.

26. product according to claim 19, the oxidation-reduction potential of wherein said anolyte are that about+100mV is to about+1200mV.

27. the fluid of the anolyte of a combination and catholyte electrochemical activation.

28. the described fluid of claim 27 mainly is made up of water.

29. the described fluid of claim 27 comprises running water.

30. the described fluid of claim 27, wherein said catholyte are characterised in that the hydroxyl ion that surpasses stoichiometric(al).

31. fluid according to claim 27, the pH of wherein said catholyte is for approximately greater than 7.

32. fluid according to claim 27, the pH of wherein said catholyte are about 9 to 12.

33. fluid according to claim 27, wherein said catholyte have approximately-150mV to approximately-oxidation-reduction potential of 1000mV.

34. having, fluid according to claim 27, wherein said anolyte be approximately 7 pH.

35. fluid according to claim 27, wherein said anolyte have about 2.5 to about 6 pH.

36. fluid according to claim 27, the oxidation-reduction potential of wherein said anolyte are that about+100mV is to about+1200mV.

37. fluid according to claim 27, wherein said anolyte comprises chlorine.

38. fluid according to claim 27, wherein said anolyte comprises the oxygen in the solution.