The present application relates to the field of water treatment devices, in particular to a full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element and a water purifier having the same.
With regard to reverse osmosis membrane elements most widely used at present, raw water inflows from one end and flows in a direction parallel to a central tube; purified water enters a membrane bag of a reverse osmosis membrane to flow into the central tube via a through hole in the central tube and then flow out of the central tube via a purified water outlet; concentrated water which does not pass through the reverse osmosis membrane flows out of the central tube via a concentrated water-outlet at the periphery of the central tube in the direction parallel to the central tube. In this way, the raw water flows in the direction parallel to a reverse osmosis membrane assembly and the central tube and makes contact with a reverse osmosis membrane for a short time. A water flow channel of the reverse osmosis membrane assembly formed by winding in such manner is wide, and water on the surface of the reverse osmosis membrane flows at a low speed, as a result, concentration polarization is generated on the surface of the reverse osmosis membrane. Consequentially, it is prone to scaling on the surface of the reverse osmosis membrane. Furthermore, the raw water contiguously osmoses into the membrane bag in the flow direction thereof, as a result, the water concentration (saltness) is increasingly high, the water on the surface, close to the concentrated water-outlet, of the reverse osmosis membrane has increasingly high saltness, precipitation and scaling of solutes on the surface of the reverse osmosis membrane are increasingly serious. Consequentially, the use life of the reverse osmosis membrane is shortened.
Chinese Patent Publication No. CN102976447 discloses a lateral-flow reverse osmosis membrane element. A waterproof adhesive tape is located between a flow guide net and a reverse osmosis membrane. As shown in
The objective of the present application is to provide a full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element to prolong the use life of a reverse osmosis membrane element.
The present application is implemented as follows: a full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element is used to produce purified water by concentrating raw water and comprises a central tube extending from front to back and a reverse osmosis membrane assembly wound around the external tube wall of the central tube from left to right or from right to left. Water inlet holes communicated with the internal tube channel of the central tube are formed in the external tube wall of the central tube. The reverse osmosis membrane assembly comprises a pair of reverse osmosis membranes attached at front surfaces thereof and wound around the central tube. A water feed channel is formed between the front surfaces of the two reverse osmosis membranes, and a purified water channel is formed between the back surfaces of the two reverse osmosis membranes. The water feed channel has a water inlet formed in front edges of the two reverse osmosis membranes and water outlets formed in rear edges of the two reverse osmosis membranes. The reverse osmosis membrane assembly further comprises a water division structure arranged in the water feed channel and used to make a path of raw water flowing through the water feed channel longer than a linear distance between the water inlet and the water outlets when the two reverse osmosis membranes are in an unfolded state. The water division structure comprises first water division band forming a preset space with the central tube when the two reverse osmosis membranes are in the unfolded state. The first water division band divide the water feed channel into a first flow channel having a gradually decreasing cross-section and a second flow channel communicated with the first flow channel.
In the full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application, the preset space is greater than 0° and less than 90°.
In the full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application, the water division structure further comprises second water division band arranged at the front edges of the two reverse osmosis membranes and used to seal the first flow channel, third water division band arranged at the rear edges of the reverse osmosis membranes and used to seal the second flow channel, and fourth water division band arranged at the peripheries of the reverse osmosis membranes and used to seal a purified water channel.
In the full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application, the first water division bandband and the third water division band are staggered with each otherband; each first water division band comprises a first end close to the rear edges of the reverse osmosis membranes and a second end close to the front edges of the reverse osmosis membranes; and the first ends and the second ends incline in opposite directions, respectively.
In the full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application, the first ends incline towards the central tube, the second ends incline opposite to the central tube, and the first flow channel is communicated with the second flow channel at the second ends away from the central tube.
In the full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application, the water inlet is located between the second water division band and the central tube; a water supplement inlet for supplementing raw water into the first flow channel is formed between the second water division band and right edges of the reverse osmosis membranes; and the water outlets comprise a first water outlet located between the first ends and the central tube and allowing concentrated water to flow out of the first flow channel, a second water outlet located between the first ends and the third water division band and allowing concentrated water to flow out of the second flow channel, and a third water outlet located between the third water division band and the right edges of the reverse osmosis membranes and allowing concentrated water to flow out of the second flow channel.
In the full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application, the second ends incline towards the central tube, the first ends incline opposite to the central tube, and the first flow channel is communicated with the second flow channel at the second ends close to the central tube.
In the full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application, the water inlet is located between the second water division band and right edges of the reverse osmosis membranes; a water supplement inlet for supplementing raw water into the first flow channel is formed between the second water division band and the central tube; and the water outlets comprise a first water outlet located between the first ends and the right edges of the reverse osmosis membranes and allowing concentrated water to flow out of the first flow channel, a second water outlet located between the first ends and the third water division band and allowing concentrated water to flow out of the second flow channel, and a third water outlet located between the third water division band and the central tube and allowing concentrated water to flow out of the second flow channel.
The full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element of the present application further comprises an inflow water guide net arranged in the water feed channel and used to guide the raw water to flow and a purified water guide net arranged in the purified water channel and used to guide the purified water to flow. The first water division band, the second water division band, and the third water division band are paired and respectively arranged on two side faces of the inflow water guide net, and the fourth water division band is paired and respectively arranged on two side faces of the purified water guide net.
The present application further provides a water purifier comprising the above full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element.
The present application has the following beneficial effects:
The water feed channel is divided into the first flow channel and the second flow channel by the first water division band, and the raw water sequentially flows through the first flow channel and the second flow channel, so that the flow distance of the raw water between the two reverse osmosis membranes is increased, and the use rate of the reverse osmosis membranes is increased; and the cross-sections of the first flow channel and the second flow channel are gradually decreased in area in the flow direction of the raw water, in this way, the flow rate of the raw water in the first flow channel and the second flow channel is gradually increased, so that the decrease, caused by a polarization boundary layer, of a driving force is relieved, the raw water can flow at an approximately constant speed, lamination of the raw water in the flow channels is eliminated, and full turbulence is realized to scour pollutants on the surfaces of the reverse osmosis membranes to reduce the blockage caused by the pollutants, thus prolonging the use life of the reverse osmosis membranes.
For the sake of a clearer explanation of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, a brief description of the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments is given below. Clearly, the drawings in the following description are used for illustrating certain embodiments of the present application, and those ordinarily skilled in the art can acquire other drawings of the following ones without creative labor.
In order to provide a better understanding of the technical solutions of the present application for those skilled in the art, the technical solutions of the embodiments are clearly described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the embodiments in the following description are illustrative ones. and are not all possible ones of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by those ordinarily skilled in the art without creative labor should also fall within the protection scope of the invention.
The term “comprise” involved in the description, claims and accompanying drawings, and any transformations of the present application refer to non-exclusive inclusion. For instance, a process or method comprising a series of steps or units, or a system, product or device not limited to the steps or units listed, and may also comprise steps or units which are not listed, or comprise other intrinsic steps of the process or method, or other intrinsic units of the system, product or device. Besides, terms “first”, “second”, and “third” are used for distinguishing different objects, and are not used for describing a specific sequence.
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A water feed channel 115 is formed between the front surfaces of the two reverse osmosis membranes 112, a purified water channel (not shown in the figures) is formed between the back surfaces of the two reverse osmosis membranes 112. The raw water or concentrated water flowing through the water feed channel 115 can osmose from the front surfaces to back surfaces of the reverse osmosis membranes 112 and cannot osmose from the back surfaces to front surfaces of the reverse osmosis membranes 112, that is, the raw water in the water feed channel 115 can osmose into the purified water channel to obtain the purified water, and the purified water obtained in the purified water channel cannot osmose into the water feed channel 115. The water inlet holes 102 in the central tube 101 are communicated with the purified water channel, the purified water obtained in the purified water channel flows into the central tube 101 via the water inlet holes 102 and then flows out of the rear end of the central tube 101.
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The water division structure is used to make a path of the raw water flowing through the water feed channel 115 longer than linear distances between the water inlet 109 and the water outlets when the two reverse osmosis membranes 112 are in an unfolded state. The water division structure comprises first water division band 105 which are arranged in the water feed channel 115 and form a preset space with the central tube 101 when the two reverse osteosis membranes 112 are in the unfolded state. The preset space is greater than 0° and less than 90°. The first water division band 105 in the water feed channel 115 divide, in the flow direction of the raw water, the water feed channel 115 into a first flow channel 1151 and a second flow channel 1152 communicated with the first flow channel 1151, and cross-sections of the first flow channel 1151 and the second flow channel 1152 are gradually decreased in the flow direction of the raw water.
The water feed channel 115 is divided into the first flow channel 1151 and the second flow channel 1152 by the first water division band 105, and the raw water sequentially flows through the first flow channel 1151 and the second flow channel 1152, so that the flow distance of the raw water between the two reverse osmosis membranes 112 is increased, and the use rate of the reverse osmosis membranes 112 is increased; and the cross-sections of the first flow channel 1151 and the second flow channel 1152 are gradually decreased in area in the flow direction of the raw water, in this way, the flow rate of the raw water in the first flow channel 1151 and the second flow channel 1152 is gradually increased, so that the decrease, caused by a polarization boundary layer, of a driving force is relieved, the raw water can flow at an approximately constant speed, lamination of the raw water in the flow channels is eliminated, and full turbulence is realized to scour pollutants on the surfaces of the reverse osmosis membranes 112 to reduce the blockage caused by the pollutants, thus prolonging the use life of the reverse osmosis membranes 112.
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The water outlets comprise a first water outlet 110, a second water outlet 103, and a third water outlet 111. The reverse osmosis membrane assembly 113 further comprises a water supplement inlet 112 formed in the front edges of the reverse osmosis membranes 112.
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The water outlets comprise the first water outlet 110 located between the first ends 1051 and the central tube 101, the second water outlet 103 located between the third water division band 104 and the first ends 1051, and the third water outlet 111 located between the winding tail end 107 and the third water division band 104. Most concentrated water flows out of the second flow channel 1152 via the second water outlet 103, and a little concentrated water flows out of the second flow channel 1152 via the first water outlet 110 and the second water outlet 103. The first water outlet 110 can prevent a flow “dead space” of a fluid in the first flow channel 1151 at the first water outlet 110, and portions, located at the first water outlet 110, of the first water division band 105 are oblique relative to the central tube 101 to form a flow channel having a gradually decreasing cross-section, so that the fluid flows out of the first water outlet 110 at a gradually increased flow rate to scour the pollutants on the front surfaces of the reverse osmosis membranes 112, thus increasing the use rate of the reverse osmosis membranes 112. The third water outlet 111 can eliminate the dead space of the second flow channel 1152 at the third water outlet 111 to avoid the precipitation of the pollutants caused by a flow “dead space” of a fluid at the third water outlet 111, thus increasing the use rate of the reverse osmosis membranes 112.
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The water inlet 109 is located between the second water division band 108 and the winding tail end 107, and the water supplement inlet 112 is located between the central tube 101 and the second water division band 108; the first water outlet 110 is located between the winding tail end 107 and the first ends 1051, the second water outlet 103 is located between the third water division band 104 and the first ends 1051, and the third water outlet 111 is located between the winding starting end and the third water division band 104. In this way, the “dead space” of the fluid can also be avoided, and the pollutants can be scoured, so that the use life of the reverse osmosis membranes 112 is prolonged, and the use effect of the reverse osmosis membranes 112 is improved.
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The first water division band 105, the second water division band 108, and the third water division band 104 are paired and respectively arranged on two side faces of the inflow water guide net 106. Particularly, the two first water division band 105, the two second water division band 108, and the two third water division band 104 are integrally arranged on the two side faces of the inflow water guide net 106 by means of hot-press forming and are wound around the central tube 101.
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The water division structure formed by means of hot-press forming is low in cost and simple in process. In other embodiments, the water division structure may be formed by means of gluing.
The winding tail end 107 is coated with a sealing compound to make sure that the reverse osmosis membranes 112 can be better wound around the central tube 101.
The embodiment of the present application further provides a water purifier (not shown in the figures) having the above full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element 100. Compared with common water purifiers having RO filter elements with a rated flux rate of 75 G, the water purifier having the above full-effective reverse osmosis membrane element 100 has average water flux GPD increased from 78.5 to 90.1 and NaCl salt rejection (%) increased from 97.8 to 98.8 in a test solution at an NaCl concentration of 250 ppm.
The above embodiments are only preferred ones of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutes and improvements achieved based on the spirit and principle of the present application should also fall within the protection scope of the invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201810281393.6 | Apr 2018 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2018/111267 | 10/22/2018 | WO | 00 |