Illustrative embodiments employ catholyte scrubbers to provide higher concentrations of ozone in ozonated water than was possible in prior art systems and methods. Moreover, some embodiments employ scrubbers to increase the efficiency of production of ozonated water by producing such higher concentrations of ozone in ozonated water using the same amount, or less, power than prior art systems and methods. Some embodiments employ scrubbers to enable production of water with higher concentrations of ozone, and/or ozonated water in which the concentration of ozone decays more slowly, as compared to prior art methods.

The disclosure provides a method and device for preparing slightly acidic electrolyzed water with a controllable and stable concentration. According to the method, a solution addition velocity of a first solution addition device is adjusted according to a difference between a detected voltage U.sub.detected and a control voltage U.sub.control in an electrolytic cell, so that the first solution addition device adds an electrolyte stock solution to the electrolytic cell in real time, thereby preparing the slightly acidic electrolyzed water with a controllable and stable concentration. The device includes an electrolyte stock solution storage, an electrolytic cell and a first mixer connected sequentially. A first solution addition device is connected in series between the electrolyte stock solution storage and the electrolytic cell. The disclosure overcomes the defects of uncontrollable and unstable concentration in the preparation of present slightly acidic electrolyzed water.

A process of making an alkaline water and acidic water wherein the step of dissolving the alkaline salt in the initial stream is further defined as adding the alkaline salt of a lower alkyl carboxylic acid of sodium propionate to the initial stream. The step of electrolyzing the feed stream further includes a step of applying an electric potential between the cathode and the anode. The step of applying the electrical potential is further defined as applying the electrical potential of between 0.5V and 50 V between the cathode and the anode. The alkaline water composition produced by the process includes zero hydroxide ions and defines a total alkalinity between 40 ppm and 510 ppm. The alkaline water also has a TDS between 58 ppm and 1000 ppm, a pH between 10.0 and 12.0, a hardness rating between 3.5 and 10, and a Langelier Index between 0.37 and 2.20.

A handpiece (108) of an ultrasonic scaler equipped with a closed system water delivery and an integrated in-line divided electrolytic cell (106) for generating ozone, one or more gas separators (116a, 116b), in-line dissolved gas monitoring and closed loop control over ozone concentration using one or more ultraviolet sensors (110).

A water conditioning system for evaporative cooling systems reduces operating costs and microbial contamination by introducing positively charged copper-silver ions into water used as a working fluid. Some of the recirculating water is also passed through a magnetic conditioner to increase its conductivity. By concentrating the total dissolved solids (TDS) in a portion of the water to be expelled, the remaining system water plus new make-up water added contains far lower TDS, reducing health risks, maintenance costs, corrosion, and scaling, and extending service life of replaceable filter elements and system machinery. Recovering non-chemically treated cooling tower bleed water with commercial scale nanofiltration water polishing equipment and returning that polished water back to the cooling tower water basin reduces the make-up water required, and may achieve 70% or greater reduction in sewer fees for tower bleed water, along with increased cycles of concentration further reducing requirement for make-up water.

Method and apparatus for a low maintenance, high reliability on-site electrolytic generator incorporating automatic cell monitoring for contaminant film buildup, as well as automatically removing or cleaning the contaminant film. This method and apparatus preferably does not require human intervention to clean. For high current density cells, cleaning is preferably performed by reversing the polarity of the electrodes and applying a lower current density to the electrodes, preferably by adjusting the salinity or brine concentration of the electrolyte while keeping the voltage constant. Electrolyte flow preferably comprises water and brine flows which are preferably separately monitored and automatically adjusted. For bipolar cells, flow between modules arranged in parallel is preferably approximately equally distributed between modules and between intermediate electrodes within each module.

A hospital faucet assembly is provided that includes an outlet adapted to direct a flow water stream into a sink. An ozone chamber is provided having a water inlet and a water outlet. A flow control valve is connected to the water inlet, and the water outlet is connected to the faucet armature. A sensor is provided which is adapted to control the flow control valve. An ozone generator is located within the chamber, and when a user activates the sensor, the valve opens allowing more water to enter the chamber and then travel out through the water outlet of the ozone chamber to the faucet armature which dispenses the water flow into the sink. A controller is provided and is connected to the control valve and the sensor. The controller is configured to run an automatic cycle on an occasional basis to flush the sink with ozone-rich water in order flush and/or disinfect water located in a trap of the sink drain, or provide other disinfecting functions.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing oxygen water or hydrogen water. The apparatus for manufacturing oxygen water or hydrogen water is configured such that oxygen or hydrogen generated from a device for generating oxygen and hydrogen by electrolyzing water is supplied to water using a fluid pump for manufacture of oxygen water or hydrogen water. The apparatus is configured to easily, quickly, and effectively manufacture oxygen water or hydrogen water in a plastic water bottle by dissolving high purity oxygen or hydrogen in source water in the bottle directly. Accordingly, by drinking oxygen water or hydrogen water manufactured thereby, fresh oxygen is supplied to the body, and hydrogen is also supplied to the body and removes harmful reactive oxygen species or reactive carbon species, thereby enabling a healthy life.

A method for using an electrochemical cell to continuously acidify alkaline water sources and recover carbon dioxide with simultaneous continuous hydrogen gas production. The electrochemical cell has a center compartment, an electrolyte-free anode compartment having a mesh anode in direct contact with an ion permeable membrane, an endblock in direct contact with the anode where the endblock provides a gas escape route behind the anode, an electrolyte-free cathode compartment having a mesh cathode in direct contact with an ion permeable membrane, and an endblock in direct contact with the cathode where the endblock provides a gas escape route behind the cathode. Current applied to the electrochemical cell for generating hydrogen gas also lowers the pH of the alkaline water to produce carbon dioxide with no additional current or power.

The present invention provides a method for controlling a drinking-water supply device, the method comprising: a first step of connecting a guide pipe of a case separable from a cabinet to form a channel through which water moves from the case to the cabinet; a second step of supplying the cabinet with sterile water electrolyzed by an electrolytic module included in the case; and a third step of supplying the cabinet with water which has not passed through the electrolytic module included in the case, wherein the sterilization water and the water are supplied to the cabinet from the case via the guide pipe in the second step and the third step.