Disinfection device and method for performing disinfection cycles
OwnerMichael Schelch, Wolfgang Staberinventors
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Abstract
A disinfection device for performing disinfection cycles of water from at least one water circuit of an apparatus, in particular a heating/cooling device. The disinfection device includes at least one disinfection circuit for passing through the water from the water circuit having at least one electrolysis cell designed as a flow-through cell for the in situ generation of oxidizing agents. The water circuit is connected to the disinfection circuit to form a common circuit. Electronics control the disinfection cycles. Power is supplied to the components of the provided disinfection circuits.
Claims17
A disinfection device for performing disinfection cycles of water from at least one water circuit of a heating/cooling device, comprising:
- at least one disinfection circuit through which the water from the water circuit of the heating/cooling device passes through,
- means for detachably connecting the water circuit located in the heating/cooling device to the at least one disinfection circuit to establish a common and self-contained water circuit;
- at least one electrolysis cell installed in the disinfection circuit and designed as a flow-through cell, the electrolysis cell configured to generate oxidizing agents in situ as the water from the water circuit of the heating/cooling device flows through the disinfection circuit, wherein the flow-through cell has an electrode packet having two edge-side contact electrodes supplied with DC voltage and at least one bipolar electrode which is arranged between the two edge-side contact electrodes and spaced therefrom;
- means for connecting the water circuit to the disinfection circuit to form the common circuit;
- electronics for controlling a number of the disinfection cycles until the water from the water circuit of the heating/cooling device is disinfected;
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- means for supplying power to components of the provided disinfection circuits.
A method for performing disinfection cycles of water of at least one water circuit of a heating/cooling device, in a disinfection circuit of a disinfection device, the method comprising:
- connecting the disinfection device to the heating/cooling device to establish a common water circuit composed of the water circuit of the heating/cooling device and the disinfection circuit of the disinfection device, the water of the at least one water circuit including electrical conductivity of at least 1 mS/cm;
- by a pump installed in the disinfection circuit of the disinfection device, pumping the water a plurality of times within a disinfection cycle through the common circuit formed by the water circuit and the disinfection circuit;
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- within the disinfection circuit, passing the water through an electrolysis cell installed in the disinfection circuit and designed as a flow-through cell that operates in the common circuit with the water circuit, the electrolysis cell configured to generate oxidizing agents in electrochemical reactions and in situ as the water from the water circuit flows through the electrolysis cell,
- wherein the flow-through cell has an electrode packet having two edge-side contact electrodes supplied with DC voltage and at least one bipolar electrode which is arranged between the two edge-side contact electrodes and spaced therefrom, and
- an electronic control is provided which pumps the water through the common water circuit within a disinfection cycle until it is disinfected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.