Water demineralizing methods and systems

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DEMINERALIZING RAW WATER, COMPRISING PROVIDING A UNIT INCLUDING STRUCTURE DEFINING FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD CHAMBERS HAVING A FIRST DIAPHRAGM AS A COMMON WALL BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHAMBERS AND A SECOND DIAPHRAGM AS A COMMON WALL BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD CHAMBERS AND HAVING AN ANODE ARRANGED IN SAID FIRST CHAMBER AND A CATHODE ARRANGED IN SAID THIRD CHAMBER AND HAVING A POROUS ION EXCHANGE BED ARRANGED IN SAID SECOND CHAMBER AND CHARACTERIZED BY BOTH CATION EXCHANGE AND ANION EXCHANGE, PROVIDING A BUFFER SPACE HAVING A VOLUME AT LEAST AS LARGE AS THAT OF SAID SECOND CHAMBER, INTRODUCING A CHARGE OF PREVIOUSLY DEMINERALIZED WATER INTO SAID BUFFER SPACE FROM SAID SECOND CHAMBER, INTRODUCING RAW WATER INTO SAID BUFFER SPACE AND INTO ADMIXTURE WITH THE PREVIOUSLY DEMINERALIZED WATER THEREIN, WHEREBY THE RESULTING MIXED WATER IN SAID BUFFER SPACE HAS A CONCENTRATION OF DISSOLVED MINERAL SALTS THEREIN THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT OF THE RAW WATER, CIRCULATING THE RESULTING WATER FROM SAID BUFFER SPACE INTO SAID SECOND CHAMBER AND THROUGH SAID POROUS ION EXCHANGE BED AND INTO CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND DIAPHRAGMS AND FROM SAID SECOND CHAMBER BACK INTO SAID BUFFER SPACE, WHEREBY SAID ION EXCHANGE BED IS SUBJECTED TO DEGENERATION BY THE EXCHANGE OF SORBED HYDROXYL IONS AND HYDROGEN IONS FOR THE ANIONS AND CATIONS OF THE MINERAL SALTS DISSOLVED IN THE WATER CIRCULATED THERETHROUGH AND WITH THE RESULT THAT THE CIRCULATED WATER IS DEMINERALIZED, DRAWING OFF DEMINERALIZED WATER FROM SAID SECOND CHAMBER, CONDUCTING A FIRST STREAM OF WATER AS AN ANOLYTE THROUGH SAID FIRST CHAMBER INTO CONTACT WITH SAID ANODE AND SAID FIRST DIAPHRAGM, CONDUCTING A SECOND STREAM OF WATER AS A CATHOLYTE THROUGH SAID THIRD CHAMBER INTO CONTACT WITH SAID CATHODE AND SAID SECOND DIAPHRAGM, AND CONDUCTING A DIRECT CURRENT FROM SAID ANODE TO SAID CATHODE THROUGH THE WATER IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD CHAMBERS AND THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND DIAPHRAGMS AND THROUGH SAID ION EXCHANGE BED, WHEREBY SAID ION EXCHANGE BED IS SUBJECTED TO REGENERATION BY THE EXCHANGE OF THE SORBED ANIONS AND CATIONS OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SALTS FOR HYDROXYL IONS AND HYDROGEN IONS AND WITH THE MIGRATION OF THE RELEASED ANIONS AND CATIONS MENTIONED RESPECTIVELY THROUGH SAID FIRST DIAPHRAGM INTO SAID ANOLYTE AND THROUGH SAID SECOND DIAPHRAGM INTO SAID CATHOLYTE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF DEMINERALIZING RAW WATER, COMPRISING PROVIDING A UNIT INCLUDING STRUCTURE DEFINING FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD CHAMBERS HAVING A FIRST DIAPHRAGM AS A COMMON WALL BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHAMBERS AND A SECOND DIAPHRAGM AS A COMMON WALL BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD CHAMBERS AND HAVING AN ANODE ARRANGED IN SAID FIRST CHAMBER AND A CATHODE ARRANGED IN SAID THIRD CHAMBER AND HAVING A POROUS ION EXCHANGE BED ARRANGED IN SAID SECOND CHAMBER AND CHARACTERIZED BY BOTH CATION EXCHANGE AND ANION EXCHANGE, PROVIDING A BUFFER SPACE HAVING A VOLUME AT LEAST AS LARGE AS THAT OF SAID SECOND CHAMBER, INTRODUCING A CHARGE OF PREVIOUSLY DEMINERALIZED WATER INTO SAID BUFFER SPACE FROM SAID SECOND CHAMBER, INTRODUCING RAW WATER INTO SAID BUFFER SPACE AND INTO ADMIXTURE WITH THE PREVIOUSLY DEMINERALIZED WATER THEREIN, WHEREBY THE RESULTING MIXED WATER IN SAID BUFFER SPACE HAS A CONCENTRATION OF DISSOLVED MINERAL SALTS THEREIN THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT OF THE RAW WATER, CIRCULATING THE RESULTING WATER FROM SAID BUFFER SPACE INTO SAID SECOND CHAMBER AND THROUGH SAID POROUS ION EXCHANGE BED AND INTO CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND DIAPHRAGMS AND FROM SAID SECOND CHAMBER BACK INTO SAID BUFFER SPACE, WHEREBY SAID ION EXCHANGE BED IS SUBJECTED TO DEGENERATION BY THE EXCHANGE OF SORBED HYDROXYL IONS AND HYDROGEN IONS FOR THE ANIONS AND CATIONS OF THE MINERAL SALTS DISSOLVED IN THE WATER CIRCULATED THERETHROUGH AND WITH THE RESULT THAT THE CIRCULATED WATER IS DEMINERALIZED, DRAWING OFF DEMINERALIZED WATER FROM SAID SECOND CHAMBER, CONDUCTING A FIRST STREAM OF WATER AS AN ANOLYTE THROUGH SAID FIRST CHAMBER INTO CONTACT WITH SAID ANODE AND SAID FIRST DIAPHRAGM, CONDUCTING A SECOND STREAM OF WATER AS A CATHOLYTE THROUGH SAID THIRD CHAMBER INTO CONTACT WITH SAID CATHODE AND SAID SECOND DIAPHRAGM, AND CONDUCTING A DIRECT CURRENT FROM SAID ANODE TO SAID CATHODE THROUGH THE WATER IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD CHAMBERS AND THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND DIAPHRAGMS AND THROUGH SAID ION EXCHANGE BED, WHEREBY SAID ION EXCHANGE BED IS SUBJECTED TO REGENERATION BY THE EXCHANGE OF THE SORBED ANIONS AND CATIONS OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SALTS FOR HYDROXYL IONS AND HYDROGEN IONS AND WITH THE MIGRATION OF THE RELEASED ANIONS AND CATIONS MENTIONED RESPECTIVELY THROUGH SAID FIRST DIAPHRAGM INTO SAID ANOLYTE AND THROUGH SAID SECOND DIAPHRAGM INTO SAID CATHOLYTE.