METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE pH OF A LIQUID

摘要

An electrochemical or electrodialytic method and apparatus (154) for producing liquid of a desired pH value from input liquid of a different pH value, or for adjusting the pH of an aqueous flowable fluid, entails an electrochemical mechanism for adjusting the pH of an aqueous flowable fluid and a mechanism for then electrochemically stabilizing the adjusted pH of the fluid. The apparatus (154) includes an inlet and a channel in fluid communication with the inlet. The channel has the appearance and properties of a U-shaped connected vessel. The U-shaped connected vessel includes an inlet accumulating passage in fluid communication with an active zone between two spaced electrodes wherein the active zone has a small volume relative to the passage for accelerating fluid flow from the passage through the active zone complying with the physics of connected vessels.