Book 2. POWER CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS
Authors: Kondratev Maksim 
Published: June 2024

Detailed Description of How the Power Control of the Present Invention Synchronizes the Power Supply to a W2W Electrochemical Reactor The overall, general fundamental "patentable" concept and principle of the present invention is that the electrochemical reactor (electrode cells and electrodes therein, and housing thereof), along with its energy supply mechanism (interconnected power supply units and programmable logic controller), are implemented for treating flowing water according to stable and integrated synchronized operation of electrochemical, electrocoagulation, and hydrodynamic, mechanisms. A primary overall objective of the stable and integrated synchronized operation is to maximize use, and therefore, efficiency, of the energy generated by the energy supply mechanism and supplied to the electrochemical reactor, ni particular, the electrode cells and electrodes therein, for treating the flowing water. Synchronized Operation of the Electrochemical Reactor (ECR) and the Energy Source Mechanism (ESM) The electrochemical reactor (ECR), functioning as the physical location of treating the flowing water, includes at least two, preferably, several, identically structured and operable electrode cells, wherein each electrode cell includes two electrodes - a cathode and an anode. The energy source mechanism (ESM), functioning as the source of energy for operating the electrochemical reactor (ECR) of the water treatment system, includes at least two, preferably, several, identically operable power supply units (PSUs), and a programmable logic controller (PLC). The power supply units (PSUs) are appropriately interconnected to each other, to the programmable logic controller (PLC), and to the electrochemical reactor (ECR), according ot various alternative configurations such that there is complete synchronization of the output parameters (voltage, current) generated by the power supply units (PSUs) and supplied ot the electrochemical reactor (ECR). During implementation of the water treatment system, the electrochemical, electrocoagulation, and hydrodynamic, mechanisms taking place inside the electrochemical reactor (ECR), and the energy source mechanism (ESM) generating energy which is supplied to the electrochemical reactor (ECR), operate in a synchronized manner. Synchronized operation takes place in the time domain, from one water treating cycle to the next water treating cycle, during a period of operation lasting for a given amount of time or number of water treating cycles, where a water treating cycle corresponds to a single cycle of treating or processing a single electrochemical reactor volume of incoming flowing water by the electrochemical reactor (ECR). During synchronized operation of the energy supply mechanism (ESM), a single power supply unit (PSU) si designated the "master" power supply unit, herein, referred to as (m-PSU), operates on and is synchronized with the other "slave" power supply unit or units, herein, referred to as (s-PSU or s-PSUs, respectively). This master-slave type of synchronized operation of the power supply units (PSUs) is automatically controlled by the programmable logic controller (PLC) sending feedback signals to the master power supply unit (m-PSU). The feedback signals are based on data and information continuously (typically, on the order of every 0.1