UNIT IN BUILDING THAT INCLUDES EQUIPMENT IN WHICH TAP WATER IS USED, AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF CHLORINE-RESISTANT METHYLOBACTERIUM ON SURFACE OF THE UNIT OR DISINFECTING CHLORINE-RESISTANT METHYLOBACTERIUM THAT HAS GROWN ON SURFACE OF THE UNIT

• Main Authors: YAMANA YOSHIMASA, TAKAESU HIDEKI, HATA SHURI, HOSOKAWA AYANO, ITAMI AIKO, HAYAKAWA MAKOTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 08.02.2024
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

To provide a unit in a building that includes equipment in which tap water is used, capable of effectively preventing the growth of chlorine-resistant Methylobacterium or effectively disinfecting chlorine-resistant Methylobacterium that has grown.SOLUTION: Provided is a unit in a building that includes equipment in which tap water is used, the unit having means for providing tap water to the equipment, an electrolyzer that electrolyzes tap water to produce electrolyzed water, and electrolyzed water discharge means that enables the electrolyzed water to contact a surface of the unit. The electrolyzed water satisfies one of the following conditions A, B, and C: A: containing 0.05 ppm or more ozone and 1.5 ppm or more free chlorine; B: containing 0.1 ppm or more ozone and over 0.75 ppm free chlorine; and C: containing 0.2 ppm or more ozone and over 0.1 ppm free chlorine.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 塩素耐性メチロバクテリウムの増殖を効果的に防止し、または増殖した塩素耐性メチロバクテリウムを効果的に殺菌することが可能な、建物内における、水道水が使用される設備を含むユニットの提供。【解決手段】 建物内における、水道水が使用される設備を含むユニットであって、当該ユニットは、前記水道水が使用される設備に水道水を提供する手段と、水道水を電気分解して電解水を生成する電解装置と、前記電解水を当該ユニットの表面に接触させることを可能とする電解水吐出手段とを備え、前記電解水は、下記Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃのいずれか：Ａ：０．０５ｐｐｍ以上のオゾンと、１．５ｐｐｍ以上の遊離塩素とを含む、Ｂ：０．１ｐｐｍ以上のオゾンと、０．７５ｐｐｍ超の遊離塩素とを含む、Ｃ：０．２ｐｐｍ以上のオゾンと、０．１ｐｐｍ以上の遊離塩素とを含む、である、ユニット。【選択図】 図１