ELECTROLYTIC WATER GENERATING METHOD AND ELECTROLYTIC WATER GENERATOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate electrolytically generated acidic water which has strong sterilizing power and has a relatively low pH where chlorine gas hardly volatilizes, and electrolytically generated alkaline water which has strong washing power at the same time, in diaphragm electrolysis using a dilute saline solution or the like as water to be electrolyzed and performing the diaphragm electrolysis of the water to be electrolyzed to generate electrolytically generated acidic water and electrolytically generated alkaline water at the same time. SOLUTION: A diaphragm electrolytic cell 10 of which the diaphragm 12 dividing the electrolytic cell into an anode side electrolytic chamber R1 and a cathode side electrolytic chamber R2 is a water-permeable membrane capable of passing electrolytically generated water is adopted as a diaphragm electrolytic cell used for the diaphragm electrolysis. A part of the electrolytically generated alkaline water generated in the cathode side electrolytic chamber R2 is electrolyzed while being moved to the anode side electrolytic chamber R1, which generates the electrolytically generated acidic water of which the pH has been adjusted to a relatively high value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI