EP2566526A1 - Einheit zur luftreinigung mittels fotokatalyse - Google Patents
Einheit zur luftreinigung mittels fotokatalyseInfo
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- EP2566526A1 EP2566526A1 EP11725133A EP11725133A EP2566526A1 EP 2566526 A1 EP2566526 A1 EP 2566526A1 EP 11725133 A EP11725133 A EP 11725133A EP 11725133 A EP11725133 A EP 11725133A EP 2566526 A1 EP2566526 A1 EP 2566526A1
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to gaseous fluid treatment assemblies, and more particularly to air purification assemblies.
- the efficiency of purification of the pol luted air is also affected by the maintenance of the air purification unit.
- An air purification assembly to maintain its maximum efficiency, in fact needs regular maintenance of its various internal parts, which is often not feasible given the complexity of the air purification units.
- the invention aims to solve the problem mentioned above.
- an object of the present invention is to provide an air purification assembly effective in terms of destruction of particulate and gaseous pollutants from the treated ambient air while being easy to maintain and compact.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an air purification assembly having an improved service life.
- a last object of the present invention is to provide an air purification assembly with limited cost and easy installation and use.
- an air purification assembly comprising:
- An enclosure comprising an air inlet for the passage of polluted air, an air outlet for the passage of purified air and a base provided with a means for making a forced air circulation;
- a removable cartridge adapted to cooperate with the base in order to be housed in said chamber, said cartridge, adapted to be traversed by the polluted air circulating in the chamber to purify it, comprising at least one consumable photocatalytic cell having a photocatalytic filter and a light source for irradiating said filter.
- a compact and versatile air purification assembly whose cartridges can be adapted to the air of a place to be purified.
- the device may comprise one or more of the following features, taken in isolation or in combination technically possible:
- the cartridge comprises all of the filtration consumables of the purification unit
- the cartridge comprises a chemical filtration module downstream of the photocatalytic cell, with regard to the circulation of air in the assembly;
- the cartridge comprises a particulate prefiltration module upstream of the photocatalytic cell, with respect to the circulation of air in the assembly;
- the cartridge comprises a particulate post-filtration module downstream of the chemical filtration module, with regard to the circulation of air in the assembly;
- the cartridge having a cylindrical shape the prefiltration module or the chemical filtration module is placed concentrically with the photo-catalysis cell in the cartridge;
- the cartridge having a cylindrical shape, it further comprises a closure cap at one end, adapted to lock the cartridge on the enclosure;
- the enclosure having the shape of a rack
- the cartridge has a shape adapted to be received in said rack
- the enclosure comprises a protective grid of the cartridge for closing the enclosure;
- the base comprises at least one motor-fan unit and an electronic control system.
- Figure 1 shows a side perspective view of an air purification assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 shows another side perspective view of the air purification assembly of Figure 1 closed;
- FIG. 3 represents a front perspective view of the air purification assembly of FIG. 1;
- FIGS. 4a to 4d show the various steps of dismantling a cartridge 30 from the air purification assembly of FIG. 1;
- FIGS. 5 and 6 are perspective views in longitudinal section of two embodiments of the air purification assembly of Figure 1;
- FIG. 7 represents a front perspective view of an air purification assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 show the different constituent parts of an air purification assembly 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- this purification assembly 10 is in the form of an enclosure 20 which comprises an air inlet 21 passing through or licking a wall of said enclosure 20 through which the mixture of air and possible pollutants, designated by the letter A in Figure 3, penetrates inside the assembly 10.
- the enclosure 20 also encloses a base 23 comprising at least means for producing a forced air flow inside the enclosure 20 adapted to the volumes of air to be treated.
- the assembly 10 further comprises a removable cartridge 30 adapted to cooperate with the base 23 to be housed in said enclosure 20 and adapted to be traversed by the polluted air A to purify it.
- the cartridge 30 is thus housed in a housing of the enclosure 20 whose shape and dimensions are adapted to receive said cartridge 30 so that it cooperates with the base 23 to pass through the polluted air to purify it.
- This cartridge 30 through which the forced circulation of polluted air A is organized to purify it comprises filter elements of consumable polluted air, that is to say elements intended to be changed.
- the filtration means comprise at least one photocatalytic cell having a photocatalytic filter and a light source for irradiating said filter (not visible in Figures 1 to 3).
- This cartridge 30 will be described later in particular in connection with FIGS. 5 and 6.
- This purification assembly 1 0 is intended to be fixed by suitable fixing means 40, described later on a flat surface.
- This base 23 encloses, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, at least one motor-fan unit 24 for ensuring the circulation of the polluted air A forced through the purification assembly 10 and through the cartridge 30.
- This group 24 may include one or more fans in the base 23 supplied by suitable means described below to assist in the mixing of polluted air A to be purified through the filter cartridge.
- This motor-fan unit 24 has a variable speed depending on the needs of the air purification of the place where is placed all, in order to control the flow of air passing through the puriifcation assembly 10.
- the base 23 comprises an electronic control system 26 (visible in FIGS. 5 and 6) of the air purification assembly 10.
- This electronic control system may comprise means for starting up the air purification assembly 10.
- It may also comprise means for automatically triggering said assembly 10 when the air pollution rate of the place in which the assembly 10 is placed reaches a certain pollution threshold, these triggering means being associated with suitable sensors present in the base 23.
- the enclosure 20 comprises a protective grid 25 intended to close the enclosure 20 and enclose the filter cartridge 30.
- This protection grid 25, of a shape complementary to that of the section of the enclosure 20, is fixed by any means adapted to the enclosure 20.
- the enclosure 20 closed by this grid 25 can form a polluted air intake chamber or a purified air outlet chamber respectively upstream and downstream of the filter cartridge 30, with respect to the circulation of the flow. of air A through the assembly 10.
- This chamber may promote a reduction of the noise caused by forced circulation of the air stream A in the purification unit if it does not reduce the air flow in the assembly 10.
- the filtering means of the polluted air entering the purification assembly are distributed in several filtering modules arranged successively in the path of the air A to be purified.
- each filter cartridge 30 may be specific to the air A to be purified.
- the purification unit 10 comprises filtering modules associated with a particulate mechanical filtration 50 upstream of the photocatalytic cell 60 facing the circulation of air in the cartridge 30, to the photocatalytic cell 60 previously evoked and to a chemical filtration 70.
- the first filter module 50 comprises a pre-filter 51 intended to trap physical pollutants such as dust or particles placed on the outer circumference of the cartridge 30 upstream of passage openings. polluted air A inside the filter cartridge.
- a pre-filter 51 is put in place within the enclosure 20 upstream of the fan 24 or downstream of the latter but still upstream of the photocatalytic cell 60.
- this pre-filter 51 is placed in the filtration cartridge 30 at the level of the polluted air intake, and placed in a concentric manner with the elements of the photo-catalytic cell 60, which will be described more precisely further.
- This pre-filter 51 has the advantage of maximally trapping the particles before the entry of air A into the phtotocatalytic portion of the filter cartridge and protecting the active sites thereof.
- This pre-filter 51 may be any adsorbent.
- An example is an active carbon filter or a high performance HEPA type filter.
- the first filter module 50 may be formed by a combination of several different filters so that various substances can be removed from the air passing therethrough.
- the pre-filter 51 has a thickness of the order of 20 mm to 100 mm.
- FIGS. 3, 5 and 6 show a hollow cylindrical body 31 in which at least one photocatalytic filter 61 and a light source 62 for irradiating said filter.
- This cartridge 30 is adapted to be fixed removably to the base 23 of the enclosure 20 at one end to cooperate with the motor-fan unit 24.
- Such a body 31 has a plurality of circular air passage holes 32 at one end of the cylinder and one or more air passage holes (not shown) at the opposite end in communication with the motor group. fan 24.
- the air passage openings at the level of the fan 24 are polluted air inlet openings A and the air passage openings 32 at the end. opposite of the cylindrical body 31, are purified air outlets to the extent that the forced air flow A, shown by the arrows in the figures, is ensured by fan 24 to one end of the cartridge 30, the air leaving the cartridge 30 at the opposite end and through the protective grid 25 of the enclosure 20.
- the cartridge 30 further comprises, at the end opposite the motor-fan unit 24, a plug 33 intended to close the cartridge 30, which also serves as a locking support for the cartridge 30 in the enclosure 20, as will be see it later in connection with FIGS. 4a to 4d and support support of one or more light sources 62.
- This plug 33 further comprises gripping means 34 of the cartridge 30.
- This cartridge 30 comprises, in its concavity, one or more light sources 62.
- two parallel light sources 62 extend over the entire length of the cylinder 31 in the center of the latter. They radiate over the entire length of the cylinder 31.
- the catalytic filter 61 is in the form of a fibrous support coated with a photocatalyst agent.
- the photocatalytic cell 60 is arranged, facing the circulation of the air A, downstream of the first filter module, concentrically with respect to the latter in FIG. 5, so that intermediate products that can be formed by the prefilter 51 can to be eliminated.
- Photocatalysis occurs on the surface of the photocatalyst agent, the latter being intended to adsorb and destroy the pollutant gas molecules that pass through the purification unit 10 by virtue of radiation reduction reactions under the effect of radiation. produced by the light source 62.
- the catalytic filter 61 is placed concentrically with the light sources 62 and extends over the entire length of the cylinder 31.
- the photocatalytic filter 61 has a shape and dimensions adapted to be housed on the inner circumference of the cylinder 31 of the cartridge 30, along the latter.
- This overflow surface is air to be puffed and the photocatalytic filter 61 is accentuated by a turbulent airflow that can be created by the presence of the plurality of air inlet orifices 32. polluted inside the cartridge 30, in the variant embodiment of FIG. 6.
- the photocatalyst agent is titanium dioxide
- catalysts could be used in the context of the present invention, such as, in particular, other metal oxides, alkaline earth oxides, actinide oxides or rare earth oxides.
- the support of the photocatalyst agent is a fibrous medium transparent to the radiation used or any other support adapted to photocatalysis.
- the light sources 62 are able to emit ultraviolet radiation.
- They may thus include, but not be limited to, a lamp that has been drilled or pleated with a laser beam and a plurality of electroluminescent light-emitting diodes.
- light sources 62 emit in wavelengths of 254 nm.
- the light source 62 is capable of emitting a UV power of 10 to 20 mW per cm 2 of irradiated surface.
- electroluminescent lamps or diodes expend little energy.
- their consumption is of the order of 4 W to 80 W.
- the flow of air A through the purification unit 1 0 becomes free of chemical and microbiological pollutants that are present in the ambient air.
- Photocatalysis removes all components such as volatile organic compounds, odors, ozone, bacteria and molds, viruses, aldehydes, spores, fungi, allergens mites by generating very reactive hydroxyl radicals that attack the organic protection of the cells and completely degrade the chemical components present in the air.
- the cartridge 30 further comprises, downstream of the photocatalytic cell 60, a third filter module 70 adapted for chemical filtration of the air already treated by photo-catalysis.
- this module is placed in two different places.
- an alternative embodiment provides that the chemical filtration module 70 is placed concentrically with the photocatalytic filter 61 in the cartridge 30, between the photocatalytic filter 61 and the inner circumference of the body 31 of the cartridge 30.
- this chemical filtration module 70 is suitable for carrying out an oxidative chemical filtration which eliminates any emission of aldehydes.
- a chemical filter comprising an alumina support loaded with 8% potassium permanganate, which quantitatively eliminates formaldehyde and sulfur-containing acids, may be mentioned.
- the cartridge 30 comprises all the consumable elements of the air purification assembly 10, that is to say it integrates a plurality of efficient technologies for the treatment of different classes. air pollutant from the indoor habitat where is placed the air purification assembly 10.
- the photocatalytic cell 60 can integrate the photocatalytic cell 60 but also a prefiltration module 50 and a chemical filtration module 70 in its concavity. This simplifies the replacement of cartridges and avoids any contact between the filters and the hand of the operator replacing the cartridge, thus eliminating any risk of contamination of the hands of the operator.
- the cartridge 30 is connected to a power supply 80 arriving in the enclosure 20 by a suitable connection, as illustrated in FIG.
- a first embodiment provides an external power supply 80 of the mains connection type.
- a suitable connection set up in the enclosure 20 of the assembly makes it possible to connect the light source 62 at the level of the cap 33 for closing the cartridge 30 when the cartridge 30 is put in place in the enclosure 20.
- the light source 62 and the motor-fan unit 24 may be powered by a power accumulator 50 placed in the base 23 of the enclosure 20.
- the energy accumulator (not shown) is maintained in charge and rechargeable by means of electric power generation 90 from renewable energy integrated into the assembly.
- the air purification assembly 10 may comprise means for producing electrical energy from photovoltaic energy.
- These means comprise means for capturing the photovoltaic energy and transforming it into electrical energy stored in the energy store, which is intended to supply the energy required by the light source 62.
- the air purification assembly 10 comprises removable fixing means 40 adapted to be placed vertically or horizontally according to the choice of the operator and then be transportable in a other place if necessary.
- the fastening means 40 of the assembly 10 may be of any type allowing a removable attachment on a flat surface.
- the fastening means 40 of the assembly 1 0 comprise a support 41 of square section integral with a transverse rod 42 intended to fix itself, in a suitable manner, on the enclosure 20 of the set 10.
- An embodiment not illustrated can also provide an enclosure 20 adapted to receive several filter cartridges.
- the operation of the air purification assembly 10 according to the present invention is as follows, in connection with FIGS. 3 and 5 in which the air inlet is located at the motor-fan unit 24.
- the ambient air flow A of a room is directed and channeled towards the motor-fan unit.
- the pre-filtered air stream A then passes through the photocatalytic cell
- the light source 62 emits an ultraviolet light beam towards the photocatalytic filter 61.
- the UV-irradiated photosensitive catalyst then reacts with the pollutants present in the pre-filtered air stream A, and, by catalytic reaction with the ultraviolet rays, permanently eliminates the pollutants passing through it.
- the stream of air A thus sterilized goes to the chemical filtering module 70 to remove the remaining pollutants and goes to the air outlet openings 32 of the body 31 of the filter cartridge 30 to be evacuated first in the enclosure 20 and then having passed through the protective grid 25 of the enclosure 20 in the room.
- An anti-bypass system 81 is dismounted which makes it possible to reinforce the maintenance of the cartridge 30 in the enclosure 20 of the purification assembly 10.
- the light sources 62 are disconnected from the power supply 80. Then, the cartridge 30 is rotated by a quarter of a turn, thanks to the plug 33 (illustrated in FIG. 4c), and the cartridge 30 is extracted from the enclosure 20.
- the invention provides a purification assembly 10 in which the replacement of a cartridge 30 is quick and easy while protecting the operator from the pollutants trapped in the filters of used cartridges.
- an air purification assembly 10 comprising radio identification means cartridges set up in the enclosure 20, RFID type Radio Frequency Identification in English terminology for the recognition and traceability of cartridges.
- the cartridges 30 may be provided with radio tags for cooperating with readers adapted to store the data of the air purification assembly 10 regarding the installed filtration.
- the purification unit 10 is identical to those of FIGS. 1 to 6 with the exception of the following differences.
- the enclosure 20 is a rack adapted to receive a cartridge 30 of parallelepiped shape of shape and dimensions adapted to be a drawer of the rack.
- the light sources 62 extend transversely to the length of the rack and are surrounded by a photocatalytic filter 61 upstream and downstream with respect to the flow of air.
- the thickness of the photocatalytic filter 61 which defines the exchange surface between the air to be purified A and the photocatalyst agent and no longer the length of this filter.
- the photocatalyst agent is located throughout the thickness of the filter that polluted air A passes through.
- Surrounding the light source 62 with the catalytic filter 61 provides the polluted air A with a large treatment surface for purified air in a small and compact space and offers a large exchange surface with the air flow to be purified.
- a fourth filtration module called post filtration module 90 can be put in place downstream of the chemical filtration 70 with respect to the circulation of the polluted air A, either in the filtration cartridge 30 or outside. of the latter.
- This post filtration module 90 may comprise at least one particulate filter to remove any particles remaining in the purified air by the cartridge 30.
- This filter can be a high efficiency particulate filter.
- such a module can also be installed in the air purification units 10 described in connection with FIGS. 3, 5 and 6.
- This air purification assembly 10 has an all-purpose application in the hospital field where the ambient air must be free of pollutants.
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