US2024068683A1PendingUtilityA1
Smart air disinfection ventilation system
Est. expiryAug 25, 2042(~16.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Kyung Won Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a smart air disinfection ventilation system and method that can perform sterilization of floating bacteria and a floating virus in indoor air intended for minimizing harmfulness to the human body, and can minimize the consumption of energy.
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1 . A smart air disinfection ventilation system, comprising:
a disinfection ventilation unit 100 configured to remove a droplet and aerosol from outdoor air passing through an outside opening 400 and indoor air passing through a ventilating opening 600 using one or more filters, to perform a collection and sterilization of a floating virus and floating bacteria, to perform the decomposition of ozone, which occurs during the inducement of plasma for sterilization of the floating virus and the floating bacteria, based on ultraviolet rays and hydrogen peroxide, to perform a heat exchange between the outdoor air and the indoor air, to perform the control of air volume intended for supplying the outdoor air and exhausting the indoor air, and to measure one or more concentrations of ozone and carbon dioxide included in the outdoor air and the indoor air; a control unit 200 configured to monitor an operation state of the disinfection ventilation unit 100 , and to control an operation of the disinfection ventilation unit 100 based on a result of monitoring through algorithm learned; and a display unit 300 configured to display the operation state of the disinfection ventilation unit 100 according to control of the control unit 200 .
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the disinfection ventilation unit 100 comprises:
an air disinfection part 110 configured to remove a droplet and aerosol from outdoor air passing through the outside opening 400 and indoor air passing through the ventilating opening 600 using one or more filters, to perform a collection and sterilization of a floating virus and floating bacteria, and to cause ozone occurring during the inducement of plasma for sterilization of the floating virus and the floating bacteria to convert into radical by a reaction to the radiation of ultraviolet rays, and evaporated hydrogen peroxide;
a heat exchange part 120 configured to perform a heat exchange between the outdoor air and the indoor air; an air blower part 130 configured to perform a ventilating operation so that outdoor air is supplied into the inside, and indoor air is exhausted to the outside, and to perform the control of air volume according to ventilation; and
an air quality perception part 140 configured to measure one or more concentrations of ozone and carbon dioxide included in the outdoor air and the indoor air.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the air disinfection part 110 comprises:
a first decrease part 111 having one or more filters intended for removing a droplet included in the air, and aerosol;
a second decrease part 112 having a plasma induction part 112 A intended for sterilizing a floating virus and floating bacteria in the air passing through the first decrease part 111 using plasma, and a high efficient particulate air (HEPA) filter 112 B intended for collecting the floating virus and the floating bacteria; and
a third decrease part 113 having a luminous source outputting ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light and an evaporator for hydrogen peroxide, configured to cause the floating virus and floating bacteria collected in the second decrease part 112 to be sterilized by radiation of ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light to the second decrease part 112 , and evaporated hydrogen peroxide, and to cause ozone occurring during the inducement of plasma through the plasma induction part 112 A to convert into radical by a reaction to the ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light and the evaporated hydrogen peroxide.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the control unit 200 comprises:
an intelligent control part 210 configured to monitor an operation state of the disinfection ventilation unit 100 , and to output operation control signals of a collection part 220 , a disinfection part 230 , a safety part 240 , and a ventilation part 250 according to a signal for replacement of a filter intended for removing a droplet and aerosol, and algorithm learned from concentrations of ozone and carbon dioxide included in the outdoor air and the indoor air;
the collection part 220 installed at the filters intended for removing the droplet and the aerosol, and configured to output a replacement alarm signal according to light transmissivity of the filters;
the disinfection part 230 configured to adjust the intensity of plasma generated according to an operation of the plasma induction part 112 A for sterilization of the floating virus and the floating bacteria;
the safety part 240 configured to sense whether a luminous source radiating the ultraviolet rays operates normally or not, and the hydrogen peroxide lacks or not on the basis of information sensed from an illuminance sensor, and a humidity sensor;
the ventilation part 250 configured to perform the control of air volume intended for supplying the outdoor air and exhausting the indoor air; and
a sensing part 260 configured to sense concentrations of ozone and carbon dioxide included in the outdoor air and the indoor air through a plurality of sensors, and to thereby measure whether or not the concentrations exceed prefixed reference concentrations.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the intelligent control part 210 outputs a replacement alarm signal classified into any one of “abnormality of power”, “normal”, “replacement” according to light transmissivity sensed from the collection part 220 , and a power supply state.
6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the intelligent control part 210 controls an operation of the plasma induction part 112 A so that intensity of plasma increases or decreases in prefixed steps according to a disinfection value P calculated by the following formula:
P=[ 0.6670O 3 −4O 2 +6.3333O],
where “O 3 ” represents ozone, “O 2 ” represents oxygen, “O” represents oxygen radical.
7 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the intelligent control part 210 judges whether a luminous source radiating ultraviolet rays operates normally or not, and whether the hydrogen peroxide lacks or not according to a safety value concerning ozone U L and a safety value concerning hydrogen peroxide U H calculated by the following formulae:
U
L
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L
L
s
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where “L” represents illuminance concerning the luminous source radiating ultraviolet rays, and “L s ” represents reference illuminance, and
U
H
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H
H
s
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where “H” represents humidity concerning an evaporation of hydrogen peroxide, and “H s ” represents reference humidity.
8 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the intelligent control part 210 controls an operation of the air blower part 130 so that air volume increases or decreases in prefixed steps according to a ventilation value V calculated by the following formula:
V=C+ 1,
where “C” represents a sensing value based on a concentration of carbon dioxide measured with respect to a reference concentration of indoor air quality concerning carbon dioxide.
9 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the intelligent control part 210 calculates a sensing value concerning ozone O and a sensing value concerning carbon dioxide C by the following formulae:
O
=
3
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where “C O 3 ” represents a concentration of ozone measured, and “C O 3 , s” represents a concentration of indoor air quality concerning ozone, and
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where “C CO 2 ” represents a concentration of carbon dioxide measured, and “C CO 2 , s” represents a reference concentration of indoor air quality concerning carbon dioxide.Cited by (0)
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