Electronic air cleaners and associated systems and methods
AssigneeUniversity of Washington
InventorIgor Krichtafovitch
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Abstract
Electronic air cleaners for use in heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation (HVAC) systems and associated methods and systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an electronic air cleaner includes one or more collecting electrodes having a collection material with a porous, open-cell structure and a conductive internal portion. The collection material can be configured to collect and receive charged particulate matter in an airflow path. After a period of time, used collection material can be removed from individual collecting electrodes and replaced with new collection material.
Claims20
An electrostatic precipitator electrode, comprising:
- a generally planar conductor;
- and
- a first generally planar collector disposed on a first side of said generally planar conductor in a parallel orientation to said generally planar conductor, wherein said first generally planar collector exhibits an open cell structure having a high electrical resistivity.
An electrode assembly for an electrostatic precipitator, comprising:
- two or more generally planar collector electrodes oriented in parallel and spaced apart, wherein said two or more generally planar collector electrodes comprise:
- a first generally planar conductor;
- and
- at least a first generally planar collector disposed on a first side of said first generally planar conductor in a parallel orientation to said first generally planar conductor, wherein said first generally planar collector exhibits an open cell structure having a high electrical resistivity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.