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US 11,415,332 B2Granted
Air treatment reactor modules and associated systems, devices and methods
AssigneeRadic8 PTE LTD
InventorKang Soo Lee
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present technology are directed to air treatment reactor modules, and associated systems and devices. An exemplary reactor module can include a housing, an ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed within the housing, and a plurality of hollow elongate conduits disposed within the housing and peripheral to the UV light source. The UV light source and individual conduits can extend in a lateral direction perpendicular to the direction of air flow through the reactor module. The conduits can include a plurality of holes and be at least partially coated with a photocatalytic material. The housing can have an inner surface comprising a reflective material that, in operation, reflects UV light emitted from the UV light source.
Claims30
A reactor module configured to treat air, the reactor module comprising:
- a housing having an inner surface, an inlet, an outlet opposite the inlet, a length dimension defining a first axis extending from the inlet to the outlet, and a width dimension defining a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein, in operation, air flowing through the housing passes from the inlet and toward the outlet along the first axis;
- an ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed within the housing, the UV light source extending in a lateral direction parallel to the second axis;
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- a plurality of hollow elongate conduits disposed within the housing and peripheral to the UV light source, the conduits including a first set of conduits arranged on a first side of the UV light source and a second set of conduits arranged on a second side of the UV light source opposite the first side, individual conduits extending in the lateral direction parallel to the second axis,
- wherein the inner surface of the housing comprises a reflective material such that, in operation, UV light emitted from the UV light source is reflected internally within the housing.
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A reactor module configured to treat air, the reactor module comprising:
- a housing having an inner surface, an inlet, an outlet opposite the inlet, a length dimension defining a first axis extending from the inlet to the outlet, and a width dimension defining a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein, in operation, air flowing through the housing passes from the inlet and toward the outlet along the first axis;
- an ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed within the housing, the UV light source extending in a lateral direction parallel to the second axis;
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- a plurality of hollow elongate conduits disposed within the housing and peripheral to the UV light source, individual conduits extending in the lateral direction parallel to the second axis,
- wherein the inner surface of the housing comprises a reflective material such that, in operation, UV light emitted from the UV light source is reflected internally within the housing, and
- wherein the housing includes opposing sidewalls having (i) holes configured to receive the UV light source and (ii) holders configured to receive end portions of the conduits, the holders being peripheral to holes on the sidewalls.
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An air treatment device, comprising:
- one or more reactor modules, wherein individual reactor modules comprise—
- a housing having an inner surface, an inlet, an outlet opposite the inlet, a length dimension defining a first axis extending from the inlet to the outlet, and a width dimension defining a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
- an ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed within the housing, the UV light source extending in a lateral direction parallel to the second axis;
- and
- a plurality of hollow elongate conduits disposed within the housing and peripheral to the UV light source, the conduits including a first set of conduits arranged on a first side of the UV light source and a second set of conduits arranged on a second side of the UV light source opposite the first side, individual conduits extending in the lateral direction parallel to the second axis and including a plurality of holes,
- wherein the inner surface of the housing comprises a reflective material such that, in operation, UV light emitted from the UV light source is reflected internally within the housing;
- a fan in fluid communication with the one or more reactor modules;
- and
- a filter in fluid communication with the one or more reactor modules.
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A reactor module configured to treat air flowing therethrough, the reactor module comprising:
- a housing having an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end opposite the first end, and sidewalls extending from the inlet to the outlet along a first axis, the housing having a first dimension along the first axis and a second dimension along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the second dimension is longer than the first dimension;
- an ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed within the housing, the UV light source extending between opposing ones of the sidewalls;
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- a plurality of hollow elongate conduits disposed within the housing and extending between the opposing sidewalls, wherein the individual conduits (i) are radially outward of the UV light source, (ii) extend in a direction parallel to the second axis, and (iii) include a plurality of holes each having a polygon shape, wherein the conduits include a first set of conduits arranged on a first side of the UV light source and a second set of conduits arranged on a second side of the UV light source opposite the first side.
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