Scalable ozone generator methods for retrofit of ducted HVAC systems
AssigneeTennessee Innovative Products, LLC
InventorRobert W. Smith
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Abstract
An HVAC duct ozone generator includes at least two ozone generation plate stacks, where each plate stack includes at least two independently electrically addressable plate groupings, where a primary plate grouping includes fewer ozone generation plates than a secondary plate grouping. Thus, the generator includes at least four independent ozone generation control channels to energize the primary and secondary plate groupings of each of the at least two plate stacks. The number of plates in a plate grouping may optionally be altered to reduce the ozone generation capacity of the primary plate grouping in relation to the secondary plate grouping through the movement of insulators between the stacked ozone generation plates.
Claims26
A method of operating a HVAC system duct ozone generator within a HVAC system duct to reduce contamination the HVAC system duct and associated living space, the method comprising:
- energizing a primary plate grouping of a first plate stack to attain an ozone concentration from 0.05 ppm to 0.08 ppm in the living space when being occupied;
- then de-energizing the primary plate grouping of the first plate stack;
- energizing a secondary plate grouping of the first plate stack to attain an ozone concentration from 2 ppm to 15 ppm in the living space when being unoccupied for 15 minutes to 2 hours;
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- then de-energizing the secondary plate grouping of the first plate stack.
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