Sideload disinfecting modular filtration system

A system comprising:

• an array of a plurality of connected disinfecting filter assembly modules and configured to filter air that passes through the array as the air flows along an airflow pathway through the array, each disinfecting filter assembly module including:
• a housing that defines a first slot and a second slot;
• a power control unit,
• a pre-filter configured to be located in the first slot of the housing, such that it is disposed in a first plane substantially perpendicular to the airflow pathway, and
• an electrically enhanced filter configured to be located in the second slot of the housing, such that it is disposed in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the airflow pathway, the second plane being downstream from the first plane along the airflow pathway, the electrically enhanced filter including a high voltage wire and a ground grid, wherein an electric field is created between the high voltage wire and the ground grid when the high voltage wire is energized to a high voltage, the electrically enhanced filter including an electrical contact pad that electrically connects the power control unit to the high voltage wire when the electrically enhanced filter is located in an operating position in the second slot of the housing;
• and
• wherein the first slot and the second slot are accessible from a side of a disinfecting filter assembly module of the array, such that two or more pre-filters can be slid sequentially in the first plane through the first slot of the disinfecting filter assembly module into their operating positions within their respective housings of their respective assembly modules, the respective assembly modules being located adjacent to each other in a row of the array, and such that two or more electrically enhanced filters can be slid sequentially in the second plane through the second slot of the disinfecting filter assembly module into their operating positions within the respective housings of the respective assembly modules;
• and
• a clamp configured to position the two or more electrically enhanced filters of the modules in the row into an airtight interface with the housings of the respective disinfecting filter assembly modules that include the two or more electrically enhanced filters and configured to position the two or more electrically enhanced filters of the modules in the row into an electrical ground connection of the housings of the respective disinfecting filter assembly modules that include the two or more electrically enhanced filters.