Combined high energy field air sterilizer and absorption chiller/cooler
OwnerGeorge Thompson, Craig E. Szenayinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for sterilizing airborne pathogens and reducing airborne pollutants in air for buildings, aircraft, or other structures. The apparatus is capable of high air flows and is integrated with an efficient air heating/cooling system. High fields are produces by a static, preferably infrared, field combined with a high intensity microwave field. This combination allows fields to develop that are high enough in intensity to kill pathogens and dissociate contaminant molecules. The heat produced by the field generators is used to operate an absorption chiller to cool and dehumidify, or alternatively heat, the sterilized air before it is returned to the building or structure.
Claims20
An apparatus for sterilizing air, the apparatus comprising:
- a static field generator;
- two or more microwave generators;
- a sterilization cavity;
- and
- an air temperature control system;
- wherein said air temperature control system is heated by said static field generator and said microwave generators;
- wherein a superposition of electric fields produced by said microwave generators is modulated in order to produce high electric fields in air flowing within said cavity.
A method of sterilizing air, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying a static field and two or more modulated microwave fields to the air;
- transferring excess heat to an air temperature control system;
- and
- varying a temperature of the air.
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