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US 2013/0004381 A1Published application
Hydroxyl generator
AssigneeHGI Industries, Inc.
InventorGuy J.E. MORNEAULT
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Abstract
Superior hydroxyls are provided which have effects on organic and inorganic compounds and/or pollutants over substantial periods of time and/or at substantial distances from where the superior hydroxyls are generated. Also provided is a hydroxyl generator, in which UV-lamps are positioned such that the coronas which they produce when emitting UV-radiation fill substantially all of the interior space of the hydroxyl generator. The coronas overlap each other by a maximum amount of between 5% and 25% of the radius of each corona.
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A hydroxyl generator comprising:
- a housing having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface defining an interior space having one or more apertures to permit the entrance and exit of air into and out of the interior space;
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- one or more UV-lamps, each of which, when generating UV-radiation, creates in proximity to a surface of the UV-lamp one or more regions of near-infrared (NIR) light having a radius,
- wherein the NIR regions from the UV-lamps fill substantially all of the interior space of the housing, with a positional arrangement of UV-lamps as follows:
- if only one UV-lamp is present, the UV-lamp is positioned relative to the interior surface so that its NIR region fills substantially all of the interior space of the housing, and
- if more than one UV-lamp is present, the NIR regions of adjacent UV lamps overlap each other by an amount which at its maximum is of between 5% and 25% of the radius of the corona.NIR region.
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A hydroxyl generator comprising:
- a housing having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface defining an interior space having one or more apertures to permit the entrance and exit of air into and out of the interior space;
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- one or more UV-lamps, each of which creates one or more coronas when generating UV-radiation, wherein each of the coronas has a radius associated therewith, and the corona is a region of near-infrared light in proximity to a surface of the UV-lamp that is produced when the UV-lamp is operating to generate UV-radiation;
- wherein the coronas from the UV-lamps fill substantially all of the interior space of the housing, with a positional arrangement of UV-lamps as follows:
- if only one UV-lamp is present, the UV-lamp is positioned relative to the interior surface so that the distance from the lamp to the interior surface is from 5% to 25% of the radius of the corona;
- and
- if more than one UV-lamp is present, the coronas of adjacent UV lamps overlap each other by a maximum amount of between 5% and 25% of the radius of the corona.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.