Methods Apparatuses Assemblies Devices and Systems for Conditioning and Purifying Air
OwnerAbe M. Sherinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, assemblies, devices and systems for removing pollutants from air within a space or an environment. Humidifiers introduce a pollutant trapping material into the air of the space or environment by evaporating the pollutant trapping material, wherein the pollutant trapping material adheres to pollutants in the air being purified. Dehumidifiers remove the pollutant trapping material, along with pollutants adhered thereto, from the air by dehumidifying it. The cooperation of the humidifier(s) and the dehumidifier(s) may be collaborated based on a combination of pollutant concentration level value(s) and relative humidity level value(s) measured in the air.
Claims20
A system for removing pollutants from air within a space, said system including:
- one or more humidifiers, positioned at a first set of one or more locations within the space, for introducing a pollutant trapping material at least partially composed of water (H2O) into the air of the space by evaporating the pollutant trapping material, wherein the pollutant trapping material adheres to pollutants in the air being purified;
- one or more dehumidifiers, positioned at a second set of one or more locations within the space, for removing the pollutant trapping material, along with pollutants adhered thereto, from the air by dehumidifying it;
- a control logic for collaborating the cooperation of said humidifier(s) and said dehumidifier(s) at least partially based on the rate or speed at which a combination of said one or more dehumidifiers dehumidify the air.
A system for removing pollutants from air within a space, said system including:
- one or more humidifiers, positioned at a first set of one or more locations within the space, for introducing a pollutant trapping material at least partially composed of water (H2O) into the air of the space by evaporating the pollutant trapping material, wherein the pollutant trapping material adheres to pollutants in the air being purified;
- one or more dehumidifiers, positioned at a second set of one or more locations within the space, for removing the pollutant trapping material, along with pollutants adhered thereto, from the air by dehumidifying it;
- a control logic for collaborating the cooperation of said humidifier(s) and said dehumidifier(s) such that trapping material along with pollutants adhered thereto moves from the point(s) of introduction towards the point(s) of removal at least partially due to its diffusion and at least partially due to gravity.
The system according to claim I, further including:
- a first set of sensor(s) for measuring pollutant concentration levels ata third set of one or more locations within the space;
- a second set of sensor(s) for measuring relative humidity levels at a fourth set of one or more locations within the space;
- said control logic for collaborating the cooperation of said humidifier(s) and said dehumidifier(s) at least partially based on pollutant concentration level value(s) measured by and received from said first set of sensors and relative humidity level value(s) measured by and received from said second set of sensors.
A method of removing pollutants from air within a space, said method including:
- positioning one or more humidifiers at a first set of one or more locations within the space and one or more dehumidifiers at a second set of one or more locations within the space;
- introducing pollutant trapping material at least partially composed of water (H2O) into the air of the space by evaporating and diffusing the pollutant trapping material from the first set of one or more locations within the space, wherein the pollutant trapping material adheres to pollutants in the air being purified;
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- removing the pollutant trapping material, along with pollutants adhered thereto, from the air by dehumidifying it at the second set of one or more locations within the space,
- wherein the pollutant trapping material along with pollutants adhered thereto moves from the point(s) of introduction towards the point(s) of removal at least partially due to its diffusion and at least partially due to gravity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.