Air filtering process and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system

Abstract

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVAC system) for a motor vehicle is provided, which has an ionizer for generating a corona discharge field, which contains at least one polarized discharge electrode and at least one counter electrode with the opposite polarity of the discharge electrode, a particle filter for removing particles from an air flow, and a flow path that defines a flow direction for air leading to a vehicle interior (29) and conducts the air through the ionizer and the particle filter, wherein the ionizer is upstream of the particle filter in the flow path. The service life of the particle filter can be increased with a multilayered particle filter that contains at least one dielectric layer and at least one electrically conductive layer, and the HVAC system has an electrical connection with which the conductive layer is connected to a counter-potential that has the opposite polarity to that of the discharge electrodes.

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