Enhanced System and Method for Air Purification
AssigneeAtmenBio, LLC
InventorsJustin L. Roberts, Brian Dean Owens
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Abstract
A system and method for adaptive air purification. Air from an environment is received by an air purification system through a hose or vent. The air is prefiltered to generated filtered air. The filtered air is treated with vacuum-ultraviolet radiation in a first reaction chamber to produce irradiated air. The irradiated air is treated with ultraviolet-C radiation in a second reaction chamber. One or more sensors measure values including at least one of air flow rate, ozone level, and particle concentration. An intensity of the radiation or a fan speed is adjusted based on the measured values.
Claims20
An air purification system, comprising:
- a frame housing a plurality of air treatment components;
- a plurality of air inlets including at least (i) a vent integrated with the frame and (ii) a hose connectable to an intake port of the frame;
- a prefilter positioned downstream of the selected air inlet;
- a primary filter positioned downstream of the prefilter;
- a primary reaction chamber housing a vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) light source;
- a secondary reaction chamber positioned downstream of the primary reaction chamber and housing at least one ultraviolet-C (UVC) light source configured to further treat the irradiated air;
- a fan configured to move air sequentially through the prefilter, the primary filter, the primary reaction chamber, and the secondary reaction chamber;
- a plurality of sensors configured to detect at least ozone concentration and air-flow rate within the air purification system;
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- a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and to a transceiver, the controller being configured to:
- receive data from the plurality of sensors,
- adjust an operational speed of the fan or intensity of the light sources in response to the received data, and
- wirelessly communicate operational data of the air purification system to an external computing device.
A network-enabled air purification system, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first reaction chamber including a VUV bulb and a second reaction chamber including one or more UVC bulbs;
- a power system coupled to the housing;
- a processor and a transceiver disposed within the housing and configured to communicate through a network with a remote data platform;
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- a plurality of sensors configured to measure air quality parameters within the air purification system;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- generate performance data based on the air quality parameters,
- transmit the performance data to the remote data platform, and
- receive from the remote data platform control parameters that modify operation of the air purification system.
A method for adaptive air purification, comprising:
- receiving, by an air purification system, air from an environment through one of multiple selectable inlets including a hose and a vent;
- prefiltering and filtering the air to generate filtered air;
- treating the filtered air with vacuum-ultraviolet radiation in a first reaction chamber to produce irradiated air;
- treating the irradiated air with ultraviolet-C radiation in a second reaction chamber;
- measuring, by one or more sensors, at least one of air-flow rate, ozone level, and particle concentration;
- and
- adjusting, by a controller, an intensity of the radiation or a speed of a fan based on the measured value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.