Advanced air cleaning system and method

An air cleaning system with an air stream contained within a bounded passage comprising:

• an air stream contamination detection apparatus;
• an air stream irradiation apparatus;
• an air stream hydroscopic saturation apparatus;
• and, an air stream precipitation apparatus in operational contact with said air stream, wherein the air stream precipitation apparatus comprises a condenser surface in operational contact with the air stream and the condenser surface is coated with a fluoropolymer.

An air cleaning system with an air stream contained within a bounded passage comprising:

• an air stream contamination detection apparatus;
• an air stream irradiation apparatus;
• an air stream hydroscopic saturation apparatus;
• an air stream precipitation apparatus in operational contact with said air stream;
• and, an auxiliary filter, said auxiliary filter comprising a second bounded passage, at least one filter within the second bounded passage and a routing device, the routing device capable of selectively diverting the air stream through the second bounded passage.

An air cleaning system with a continuous air stream comprising:

• means for containing the air stream;
• means for monitoring the air stream for contaminates;
• means for irradiating the air stream;
• means for saturating the air stream with a liquid solution;
• and
• means for precipitating the liquid solution out of the air stream;
• wherein the means for monitoring, the means for irradiating, the means for saturating and the means for precipitating are in operational contact with the air stream, and wherein the means for monitoring the air stream independently controls the operation of:
• (a) the means for irradiating, and (b) the means for saturating and the means for precipitating.

An air cleaning system with a continuous air stream comprising:

• means for containing the air stream;
• means for monitoring the air stream for contaminates;
• means for irradiating the air stream;
• means for saturating the air stream with a liquid solution;
• and
• means for precipitating the liquid solution out of the air stream;
• further comprising an auxiliary means for filtering and a diversion means for diverting the air stream into the auxiliary means;
• wherein the means for monitoring, the means for irradiating, the means for saturating and the means for precipitating are in operational contact with the air stream.

An air cleaning system with an air stream contained within a bounded passage comprising:

• an air stream contamination detection apparatus;
• an air stream irradiation apparatus;
• an air stream hydroscopic saturation apparatus;
• an air stream precipitation apparatus in operational contact with said air stream;
• and, a processor, the processor in operational communication with the air stream contamination detection apparatus,
• wherein the processor independently controls the operation of both
• (a) the air stream irradiation apparatus;
• and
• (b) the air stream hydroscopic saturation apparatus and the air stream precipitation apparatus;
• in response to the air stream contamination detection apparatus.

An air cleaning system with an air stream contained within a bounded passage comprising:

• an air stream contamination detection apparatus;
• an air stream irradiation apparatus;
• an air stream hydroscopic saturation apparatus;
• and, an air stream precipitation apparatus in operational contact with said air stream, wherein the air stream irradiation apparatus comprises a portion of the bounded passage and at least one electron beam generator.

An air cleaning system with a continuous air stream comprising:

• means for containing the air stream;
• means for monitoring the air stream for contaminates;
• means for irradiating the air stream;
• means for saturating the air stream with a liquid solution;
• and
• means for precipitating the liquid solution out of the air stream;
• wherein the means for monitoring, the means for irradiating, the means for saturating and the means for precipitating are in operational contact with the air stream, wherein the step of irradiating comprises the step of bombarding the air stream with an electron beam.

A method of removing contaminates from a continuous air stream thereby providing a processed air stream, comprising the steps of:

• monitoring the air stream for contaminates;
• irradiating the air stream in an irradiation zone;
• saturating the air stream with a solution in a saturation zone;
• and,
• precipitating the solution contaminates out of the air stream in a participation zone;
• wherein the air stream flows from the irradiation zone, thru the saturation zone to the precipitation zone;
• and,
• independently controlling the steps of:
• (a) irradiating, and,
• (b) saturating and precipitating;
• based on detection of contaminates in the air stream by the step of monitoring.

A method of removing contaminates from a continuous air stream thereby providing a processed air stream, comprising the steps of:

• monitoring the air stream for contaminates;
• irradiating the air stream in an irradiation zone;
• saturating the air stream with a solution in a saturation zone;
• and,
• precipitating the solution contaminates out of the air stream in a participation zone;
• wherein the air stream flows from the irradiation zone, thru the saturation zone to the precipitation zone
• selectively bypass filtering the air stream prior to irradiating, wherein the selection is based on the type of contaminates detected.