EP2108456B1 - Extraktionsvorrichtung von Partikeln aus verbrauchter Atemluft - Google Patents

Extraktionsvorrichtung von Partikeln aus verbrauchter Atemluft Download PDF

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EP2108456B1
EP2108456B1 EP09005243.2A EP09005243A EP2108456B1 EP 2108456 B1 EP2108456 B1 EP 2108456B1 EP 09005243 A EP09005243 A EP 09005243A EP 2108456 B1 EP2108456 B1 EP 2108456B1
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    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
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  • the present invention relates to a device for extracting particles from exhaled breath, and more particularly to an electrostatic precipitator for the electrostatic collection of particles carried by exhaled breath.
  • An electrostatic precipitator is an apparatus designed to extract particles from a gas, such as air, using the electrostatic forces produced by an electric field through which these particles pass.
  • the electric field which is high (several tens of kV per cm) and non-uniform, is induced by two electrodes.
  • an electric discharge is created within a pocket of less than one millimeter of ionized gas surrounding one of the electrodes, typically in the form of a tip or wire, brought to a high potential negative or positive, a phenomenon called crown effect.
  • the gas pocket is spherical in the case of a point, and cylindrical in the case of a wire.
  • ionic wind a flow of ions, called ionic wind, sweeps the majority of the inter-electrode space. It covers the particles that are then charged. Sensitive to Coulomb forces, they are driven on the cylindrical or planar counter electrode, grounded.
  • some electrofilters previously mix the air containing the particles to be collected with water vapor introduced either in the form of droplets or in the form of dry vapor into a unit. upstream of the collection unit.
  • the first case is that of water spray cleaners in which the droplets collect the particles.
  • This type of electrofilter is commercially available, as for example from Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control Inc.
  • the capture of particles results from the fact that they move with the speed of the gas while the droplets have a relative speed with respect to the gas, which can be controlled by different mechanisms, such as for example gravity, inertia and turbulence
  • to the previous collection mechanisms is added that related to nucleation.
  • the US 2005/0137491 A1 describes a device for extracting particles from the exhaled breath, said device comprising a dry electrofilter.
  • the WO 2007/012447 A1 discloses an air / water extraction device by semi-wet electrostatic collection which allows portable applications and efficient collection of submicron particles suspended in the air.
  • This device comprises a chamber provided with an inlet for an air and aerosol mixture to be cleaned which contains liquid or solid particles, said chamber containing a discharge electrode and a counter-electrode.
  • a pump drives the air and aerosol mixture through the device.
  • the discharge electrode is designed to create an ion flux from an ionized gas pocket surrounding this electrode.
  • the counter electrode may be provided with a cooling system for accelerating the condensation of water vapor around the solid particles thus trapped in droplets.
  • the device of the WO 2007/012447 A1 includes an outlet for cleaned air and a steam inlet tube for introducing steam into a space between the discharge electrode and the counter electrode to form a vapor jacket surrounding the discharge electrode over its entire length.
  • a steam inlet tube for introducing steam into a space between the discharge electrode and the counter electrode to form a vapor jacket surrounding the discharge electrode over its entire length.
  • droplets form and encapsulate the particles.
  • the steam is introduced through a nozzle at the end of the tube in the space between the electrodes and is worked in an unsaturated atmosphere. It is only at the end of the vapor sheath that the droplets form.
  • Steam is generated by a steam generator with a water tank and a heater to produce steam from the water.
  • the tank is located upstream of the chamber and the discharge electrode is preferably located in the axis of the tube.
  • electrofilters described above are not suitable for use allowing an electrostatic collection of particles carried by breath expired in a portable microsystem.
  • the present invention aims to provide a device compatible with portable use and allowing the extraction of particles of expired breath while having a reduced energy consumption. More particularly, this invention aims to provide a device for the electrostatic collection of pathogens carried by breath expired for subsequent analysis.
  • a device for extracting particles from the exhaled breath comprising a cooling system for creating droplets by condensation of the water vapor contained in the exhaled breath, a droplet recuperator provided with a side wall having a meshed and convergent shape to a flow port, allowing the droplets attracted to said sidewall to flow therealong toward the flow port, and a discharge electrode mounted to the interior of the droplet collector, said sidewall of said droplet collector defining a counter electrode to said discharge electrode for attracting droplets collecting exhaled breath-borne particles to said sidewall.
  • the side wall of the droplet collector comprises a plurality of conductive strips.
  • the conductive lamellae converge towards the flow orifice and are preferably made of metal.
  • the conductive strips are spaced from each other in order to perform the roasting function.
  • the meshed shape allows the exhaled breath to leave the droplet recuperator without constraint.
  • the exhaled breath can freely exit said droplet recuperator without interfering with the process of collecting droplets capturing particles carried by the expired breath.
  • said droplet recuperator is made in the form of a cone having a tip comprising said flow orifice.
  • the conductive strips are carried by the generatrices of the cone defining the droplet collector.
  • the conductive lamellae are carried downstream by the tip of the cone and upstream by the base of the cone.
  • the cone shape advantageously allows the adaptation of the droplet collector for use in a portable system.
  • the discharge electrode can be made as a tip or a wire.
  • the inner side of the side wall of the droplet collector is preferably made hydrophilic by a surface treatment. This treatment may be a silicon oxide deposit.
  • the inner side of the sidewall of the droplet collector may also be grooved. Its outer side is preferably rendered hydrophobic by a surface treatment.
  • the cooling system preferably comprises a chamber having an inner wall, said inner wall being rendered hydrophobic by a surface treatment. Said droplet recuperator is connected downstream of this cooling system.
  • said droplet recuperator is connected to a fluidic microsystem for analyzing the particles, collected by means of the droplets that have flowed along the side wall of said recuperator droplets towards its flow orifice.
  • the particles collected are pathogens.
  • pathogens carried by exhaled breath can quickly and efficiently be collected and analyzed by a portable system.
  • the object of the present invention is also achieved by a system for analyzing particles extracted from exhaled breath, comprising a device for collecting expired breath particles and a fluidic microsystem for analyzing the collected particles.
  • the device for collecting expired breath particles includes a cooling system for creating droplets by condensing the water vapor contained in the exhaled breath; a droplet recuperator having a sidewall having a mesh shape and converging toward a flow port allowing the droplets attracted to said sidewall to flow therealong toward the flow port; and a discharge electrode mounted within the droplet recuperator, said side wall of said droplet collector defining a counter electrode to said discharge electrode for attracting droplets collecting exhaled breath-borne particles to said sidewall.
  • the fluidic microsystem for analyzing the collected particles is connected to said device for collecting the particles of exhaled breath at said flow orifice.
  • an electrostatic precipitator for the electrostatic collection of exhaled breath particles comprising a droplet recuperator provided with a side wall having a shape meshed and convergent to a flow port allowing droplets attracted to said sidewall to flow therealong toward the flow port; and a discharge electrode mounted within the droplet recuperator, said side wall of said droplet collector defining a counter electrode to said discharge electrode for attracting droplets collecting exhaled breath-borne particles to said sidewall.
  • the Fig. 1 illustrates by way of example a system 10 for the analysis of particles extracted from exhaled breath according to the present invention.
  • Exhaled breath is normally loaded with water vapor and may contain particles, including pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, cells, antibodies, antigens, nucleic acids or other, that one would like to analyze.
  • the system 10 comprises a device 30 for collecting expired breath particles and a fluidic microsystem for analyzing the collected particles 20.
  • the device 30 comprises a cooling system 16 and a droplet recuperator 7 defining an electrostatic precipitator. These are represented in the Fig. 1 by being transparent, for illustration.
  • the cooling system 16 comprises a chamber 18 having an inner wall 19 which is here, for the illustration, of cylindrical shape. According to a preferred embodiment, the cooling system 16 is positioned upstream of the droplet collector 7 and connected by a connection tight to it. The cooling system 16 is able to cool the water vapor contained in the exhaled breath to obtain droplets by the condensation of water vapor. For the illustration, the expired breath is conveyed to the chamber 18 by a tip 3.
  • the particular position and embodiment of the cooling system 16 are not limited to those illustrated in FIG. Fig. 1 , as long as it allows to cool the water vapor contained in the exhaled breath to obtain droplets by condensation.
  • the cooling system 16 and the droplet collector 7 can be combined so that the water vapor contained in the exhaled breath is only cooled from its arrival in the droplet collector 7.
  • the recuperator droplet 7 may be cooled itself, for example by contact and conduction with the cooling system 16.
  • different embodiments are possible and generally contemplated.
  • the droplet collector 7 has a side wall 2 which preferably defines a convergent shape towards a flow orifice 9 provided at its lower tip 8.
  • the side wall 2 has an inner side 4 and an outer side 5.
  • the droplet collector 7 is advantageously of meshed form.
  • a discharge electrode 1 which is capable of creating a flow of ions from a pocket of ionized gas surrounding the discharge electrode 1.
  • the side wall 2 defines a counter electrode to the discharge electrode 1.
  • droplets capable of collecting particles carried by the breath are expired are carried by the flow of ions from the location of the discharge electrode 1 to the side wall 2 of the droplet collector 7.
  • these droplets capture particles to collect and take them to the side wall 2 or the droplets with the captured particles form a liquid film 6 flowing along the side wall 2 to and through the flow port 9 in the microsystem 20.
  • the flow orifice 9 is adapted to a respective inlet of the microsystem 20. This is connected to the device 30, for example by gluing, to recover the collected particles.
  • the microsystem 20 comprises a silicon substrate 21 having fluidic chambers and channels, such as the chambers 22, 23 and the channel 24. These can be generated by conventional silicon photolithography and etching techniques on or in the upper face of the substrate 21. According to the need or the analysis protocol of a respective sample to be collected via the device 30, the fluidic chambers 22, 23 and the channel 24 can be provided with a depth of the order of 10 to 500 ⁇ m.
  • the fluidic part of the microsystem 20 is sealed by assembling above the substrate 21 a silica wafer 40 pierced with holes serving as input-output of the microsystem 20.
  • the silica wafer 40 may alternatively be made of glass, plastic or any other material making the microsystem 20 waterproof.
  • the assembly of the wafer 40 and the substrate 21 can be made irreversible by a deposit of adhesive on the substrate 21 around the fluidic parts of the component, that is to say around the chambers 22, 23 and the channel 24. This glue deposit is made for example by screen printing of glue. A suitable process is described in the patent FR 2,856,047 .
  • microsystems 20 can be assembled on a single wafer as described above.
  • This wafer can be cut into individual components by cutting with a saw adapted.
  • the Fig. 2 shows the device 30 for collecting particles from the exhaled breath of the Fig. 1 in enlarged sectional view.
  • the chamber 18 of the cooling system 16 is made hermetic with respect to the nozzle 3 by means of a seal 17 and the discharge electrode 1 is a tip 15.
  • the discharge electrode 1 can be made as a wire, especially a polarized wire.
  • a wire will generate a larger discharge area than tip 15, since the corresponding discharge zone would be around the entire length of the wire, thus allowing collection of the expired breath particles.
  • a discharge voltage of 10 KV could be applied to a wire having a diameter of 50 ⁇ m in order to create a suitable discharge zone. This voltage can be increased for a wire having a larger diameter. It can be decreased for a wire having a smaller diameter, for example a wire having a diameter of 10 microns.
  • the wire is made of a mechanically resistant conductive material, such as for example tungsten.
  • the material used is also weldable, such as copper.
  • Such a wire will preferably be positioned parallel to the axis of the droplet collector 7, preferably parallel to its central axis, and fixed by support means in its position, said support means being for example pressed against the side 4 inside the side wall 2 and joining the ends of the wire to it without hindering the flow of collected droplets.
  • the droplet collector 7 of the device 30 is of meshed form.
  • Its side wall 2 comprises, for example, a plurality of conductive strips 34 converging towards the flow orifice 9. These are preferably interconnected by struts 37, and spaced apart from gaps 35.
  • the conductive strips 34 define a counter-electrode to the discharge electrode 1 and are preferably made of metal.
  • the interstices 35 are oversized to clarify their realization. Nevertheless, it is necessary to make the interstices 35 so that the droplets carried to the side wall 2 can flow to the flow orifice 9 along the side wall 2 without constraint and that the exhaled breath, that is to say any non-condensable gas, can exit the recuperator of droplets 7 without constraint.
  • the Fig. 3 shows the droplet collector 7 of the Fig. 1 in enlarged perspective view. This clarifies the meshed form of the recuperator 7 with the conductive lamellae 34, the interstices 35 and the struts 37. Only a portion of the conductive lamellae 34 and interstices 35 have been designated by identification references for the sake of clarity of the invention. representation.
  • the droplet collector 7 is preferably conically shaped with a base 32 and the tip 8 having the flow orifice 9.
  • the conical shape of the recuperator 7 is defined by the generatrices of the cone carrying the conductive strips 34.
  • the conductive strips 34 represent generatrices of the cone and are then carried downstream by the tip 8 of the cone and upstream by its base 32, that is to say by the downstream portion of the cooling system 16 of the Fig. 2 .
  • the above-mentioned embodiment of the droplet collector 7, and in particular its conical shape, has the advantage of constituting on its inner side 4 a surface, which is not arranged parallel to the expired breath and therefore to the trajectory of the particles. conveyed by it.
  • This surface and the meshed form of the droplet collector 7 then promote the passage of particles in the vicinity of at least one of the conductive strips 34, thereby increasing the collection efficiency of the droplet collector 7, unlike a structure disposed parallel to the trajectory of the particles carried by the expired breath.
  • conductive lamellae 34 may be made in a circular, spiral, chevron or other shape as long as the functionality described in the context of the present invention is ensured. Thus, all these different modes of execution are contemplated.
  • the droplet collector 7 illustrated in FIG. Fig. 3 comprises a plurality of struts 37 as an example. Nevertheless, according to a preferred embodiment the conductive strips 34 are held only by a first strut provided near the base 32 and a second strut provided near the tip 8 of the droplet collector 7, preferably starting from the lower end. of the last. In other words, the number and the location of the struts 37, which serve essentially to maintain the structure of the cone chosen to produce the recuperator 7, can be modified without changing the functionality of the droplet collector 7.
  • a suitable size cone of stamped aluminum alloy can be used.
  • lateral discharge slots defining the interstices 35 as well as the flow orifice 9 at the tip 8 of the cone are made by laser cutting.
  • the Fig. 4 illustrates the principle of operation of the device 30 of the Fig.1 according to the present invention.
  • the expired breath 60 is conveyed to the cooling system 16 by the nozzle 3.
  • the expired breath 60 is charged with steam and contains particles to collect 66.
  • the exhaled breath 60 is cooled to obtain condensation water vapor droplets.
  • These droplets are carried to the side wall 2 of the droplet collector 7 by a flow of ions generated from an ionized gas bag 50 surrounding the tip 15 of the discharge electrode 1.
  • the droplets obtained capture particles 66 and take them to the side wall 2.
  • the droplets form a liquid film 6 flowing along the side wall 2 to the flow orifice 9.
  • the operation of an electrostatic precipitator as defined by the device 30 is generally known. by those skilled in the art, a more detailed description is omitted here.
  • the inner side 4 of the side wall 2 of the droplet collector 7 can be rendered hydrophilic by a surface treatment, for example by a silicon oxide (SiO 2 ) deposit.
  • the inner side 4 can also be structured by grooving oriented in the direction of flow of the droplets, the grooving helping to channel the flow.
  • its outer side 5 can be rendered hydrophobic by a surface treatment.
  • the inner wall 19 of its chamber 18 can also be rendered hydrophobic by a surface treatment.

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  1. Vorrichtung zur Extraktion von Teilchen aus ausgeatmetem Atem, wobei die Vorrichtung Folgendes umfasst:
    ein Kühlsystem (16) zur Erzeugung von Tröpfchen durch Kondensation des Wasserdampfes, der in dem ausgeatmeten Atem enthalten ist;
    eine Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7), die mit einer Seitenwand (2) ausgestattet ist, die eine vergitterte und auf eine Ablauföffnung (9) hin verlaufende Form aufweist, was ermöglicht, die Tröpfchen, die zu der Seitenwand (2) gezogen werden, entlang dieser zu der Ablauföffnung (9) fließen zu lassen; und
    eine Entladungselektrode (1), die im Inneren der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) montiert ist, wobei die Seitenwand (2) der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) eine Gegenelektrode zu der Entladungselektrode (1) definiert, um Tröpfchen, die Teilchen sammeln, die von dem ausgeatmeten Atem transportiert werden, zu der Seitenwand (2) zu ziehen.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Seitenwand (2) der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) mehrere leitfähige Lamellen (34) umfasst.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, wobei die leitfähigen Lamellen (34) auf die Ablauföffnung (9) hin verlaufen.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, wobei die leitfähigen Lamellen (34) aus Metall hergestellt sind.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4, wobei die leitfähigen Lamellen (34) voneinander beabstandet sind, um den ausgeatmeten Atem ungehindert aus der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) austreten zu lassen.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) in der Form eines Kegels mit einer Spitze (8), die die Ablauföffnung (9) umfasst, hergestellt ist.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6, wobei die leitfähigen Lamellen (34) von den Mantellinien des Kegels, die die Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) definieren, getragen werden.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Entladungselektrode (1) eine Spitze oder ein Draht ist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Innenseite (4) der Seitenwand (2) der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) durch eine Oberflächenbehandlung hydrophil gemacht wird.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 9, wobei die Behandlung eine Siliciumoxidabscheidung ist.
  11. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Innenseite (4) der Seitenwand (2) der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) gerillt ist.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Außenseite (5) der Seitenwand (2) der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) durch eine Oberflächenbehandlung hydrophob gemacht wird.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Kühlsystem (16) eine Kammer (18) mit einer Innenwand (19) umfasst, wobei die Innenwand (19) durch eine Oberflächenbehandlung hydrophob gemacht wird.
  14. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) stromabwärts mit dem Kühlsystem (16) verbunden ist.
  15. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) mit einem Fluidmikrosystem (20) zur Analyse von Teilchen verbunden ist, die mittels Tröpfchen gesammelt werden, die entlang der Seitenwand (2) der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) zu der Ablauföffnung (9) geflossen sind.
  16. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Teilchen (66) Krankheitserreger sind.
  17. System zur Analyse von Teilchen, die aus ausgeatmetem Atem extrahiert wurden, wobei das System Folgendes umfasst:
    eine Vorrichtung (30) zur Sammlung von Teilchen aus dem ausgeatmeten Atem, wobei die Vorrichtung Folgendes umfasst:
    ein Kühlsystem (16) zur Erzeugung von Tröpfchen durch Kondensation des Wasserdampfes, der in dem ausgeatmeten Atem enthalten ist;
    eine Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7), die mit einer Seitenwand (2) ausgestattet ist, die eine vergitterte und auf eine Ablauföffnung (9) hin verlaufende Form aufweist, was ermöglicht, die Tröpfchen, die zu der Seitenwand (2) gezogen werden, entlang dieser zu der Ablauföffnung (9) fließen zu lassen;
    eine Entladungselektrode (1), die im Inneren der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) montiert ist, wobei die Seitenwand (2) der Tröpfchengewinnungseinrichtung (7) eine Gegenelektrode zu der Entladungselektrode (1) definiert, um Tröpfchen, die Teilchen sammeln, die von dem ausgeatmeten Atem transportiert werden, zu der Seitenwand (2) zu ziehen; und
    ein Fluidmikrosystem (20) zur Analyse von Teilchen, wobei das Mikrosystem (20) mit der Vorrichtung (30) verbunden ist, um die Teilchen aus dem ausgeatmeten Atem auf Höhe der Ablauföffnung (9) zu sammeln.
  18. System nach Anspruch 17, wobei die Vorrichtung (30) zur Sammlung von Teilchen aus dem ausgeatmeten Atem nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 14 hergestellt ist.
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