IT202100000854A1 - "PERMANENT ENVIRONMENT SANITATION" IS AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM FOR SANITIZING THE AIR IN BOTH DOMESTIC AND PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTS, CLINICS OR TRAM OR UNDERGROUND OR BUSES OR AIRCRAFT, IN THE PRESENCE OF USERS OF THE SAME - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION of the ?Permanent Environment Sanitizer?

? an invention that refers to an air sanitization system in both domestic and public environments, clinics or trams or subways or buses or aircraft, which, unlike other sanitization systems, allows the presence of people in environments sanitize . With reference to the known art at the moment, there are 3 sanitization methods: 1) Chemical and/or thermal disinfection, with chlorine or chlorine dioxide and thermal shock and shock hyperchlorination, used in the presence of massive contamination. 2) Disinfection with ultraviolet rays (UV) Effective only at the point of application; no downstream controls 3) Treatment methods with ozone (O3). It has a short half-life and produces no residual effect, but at high concentrations it can permanently damage the respiratory organs of those present, therefore it cannot? be used in systemic treatment without waiting for the decay from ozone (03) to oxygen (02)

The sanitization systems used up to now based exclusively on ozone have serious drawbacks, since the ozone is an energetic oxidant and, for living beings (men, animals and plants), ? highly poisonous.

The Permanent Environment Sanitizer? ? an innovative sanitization system that takes place in two stages:

1) Sanitization, through a production process of 03 (ozonation) to destroy and eliminate from the air: viruses, germs, bacteria, fungi, spores, bad smells, pollen, moulds, mites, insects, vapors and chemical and cigarette fumes.

2) Catalytic conversion of ozone into oxygen and conversion of gaseous residues as dangerous oxides, resulting from the production of ozone from the oxygen in polluted air.

Ozonation :

Thanks to the use of ozone, a considerable improvement is obtained in the quality level of the air in the treated environments, both in terms of chemical composition and activity. bacterial and odor elimination.

?Permanent Environment Sanitizer? allows you to sanitize domestic, public, clinical environments and to treat any object directly on site, without the need to to transport them in specially prepared environments.

Once the treatment with the ?Permanent Room Sanitizer? is finished, the ozone transforms back into oxygen and once all traces of dangerous residues have been eliminated, it leaves an environment that smells fresh.

Catalytic conversion

Does it come with action? reducing? (said one-way as it acts on the pollutant): example: ? capable of reducing ozone into oxygen ( 03 > 02 ) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), produced during the ozonation process, into oxygen and nitrogen ( O2 ? N2 )

And an ?Oxidant? which allows to convert any presence of carbon monoxide (CO) into carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O)

The catalytic conversion consists in promoting, through a special ?sponge? of catalytic material, the conversion of nitrogen oxides (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) into carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O) and nitrogen (N2).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION WITH THE TITLE ?Permanent Environment Sanitizer? refers to the new concept of combining an ?Ozone Generator? with a ?Catalytic Converter? (better defined as a catalytic purifier) OZONE: Which active element in gas purification? a gas unstable and can not? be stored and transported, therefore? Ozone can? be produced locally whenever needed. The process more important for the production of ozone ? by means of corona effect generators, which have proved to be particularly efficient, and of which various variations currently on the market and easily available have been developed. Among their advantages, the possibility? to build generators of industrial dimensions and of small dimensions. The main corona effect generators currently on the market and for the production of ozone, use cells consisting of two concentric electrodes separated by a gap of a few tenths of a millimeter (0.8-1.5 mm), in which the air flows Between the electrodes c'? a potential difference of 7?30 kV, with a frequency from 50 Hz to over 1 kHz. The electrode pi? internal ? metal, while the external electrode ? consisting of a metallic conductive wire which externally wraps around a dielectric material tube. The internal electrode? connected to the medium voltage generator, while the external electrode ? connected to earth (in some cases these connections can be reversed). The working pressure can vary between one and three times atmospheric 0.1-0.3 MPa. It should be noted that the formation of ozone from oxygen occurs with a decrease in the number of moles, and therefore ? favored by pressure. jacket a variable quota between 85% and 95% of the energy that feeds the cells is transformed into heat, it pu? be used to heat the catalytic converter (which needs heat to be efficient)

The CATALYTIC CONVERTER ? the active element in the purification of irritating gases such as ozone (03) or dangerous oxides, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), ? a fixed but active element, consisting of a body equipped with hundreds of small channels which allow the passage of g.(03) and oxides, through the interstices ?sponge of catalytic material? ; this body, in ceramic, ? impregnated or supports palladium/rhodium/platinum resistors

A catalytic converter must be: 1?) Reducing agent (called one-way as it acts on the main pollutant): rhodium-based (Rh), capable of reducing peroxides (03) ozone into oxygen and nitrogen oxides (NOx ) into oxygen and nitrogen.

2?) Platinum and/or palladium-based oxidizer (called Two-way as it acts on the two main pollutants), capable of oxidizing carbon monoxide (CO) into carbon dioxide (O2) An oxidizing catalyst and also used for abatement of any kind of smells.

The catalytic converter, to operate, must be heated between 180 and 300 degrees Celsius. Control and monitoring strategies must be foreseen, such as a probe for temperature control, to keep the temperature constant, and electrical resistances, both themselves composed of catalytic material and used to heat the catalyst quickly; the catalytic converter, adequately warm, both from the resistances and from the hot air coming from the ozonizer, allows to break down the totality? of polluting emissions.

The purpose of the present invention ? that of providing, with a limited and compact system, to sanitize any environment or tram or subway or bus or aircraft, in the presence of the users of the same, during the operation? mobile means or present in the environment itself.

The purpose of the present invention ? to use the consolidated properties? of Ozone: bactericide and pollutant destroyer, combined with a catalytic converter capable of eliminating the dangerous products of hyperoxidation: peroxides: (O3) ozone in oxygen (O2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in oxygen (O2) and nitrogen(N2) . The catalytic converter makes the ozone harmless to people. The system, circumscribed and compact ? particularly simple, effective and reliable and has a structure that is easy to implement.

L? Ozone Is used to neutralize or eliminate bacteria and viruses, molds, algae as well as oxidize numerous organic and inorganic contaminants, ? very active also to fight: Insects: Flies, Spiders, Mites; Bad smells and Fumes. AND? an unstable gas (gaseous, at 20 ?C it has a half-life of three days). At room temperature the ozone ? a colorless gas, with a sharp and penetrating odor.

The threshold of perceptibility? olfactory for? man? at concentrations between 0.02 and 0.05 ppm equal to about 1/20 of the defined safe concentration threshold for an exposure time of 15 minutes (1 ppm) and about a quarter of the defined safe exposure threshold in the workplace (0.2 ppm).

The catalytic converter: With its reducing effect (called one-way as it acts on the main pollutant): based on rhodium (Rh), ? able d? reduce peroxides (03 ) ozone to oxygen and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) to oxygen and nitrogen. With its oxidizing effect (called Two-way as it acts on the two main pollutants) based on platinum and/or palladium, it? capable of oxidizing carbon monoxide (CO) into carbon dioxide (O2) An oxidizing catalyst is also used for the abatement of any type of odour.

The purpose of the present invention is that it does not have the drawbacks of the sanitization systems used up to now based exclusively on devices for the production of ozone, serious drawbacks, as the ozone? an energetic oxidant and for beings v?venti ? highly poisonous, but?, combining the properties? of the ozonation to the properties? of catalytic conversion, to be a completely harmless invention for the health of all living beings and, at the same time, particularly simple, effective and reliable, having a structure that is easy to implement.

Furthermore, since does this invention emit hot air in the summer? It is important to combine a refrigerating air conditioner.

Claims (9)

Claims 1) an innovative air sanitation system in both domestic and public environments, clinics or trams or subways or buses or aircraft, in the presence of users of the same, during operation. 2) sanitation system to treat any object directly on site, without the need for? to transport them in specially prepared environments 3) sanitization system in accordance with claim 1 and 2 exclusively based on ozone (03), since ozone? an energetic oxidant, lethal for bacteria, viruses, molds, fungi, spores and bad smells. 4) sanitization system in accordance with claim 1 and 2 at the use of ozone, to obtain a significant improvement in the quality level of the air in the treated environments, both in terms of chemical composition and activity? bacterial 5) sanitization system in accordance with claim 1, 2 and 3 combined with a catalytic converter which, with its rhodium (Rh)-based reducing effect? (said one-way as it acts on the main pollutant), ? able to reduce peroxides (03) ozone to oxygen 6) sanitization system in accordance with claim 1, 2, 3 and 5 combined with a catalytic converter which, with its rhodium-based reducing effect (Rh)? (said one-way as it acts on the main pollutant), ? able to reduce the nitrogen oxides (NOx) that are produced with the ozonation of the air (80% nitrogen-20% oxygen) into oxygen and nitrogen. 7) sanitization system in accordance with claim 1, 2, 3 and 5 combined with a catalytic converter which, with its platinum and/or palladium-based oxidizing effect, ? able to oxidize carbon monoxide (CO) into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) 8) sanitization system in accordance with claim 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 has the purpose of not presenting the drawbacks of the sanitization systems used up to now, but combining the properties of ozonation (in accordance with claims 1,2, 3, 4) to the properties? of the catalytic conversion (in accordance with claims 5,6,7), to be a completely harmless invention for the health of all living beings and an innovative system for sanitizing and sanitizing the air in both domestic and public environments: (clinics or tram or subway or bus or aircraft), 9) sanitization system in accordance with claim 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 ? an innovative air sanitation system in both domestic and public environments, in the presence of users of the same, who rest or work in the same environment during operation.