JP2006513855A5 - - Google Patents

Description

Powered air cleaning system and cleaning method

The present invention provides an improved powered air release type air cleaning system for efficiently removing dust from air containing dust and supplying clean air to devices using the system and The present invention relates to an air cleaning method. For example, the present invention, together with overall air flow applications such as ventilation systems, heat exchangers are used as the heating and fixed air flow supply device for the air conditioning system further comprises a variable air flow demand device, in particular, clean air is used in an internal combustion engine that emits a variable vacuum to the air intake to be supplied.

An internal combustion engine to draw air containing dust, ventilation systems, and used within other devices, air intake for the heavier particles than the air centrifugation is known from the air. The air cleaner is also known use itself of the series filter in the air transport system. However, air filters are prone to clogging with dust contained in the air passing through the filter, which consequently limits the amount of air passing through the filter, and through associated devices such as filters. The operating performance of an electrically controlled internal combustion engine supplied with air will be reduced. Since it is necessary to change the filter frequently and shorten the inspection interval, the operation cost increases. There is a need for an improved air cleaning system and method that combines centrifugation and air filtration in a manner that reduces or solves the aforementioned problems while efficiently removing dust from air containing dust .

The powered air cleaning system according to the present invention includes a flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet through the entire system. The flow path is arranged a motor-driven fan along, the motor driven fan draws air containing particulate dust in the suction port, which is rotated about the axis, the heaviest particles of the rotational flow A rotating flow is formed by air containing dust so as to be located on the outermost track. An exhaust port is provided to exhaust air containing particulate dust from the laminar rotating flow in the system. In order to filter the air from the innermost orbit of the laminar rotary flow arranged so as to cross the flow path upstream of the discharge port, an air filter is provided in the rotary flow. According to the disclosed embodiment of the present invention, the filter is elongated in the axial direction around which dusty air rotates. In order to minimize the accumulation of dust on the filter, the outer peripheral surface of the filter in the rotating flow is swept by the innermost trajectory of the laminar rotating flow.

The air cleaning method of the present invention draws air containing granular dust into an air cleaning system with a built-in motor driven fan , and stratifies the flow so that the heaviest particles are located in the outermost orbit of the rotating flow. A rotating flow of air containing dust is formed in the system, and the innermost orbital air of the rotating flow is passed through a filter located in the middle to the discharge port of the system, and further air containing granular dust is supplied to the system. Return to the surrounding environment from the laminar rotating flow inside. According to an embodiment, air is supplied to a device having a variable air flow requirement , whereby a variable vacuum is applied to the outlet of the air cleaning system, and the method further removes air containing particulate dust from the environment. The motor driven fan is operated to maintain a positive airflow pressure in the system to return to the airflow rate required by the device. The positive pressure of this air flow acting on the filter of the system located in the rotating flow keeps the dust that accumulates on the filter to a minimum. This causes the system to self-clean the air filter.

In one embodiment, the exhaust port of the system is in the form of a discharge groove that extends the length of the air filter and is located radially outward of the outermost track of the rotating flow. This arrangement exposes the air filter to some positive pressure , reduces restrictions on the engine or device in which the air cleaning system is installed, and assists in self-cleaning of the air filter.

  These and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent when the following description is considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing two embodiments according to the present invention for purposes of illustration only.

Referring now to the drawings, the powered air cleaning system or device 1 of FIGS. 1-6, according to a first embodiment, can be used for a device 28 such as an internal combustion engine or other device that requires a supply of clean air. It is shown connected to the air intake port 29 as shown schematically in FIG. The system includes a flow path 22 for supplying clean air to an air intake 29 of the device 28 extending through the system from the air inlet 4 to the clean air outlet 5. The housing 23 is formed by two removable components, namely a motor-driven fan housing 2 and a filter housing 3, which can be removed by a coupling clip 7 at the inspection flange assembly 6. Connected to each other. For this purpose, each of the housings 2, 3 is provided with a coupling flange 16, 17, respectively. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the housings 2 and 3 are removed, and FIGS. 8, 9, 12 and 13 show each separately.

The motor-driven fan 24 includes a fan blade 10 attached to the output shaft of the electric motor 13, and draws air containing granular dust into the suction port 4 and rotates it around the axis AA. Thus, in the system, dust-containing air is arranged along the flow path 22 so as to form a laminar rotating flow in such a way that the heaviest particles come to the outermost orbit of the rotating flow. The compression assembly 11 is in the form of an angled louver / motor mounting assembly with fixed vanes or vanes 12 fixed and is disposed in the fan housing 2 located downstream of the fan vanes 10. Compression assembly to compress the amount of rotational flow of air containing dust that are drawn into the system inlet in increases airflow velocity and centrifugal force acting on substances dancing in the air. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 8, and 9, the motor-driven fan 24 is supported at the motor portion in the fan housing in the manner of the angular louver / motor mounting assembly 11.

As shown in FIGS. 3-6, 9 and 15, a separate discharge chamber 18 is provided in the flow path of the air cleaning system downstream of the angled louver / motor mounting assembly. The outermost trajectory of the rotational flow pattern of the dust-containing air travels on the outer wall 27 of the separation discharge chamber , and the discharge port 5 in the discharge end portion of the housing located radially outward of the clean air discharge port. The annular discharge port 25 formed around is reached. The discharge port is formed by a series of circumferential radial discharger grooves 8 separated by strips 15 . The exhaust port exhausts air containing granular dust from the laminar rotating flow in the system to the surrounding environment .

The air filter 9 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, 6, and 15 is disposed in at least the main primary air filter element 20 shown in FIGS. 10 and 15 and the filter element 20 shown in FIGS. 11 and 14. It is in the form of a filter package comprising an optional secondary safety air filter element 21 and is arranged over a flow path located upstream of the outlet in the rotating flow, and the air outlet 5 for clean air. The air from the innermost trajectory of the laminar rotating flow in the system is filtered as it flows into. Filter 9 from its discharge end attached to the discharge hole 19 of the clean air shown in FIG. 5, toward the direction of the central longitudinal axis A-A of the substantially cylindrical housing 23 in the separation discharge chamber, which Elongate along. The upstream end of the filter 9 is supported on the end of the motor 13 by the filter compression bracket 14 connected to the support flange 30 of FIG.

By disposing the filter in the rotating flow of air containing dust in the separation discharge chamber 18, the air containing granular dust in the chamber 18 is interrupted from the laminar rotating flow, for example, the layered rotating flow in the room. Without returning through the discharge port 25 at the end of the chamber 18 without restriction, dust accumulation on the outer surface of the filter 9 is minimized. By operating a motor driven fan to maintain positive airflow pressure on the outer surface of the filter and to return dusty air from the system to the ambient environment at the airflow speed required by the device, for example, The self-cleaning function on the filter 9 has been expanded in supplying air to the air intake 29 of the device 28 that requires a circulating air flow, such as an internal combustion engine that applies a variable vacuum to the exhaust 5. know. The air cleaning system 1 is designed to produce a much larger air flow than required by the engine or device 28 where it is installed, so the filter is uniform to minimize dust accumulation on the air filter. A positive air pressure can be supplied , and a strong air flow can be supplied from a 360 ° exhaust port 25 formed by a series of radial exhaust grooves 8 disposed at the end of the separation exhaust chamber .

With the air cleaning system and method of the present invention, the air filter life can be significantly extended beyond the current service interval, so the air filter limit can be kept low throughout the normal service interval of internal combustion engines and other equipment. become. Although the air cleaning system and the air cleaning method have been described specifically for applications aimed at supplying clean air to an internal combustion engine, the present invention is not limited to such applications, It can be widely used in various devices that require a supply of clean air, such as ventilation systems, heat exchangers, air compressors, heating and air conditioning systems.

The second embodiment of the powered air cleaning system or device 31 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 16 is similar to the system or device 1 of the first embodiment, except for the filter housing 32 in FIG. . That is, as in the first embodiment, instead of providing a discharge port at the discharge end of the filter housing located radially outward of the clean air discharge portion, the air filter in the filter housing 32 A discharge port 33 is arranged outside in the radial direction of the outermost orbit of the opposing rotating flow. In particular, the discharge port 33 has a shape of a groove provided on the outer wall of the separation discharge chamber of the filter housing and extending over the entire length of the air filter. The discharge end of the housing 32 includes, for example, a hard panel and is closed around the clean air discharge port 5.

Therefore, as in the case of the system or apparatus 31 with the filter housing 32 of the first embodiment, the dust can be retained in layers over the entire length of the housing until it is discharged from the rear of the system or apparatus. Instead, the dust is immediately ejected from the rotating flow and from the system or device via the ejector groove 33 when it collides with the outer trajectory of the separation pattern. This feature allows dust to be easily moved away from the system or device, and easily transported away from devices such as an internal combustion engine in which the system or device is installed.

Another feature of the present invention shown in FIG. 17 can be used with each embodiment. In this case, a strake 34 is provided on the outer periphery of the air filter 9. The strake 34 extends in the longitudinal direction over the entire length of the air filter in order to convey the dust in the rotating flow near the air filter from the filter to the outermost orbit of the rotating flow and discharge it from the system. It extends outward in the direction of the rotational flow indicated by arrow B in FIG.

Although only two embodiments according to the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and is amenable to numerous changes and modifications known to those skilled in the art. For example, the powered air cleaning system of the present invention can be used without an air filter 9 to supply air to the device, in which case the centrifuge and system of dust from air containing dust Sufficient cleanliness is obtained by drawing air from the innermost trajectory of the rotating flow in the system due to the vacuum from the device at the outlet. In this regard, positive pressure within the device maintains flow through the system exhaust port, while the pressure at the clean air outlet is essentially neutral with or without the use of an air filter. To be kept. The apparatus according to the request, such as a vacuum applied to the outlet of the clean air system draws clean air from the outlet of the clean air. We therefore desire that the invention not be limited to the details shown and described herein, but to cover all such changes and modifications as are encompassed by the scope of the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a powered air cleaning system / device according to a first embodiment of the present invention as viewed from a front side, that is, a suction end side toward one side surface. The air cleaning system of Figure 1 showing schematically a state connected to the air incorporation mouth of a device having a variable air flow demand, from the back, that the discharge end side is a perspective view looking toward the one side. FIG. 2 is a view showing components in the housing by cutting away a part of the housing in a system similar to FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a view showing components in the housing by cutting away a part of the housing in a system similar to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a view of a system similar to FIG. 1 with a portion of the housing removed and the filter in the system removed to show the air cleaning discharge hole through the discharge end on the backside of the housing. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a system similar to FIG. 1 but including a removable motor-driven fan fan housing and a filter housing for forming the system housing, separated from each other. FIG. 6 is a detailed view of a portion of a fan housing for a motor driven fan removably coupled and a filter housing with a removable coupling clip as shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the detachable motor-driven fan fan housing of the system of FIG. 1 as viewed from the front, that is, from the suction end and toward one side. It is the perspective view seen from the back surface, ie, discharge end side, of the fan housing system for motor drive fans which can be removed. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a primary primary air filter element used in the system of FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a secondary safe air filter element optionally used in the system of FIG. 1 in place of the primary primary air filter element. It is the perspective view of the filter housing of the state which has not installed the filter seen from the front-end part side. It is the perspective view of the filter housing of the state which has not installed the filter seen from the back surface, ie, the discharge end part side. FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the filter housing similar to FIG. 12 but with an optional safety filter installed. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the filter housing similar to FIG. 13 but with the illustrated main filter installed therein. Back side of a second embodiment of an air cleaning system / apparatus according to the present invention comprising a rigid back panel and an external cylindrical wall around the air cleaning outlet of the filter housing and a discharge groove in the length of the air filter That is, it is the perspective view seen toward the one side from the discharge end side. Is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the right angle to the axis A-A of any of the embodiments disclosed, the dust contained in the rotating flow of air containing dust, the filter housing away from the filter The delivery of a strake connected to an air filter and extending over the entire length of the filter for transport to the outer wall is shown.

Claims (23)

A flow path that extends from the inlet to the outlet through the entire system;
Draws air containing particulate dust in the suction port, which is rotated about an axis, rotating flow heaviest particles layering air containing the dust to be located at the outermost orbit of the rotating flow A motor-driven fan disposed along the flow path,
A discharge port for discharging air to the ambient environment comprising a particulate dust from the layer-like the rotating flow in the system,
It said rotary flow and which is fixedly disposed so as to traverse the flow path located upstream of the outlet, and a air filter for filtering air from the innermost orbits of the rotating flow of the layered,
The air filter has a shape elongated in the direction of the shaft,
The rotating air around the fixed air filter creates a self-cleaning function on the air filter as the dusty air rotates around the axis ,
The discharge port is disposed radially outward of the outermost orbit of the rotating flow ;
A powered air cleaning system , further comprising a strake connected to the air filter to carry dust to the outermost orbit of the rotating flow away from the air filter . The air purification system includes a separation discharge chamber in the flow path,
It said air filter, air cleaning system of claim 1, wherein disposed in the center of the separation in the discharge chamber of the flow channel. Said exhaust port, said air cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the longitudinally extending air filter fine long shape. Air cleaning system of claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral surface is cylindrical of the air filter fine long shape. To increase the air stream velocity and centrifugal force acting on the particles in the air, air cleaning system of claim 1, further comprising a compression assembly for compressing the volume of the rotating flow of air containing dust. The air purification system of claim 5, wherein the compression assembly supports a motor driven fan . Air cleaning system according to claim 5 including a plurality of fixed vanes to the compressor assembly the flow channel. The hits on the downstream of the compression assembly further includes a separation discharge chamber to the flow path, the outermost orbits of the rotating flow are riding on the outer wall of the separation discharge chamber, placed on the outer wall of the discharge port the separation discharge chamber The air purification system according to claim 5. It said air filter air cleaning system according to claim 8, characterized in that arranged centrally within the separation discharge chamber. Further comprising a substantially cylindrical housing, said discharge port and said suction port, said housing and air cleaning of the respective end portions arranged to have claim 1 wherein the said flow path through and extending the housing system. It said exhaust port, air cleaning system of claim 10, wherein disposed in the outer wall of the substantially cylindrical said housing located radially outward of the air filter. It said air filter, along the central longitudinal axis of the housing generally cylindrical, extends from the discharge end of said housing and said discharge port is in the form of discharge slots extending toward the entire length of the air filter The air purification system according to claim 11. Air cleaning system of claim 12, wherein the end portion of the air filter further comprises a bracket for supporting within the housing that are distant from the discharge end of the housing. A powered air cleaning system that is used in the apparatus having a variable air flow demand,
A flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet of the system to supply air to the device;
Draws air containing particulate dust in the suction port, which is rotated about an axis, rotating flow heaviest particles layering air containing the dust to be located at the outermost orbit of the rotating flow A motor-driven fan disposed along the flow path,
An exhaust port for exhausting air containing particulate dust from the layered rotating flow in the system;
Said fixedly disposed so as the rotating flow and across the flow path corresponding to the upstream of the discharge port, and an air filter for filtering air from the innermost orbits of the rotating flow of the layered,
Dust and to carry to the outermost track of the rotating flow away from the air filter, and a Sutoreiku connected to the air filter,
The air filter has a shape elongated in the direction of the shaft,
The rotating air around the fixed air filter creates a self-cleaning function on the air filter as the dusty air rotates around the axis ,
Power the motor driven fan is air containing dust from the rotating flow of the layered in the system is operable to maintain a positive pressure of air flow to the device is discharged with air flow velocity to request Air purification system. It said device, via the air intake of the engine, air cleaning system of claim 14, wherein the internal combustion engine that emits a variable vacuum to the outlet of the system with a variable air flow demand. Air containing particulate dust, and write no step draw in air cleaning system with a built-in motor driven fan,
Forming a rotating flow of air containing the dust in the system to stratify the flow so that the heaviest particles are located in the outermost orbit of the rotating flow;
Air innermost orbits of the rotating flow, and to step the flow to a discharge port of the system through a filter located in the middle,
By Sutoreiku connected before Symbol filter, and luck department step to the outermost track of the rotating flow leaving the dust from the filter,
Air containing particulate dust and a step of leaving discharge the rotational flow or these layers in the system, in order to provide a self-cleaning function on a fixed filter; the filter the system and the An air cleaning method fixedly arranged in the rotating flow . Wherein the step of discharging method of claim 16, wherein carried out without interfering with the rotational flow of the layered in the system. Wherein the step of discharging is the rotational flow of the layered, opposite to the filter, The method of claim 16 further comprising a step of flowing through the discharge port disposed radially outward of the outermost orbits of the rotating flow . A method for use in supplying air to the device provided with a variable air flow demand which applies a variable vacuum to the outlet of the air cleaning system, the method further air containing particulate dust from the rotating flow in the system, to maintain a positive pressure air flow for discharging at air flow velocity of said device requests, also Ru is removed during the at least slow air flow requirements as, to deposit dust on the filter, the method of claim 16, wherein the motor-driven fan is operated. Said apparatus The method of claim 19, wherein the internal combustion engine which is supplied air from the outlet of the system. A step of Ru drawn into the air cleaning system by a motor driven fan air, is built comprising a particulate dust,
For most heavy particles layering said rotating flow to come to the outermost orbits of the rotating flow, forming a rotational flow of the air containing the dust into the system at positive pressure air flow ,
Air containing particulate dust, in the system, the is layered, from the outermost track of the rotating flow of pressurized positive pressure located radially outwardly of the outermost track of the rotational flow a step of discharging through a discharge port that will be,
From the innermost orbits of the rotating flow of the previous SL in the system, through said fixed air filter and outlet in the system, and a step of to draw out the air by applying a vacuum to the outlet ,
An air cleaning method wherein the fixed air filter is swept by the rotating flow providing a self-cleaning function on the air filter. Air containing particulate dust, so as to maintain a positive pressure of air flow to be discharged from the outermost track of said rotating laminar flow of in the system at a rate to draw air through the outlet of the system The method of claim 21 including the step of operating the motor driven fan . It said exhaust port, has a groove shape formed in the housing that houses the rotating flow, the groove, the method of claim 21, wherein extending transverse to the rotational direction of the rotating flow.