KR102040399B1 - Water Adsorption type Air Filter - Google Patents

Abstract

      Korea is suffering from air pollution due to fine dust emitted from China and fine dust emitted from yellow dust and automobiles and thermal power plants. Doing. It is an air purifying filter that must be present in such equipment. The air flow path is made to be adsorbed by water using water, and the foreign substances adsorbed on the wall of the flow path and the surface of the tank and the water permeated to the filter using water capillary phenomenon. It is a water adsorption type air filter for purifying the air by removing foreign substances of contaminated air.

Description

       Water Adsorption Type Air Filter

     The present invention relates to an air filter used to remove dust, foreign substances, fine dust, etc. in an air purifier, a ventilation device, an air conditioning facility, and the like. Dry filters are used in combination in a reasonable order.

  Such a filter may have a very fast replacement cycle depending on the environment such as air quality, and when a large amount of foreign matter accumulates in the filter, the performance of the device may be degraded, causing inconvenience to use and expensive replacement cost.

  In order to solve this problem, a foreign substance contained in the air is contacted with a liquid such as water to be adsorbed by water (or an alternative liquid) to purify the air.

     The present invention is the background technology to contact the contaminated air to the surface of the water as large as possible as described in the art so that it can be adsorbed well to the water and for this purpose the air flow absorbs the surface and water In order to maximize the cross section where the wind flowing on the windshield wall is contacted, install multiple windshields as shown in Figure 1, and place a filter between the windshields. The background art is to purify the air by allowing small dusts to be adsorbed on the wall of the filter and the windshield wetted by the capillary phenomenon of water.

Patent Publication No. 10-0032086 (2017. 03. 22) “Air cleaner using dew condensation” Patent Publication No. 10-0095492 (2015. 08. 21) “Cleaning device for smoking booth warning the danger of smoking)

      The problem to be solved by the present invention is the filter used in the above air cleaner, ventilator, air conditioning facilities, etc. The primary filter is easy to pass the air and the density of the filter is low so that a relatively large particles or dust can be caught Pre-filters are used, and a higher density filter or carbon filter is used in the next step, and a hepa filter with a very high density is used in the next step. If not, a lot of foreign substances such as dust accumulate in the filter, so that the air is not passed well, and the performance of the air purifier decreases rapidly, and the replacement cycle of the filter is fast and the replacement cost is high.

 In order to solve this problem, there is a need for a method of cleaning the filter without replacing the filter and a method of making the replacement cycle very long even if the filter is replaced.

 To do this, contaminated air is allowed to come into contact with a liquid such as water and adsorbed to a liquid such as water, so that the growth of bacteria such as mold due to moisture may occur. It is a problem to be able to supply clean air by applying a sterilizer such as irradiating ultraviolet rays.

 In the conventional technology of the adsorption filter

 1. The configuration of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 4, and the present invention has a vertical wall support tank having an intake fan 12 installed thereon and having a vertical wall 23 having a spaced space above the intake fan 12. 20, an intake fan housing 10 supporting the exhaust hole 14 around the bottom; The nozzle 21 is supplied to the water supply through the water supply pipe 26 and is heated by the heater 22 at the end of the water supply pipe 26, the drain pipe 28 is installed on the bottom side, and the concentric cylindrical vertical wall protrudes upward from the bottom. A vertical wall support tank 20 having 23; An intake pipe 32 covering the intake fan housing 10 and the vertical wall support tank 20 and having the center of the upper surface 31 sucks outside air by the suction force of the intake fan 12, and the outer side of the upper surface of the intake fan housing 10. And the coupling pipe 33 and the intake pipe 32 between the coupling pipe 33 and the intake pipe 32 do not touch the bottom of the vertical wall support tank 20 at the central position between the concentric cylindrical vertical wall 23 on the upper surface 31. A cover portion 30 having a concentric extending wall 34 extending downward so that steam can move; And a controller 40 for controlling the heater 22 such that steam heated by the heater 22 generates condensation on the extension wall 34; The control unit 40 has a function of removing dust from the air passing through the condensate by condensing water by condensing water from the extension wall by allowing the water discharged from the nozzle 21 to have a steam temperature heated by the heater higher than the extension wall. Air cleaner using a condensation phenomenon, characterized in that configured to perform.

 Another technology

  2. The configuration of the Patent No. 10-2015-0095492 is as shown in FIG. 5, and the present invention relates to a purifying device for a smoking booth that warns of the danger of smoking. More specifically, the wall or any one of the smoking spaces of the smoking booth. It is provided on the side transparently, and provided with a purification unit for injecting purified water for purifying the air contaminated by tobacco smoke caused by smoking, the smoker directly cleans the contaminated water while the contaminated air passes through the purification unit and is purified by the purified water. The present invention relates to a cleaning device for a smoking booth that warns of the danger of smoking so that the danger of smoking can be identified.

 To this end, the present invention and the suction portion is a constant suction of contaminated air in the smoking space; A purifier having at least one purge space spray-sprayed onto the contaminated air introduced from the suction unit; A nozzle unit for spraying purified water to purify the air contaminated by the purifying unit; And a purifying member configured to purify the purified water discharged from the purifying part, which is configured to be transparent in a frame shape on the wall or one side of the smoking space of the smoking booth, and contaminated air is purified by the purified water when the smoker smokes. Visually check the contamination state is characterized by a warning of the danger of smoking.

      In order to solve the above problems, the air purification ability is excellent, and the filter is not clogged by the air pollutants, and it can be washed with water so that it can be used continuously.

    As shown in Fig. 1, the water tank 18 is formed at the lower end, and the lower partition 15 is formed vertically from the bottom of the water tank. The left and right end surfaces are lower than the partition in the center so that the upper side is open so that the air intake ｛ 19 (a) 'and an outlet 19 (b)' are formed.

  The lower partition 15 has a hole at the bottom of the structure so that water can flow in the tank, and the material is made of a durable material in the water environment, such as metal or synthetic resin, and the surface is made of durable fiber in the water environment. It absorbs water by capillary action, so that the moisture can maintain moisture, thereby allowing foreign matter in the flowing air to be adsorbed.

  The top plate 10 is a cover of the body is provided with a slot for fitting the upper partition (11).

The upper partitions 11 inserted into the upper plate are located between the lower partitions 15 installed on the lower side, and include UV disinfection lamps inside, and may be made of transparent synthetic resin or glass so that ultraviolet rays can be transmitted. 11 (a) and 11 (b) when the air filter is not attached.

  The first air filter 15 of the inlet serves as a prefilter to catch foreign matters such as relatively large particles, and is installed to reach the bottom surface of the lower tank from the upper plate. The second air filter 14 is made of fine dust. It is obvious that the particle of the filter uses a dense filter that adsorbs small foreign matters, and the arrangement can be changed according to the situation.

   One side of the tank includes a supply pipe for supplying water and a discharge pipe for discharging and a valve, and the supply is natural to have a function of adjusting the water level. The water jet nozzle 101 is installed at the bottom of the upper partition and the air filter is coupled, and water is sprayed if necessary through the water supply pipe 102 to deposit the foreign matter accumulated in the air filters 13 and 14 in the water tank below. It has the function of cleaning down the filter as it is washed off.

  The present invention formed in the above structure is inserted into the case in which the suction fan 31 is installed on the outlet side as shown in 32 of FIG. 6, and when the suction fan 31 is operated, the air introduced into the suction port is the first air filter 13. ), The first lower partition (15) is upward by the first lower partition (15), at which time foreign matter is relatively large particles are adsorbed to the filter, the foreign matter passing through the filter will be adsorbed on the water surface (17), or lower partition (15). Can be.

  The air passing between the first lower partition 15 and the first filter 13 passes between the second upper partition and the second lower partition, repeats this process and flows through the outlet.

      The present invention allows the air to flow through the lower partition wall surface containing water due to the water surface and capillary phenomenon and the filter (mesh) wet by the capillary phenomenon. It is a device that cleans the air by removing foreign substances so that it can be used continuously without replacing the filter. It is convenient and economical. Its performance does not decrease even after long-term use. In addition, if the functional liquid is put in the tank by substituting water, it can release a substance (phytoncide, etc.) that is beneficial to the human body, which can help a lot in health life, and can be used as an air filter by applying to various air purifiers.

1 is a representative view and a block diagram of a water adsorption type air filter.
2 is a view of the structure combined with the top plate 10 in the configuration of FIG.
3 is a side view of the first partition 11 and the air filter 13 of FIG.
4 is a view of the construction combined with the water tank 18, which is a substructure in the configuration of FIG.
5 is a perspective view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a view of one example where the apparatus can be used as an air cleaner by inserting FIG. 5.
7 is a representative view of a related art (Patent Document 0001)
8 is a representative view of a related art (Patent Document 0002)

     A water tank 18 is formed at the lower end as shown in FIG. 4, and a lower partition 15 is formed vertically from the bottom of the water tank. The left end surface 104 and the right end surface 103 have a height higher than that of the lower partition 15 in the middle. The lower side is opened so that the inlet port 19 (a) 'and the outlet port 19 (b)' of the air are formed.

  The lower partition 15 has a hole at the bottom of the structure so that water can flow in the tank, and the material is made of a durable material in the water environment, such as metal or synthetic resin, and the surface is made of durable fiber in the water environment. As it absorbs water by capillary phenomenon, it keeps moisture. Therefore, foreign substances in flowing air can be adsorbed and grooves are formed in the bottom and wall of the tank to facilitate the insertion and removal of partitions. To do that.

  The upper plate 10 is a cover of the upper, front, and rear of the present invention, the inner surface of the upper plate is provided with a slot for fitting the upper partition 11 to separate the upper plate from the lower tank 18 during the cleaning of the present invention. And remove the upper partition (11) to clean and then insert to be assembled.

The upper partitions 11 inserted into the upper plate are located between the lower partitions 15 installed on the lower side, and include UV disinfection lamps inside, and may be made of transparent synthetic resin or glass so that ultraviolet rays can be transmitted. There may be a case of attaching the air filters 13 and 14 to the air filter, and a case of 11 (a) and a case of not attaching the air filter to 11 (b).

  If necessary, an upper partition with a filter and an upper partition without a filter may be appropriately used, and it is natural to increase or decrease the quantity of the upper partition and the lower partition.

 A rod-type water spray nozzle 101 is installed at the upper partition 11 (a) at the attachment point of the air filter, and if necessary, it shoots water through the nozzle water supply pipe 102 to remove foreign substances such as dust adsorbed to the air filter. To flow into the tank

 When the lower side water tank 18 and the upper plate 10 are assembled, the lower side partitions 15 and the upper side partitions 11 (a) and 11 (b) are positioned between each of them to form a flow path to form a suction port. The air introduced into the air passes through the air filters 13 and 14 and flows out to the outlet while repeating downward and upward along the flow path.

  The water tank maintains a certain level of water by the water level regulator. Water supply pipes and drain pipes are installed on one surface of the water tank to supply water when there is insufficient water and when it is cleaned.

  The primary air filter 13 of the suction port is a pre-filter for trapping foreign matter such as dust having a relatively large particle, and the secondary air filter 14 uses a dense filter that adsorbs foreign matter having small particles such as fine dust. The arrangement may be possible to install the tertiary filter and the quaternary filter according to the situation, and the material may be used in water such as synthetic resin.

 The water tank 18, as well as water, has antibacterial activity, phytoncide extract or birch sap, such as phytoncide is generated, the phytoncide is released by the flow of air, and may have a function of supplying moisture to the room.

  The present invention formed in the above structure is inserted into the water adsorption type air filter insert 32 of FIG. 6 and operating the discharge fan 31, the contaminated air introduced into the suction port is the primary air filter 13 The first lower partition 15 is passed upward by the upper part, and foreign particles having a relatively large particle are adsorbed to the filter, and the foreign substances passing through the filter may be adsorbed on the water surface 17 or the lower partition 15. have.

  The air passing between the first lower partition and the primary air filter 13 passes between the second upper partition ｛11 (b) and the second lower partition, repeating this process and the air flows toward the outlet to purify Air is discharged to the outlet and this purified air is available.

  In the case of requiring high air cleaning, if the density of the filter is increased or a plurality of layers are laminated as necessary, the flow of air may not be smooth. The present invention has a low resistance to the flow of air, such as a hepa filter on the outlet side. Adding another type of air filter can increase performance even further, which can be very helpful for additional filters.

      The present invention is explosive development of air purifiers related to indoor air purification due to a lot of inconvenience caused by fine dust, ultra-fine dust, yellow dust due to air pollution these days, to solve the dust and the like generated in industrial sites Many air purifiers and ventilators have been developed for this purpose, and the air purifiers are necessarily accompanied by air purifiers.

  In this reality, the present invention has a very high applicability to various types of air purifiers, and in particular, it is considered that industrial applicability is high because it can be used for a large air purifier.

10: top plate 21: water supply pipe
11: upper partition 22: drain pipe
12 ultraviolet lamp 31 discharge fan
13: primary air filter 32: adsorption air filter is inserted
14: secondary air filter 101: water spray nozzle
15: lower partition 102: nozzle water supply pipe
16: water 103: right end surface
17: sleep 104: left end surface
18: tank
11 (a): upper partition with filter
11 (b): upper partition without filter
7 and 8 are reference numerals of the patent document and are irrelevant to the description of the reference numerals.

Claims (5)

The upper partition installed downward on the cover of the upper plate and the lower partition installed vertically by forming a groove in the bottom and the wall of the tank located at the bottom are located between, so that the air flow is formed. while doing
It is durable in water and absorbs water by capillary phenomenon. Its surface is coated so that air comes into contact with the wall of the lower partition filled with water, the filter of the upper partition filled with water by capillary phenomenon, and water Water adsorption air filter that adsorbs foreign substances.
The upper partition of claim 1 has an air filter attached to the lower end of the upper partition, a rod-shaped nozzle for cleaning the foreign matter adsorbed on the air filter attached to the upper partition is provided, the water can be cleaned by spraying if necessary. And, the upper partition is a water adsorption air filter having a function of guiding the flow of air.
delete The water adsorption type air filter of Claim 1 which can improve the function of an air filter by the functional liquid which replaced water.
The water adsorption type air filter of claim 1, wherein a blower fan is installed at an air outlet.

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