WO2016175473A1

WO2016175473A1 - Internet of things-based ozone sterilization air purification system

Info

Publication number: WO2016175473A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/003593
Authority: WO
Inventors: 최근화; 이우철
Original assignee: 주식회사 랩죤
Priority date: 2015-04-29
Filing date: 2016-04-06
Publication date: 2016-11-03
Also published as: KR101594142B1; CN106461242A

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air cleaning system for purifying indoor air. An Internet of Things-based ozone sterilization air purification system according to one embodiment of the present invention can purify air by increasing the amount of air to be purified by an air purifier, located around the air purifier having sent ozone detection information, when an IOT module receives the ozone detection information, and can improve an air purifying capability by enabling a plurality of air purifiers to be linked to each other through the Internet of Things.

Description

IoT-based ozone sterilizing air purification system

The present invention relates to an air cleaning system for purifying indoor air.

In general, the air purifier purifies the air by passing it through a filter that sucks air and filters out foreign substances.

Recently, an air purifier has been disclosed in which an air purifier is simply added to a function of filtering air to perform sterilization.

An example of an air purifier capable of performing such sterilization has been disclosed in Korean Air Patent Publication No. 10-0621245 (2006.9.14.).

Conventional air purifiers, the present invention, the front panel is formed with a main inlet for suction of the front air, the front frame is formed with an auxiliary inlet for suction of the air in the lower front, and the upper cover is formed with a discharge opening for discharging the purified air The main inlet of the front panel is formed over the front and side of the front panel, the lower end of the front frame is further formed with an air guide hole for guiding the air sucked through the auxiliary suction port to the filter device On one side of the air guide hole is configured to form an auxiliary guide hole for guiding the flow of ozone generated from the ozone generator.

In the conventional air cleaner having the above-described configuration, an ozone generator is installed in addition to the filter device to sterilize air by ozone.

However, the conventional air cleaner has a problem that ozone is discharged together with the filtered air to generate environmental pollution, and when a person inhales a predetermined standard or more, it may inhibit the body.

In addition, since a conventional air purifier operates alone, when a plurality of air purifiers are installed, there is a problem in that the air cleaning function is deteriorated because the air purifier cannot be interlocked even when severe pollution occurs in any one place.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems described above, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to improve the air purification performance by interlocking a plurality of air purifiers and the Internet of things that can prevent the leakage of ozone at the same time It is to provide an air purification system using.

In the IoT-based ozone sterilizing air purifying system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the IoT-based air purifying system including a plurality of air purifiers disposed to be spaced apart from each other, Purifying base body including an air inlet and an air outlet port, an ozone generator for generating ozone and sterilizing the air sucked into the air inlet port, and installed inside the purification main body to discharge ozone generated from the ozone generator to the air outlet port Ozone filter unit for extinguishing all, ozone emission sensor for detecting the presence of ozone in the air discharged to the air outlet, and IOT for transmitting and receiving the ozone detection information detected by the ozone emission sensor between the plurality of air purifiers Module, and when the IOT module receives the ozone detection information, Purifies the air by increasing the amount of purification of the air purifier located near the air purifier that has sent ozone detection information, and the ozone filter unit is a photocatalyst filter for extinguishing ozone by a photocatalyst, and ultraviolet light to activate the photocatalyst of the photocatalyst filter. And a UV lamp for irradiating the light source, wherein the photocatalyst includes titanium dioxide reacting with the ozone to dissipate the ozone, and the increase in the purification amount includes increasing the output of the UV lamp. It includes an auxiliary power supply so as to operate individually when the air purifier breaks down, the air purifier further comprises an organic compound sensor for detecting volatile organic compounds contained in the air, the IOT module is detected by the organic compound sensor Transmitting and receiving organic compound information together, and in the IOT module, When receiving a, by increasing the throughput purification of the air cleaner it is located in the vicinity of the air purifier, send information of the organic compound can purify the air.

Increasing the purification amount of the present invention includes increasing the speed of the blower circulating air in the purification main body.

The present invention includes a management server that receives the operation information of the air purifier sent through each IOT module of the plurality of air purifiers and provides them to the administrator.

According to the present invention, by purifying the air in conjunction with each other by the air purifier by the IOT module, it is possible to improve the purification performance of the air.

In addition, by sterilizing with ozone and photocatalyst and disinfecting ozone after sterilization, it is possible to prevent environmental pollution and harmfulness of the body due to ozone emission.

In addition, even when the IOT module includes a subsidiary power supply and an air purifier breaks down, an air purifier located in an adjacent vicinity may operate to improve air purification performance.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an ozone sterilizing air purification system based on the Internet of Things according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a perspective view showing an air purifier constituting the IoT-based ozone sterilization air purification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an air purifier constituting the IoT-based ozone sterilization air purification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic configuration diagram of an air purifier constituting the IoT-based ozone sterilizing air purification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a layout view of an air purifier for explaining a schematic operating state of the IoT-based ozone sterilizing air purifying system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the IoT-based ozone sterilizing air purifying system according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of air purifiers 100.

In addition, the plurality of air purifiers 100 may be connected to each other through the IoT to transmit / receive information of the air purifier 100, and may be controlled according to the received information to improve air purification performance.

As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the air purifier 100 may include a purifying body 110.

The purification main body 110 may be provided with an air inlet 111 for sucking the air in the room and an air outlet 113 for discharging the purified and inhaled air back to the room.

In addition, the purification main body 110 may be formed in the form of a conventional stand type or ceiling installation type, the purification main body 110 may be installed in the remote control receiving unit to be operated by a manual operation control panel or a remote control.

The air purifier 100 may include a blower 160.

The blower 160 may be installed inside the purification main body 110 to suck air into the air inlet 111 of the purification main body 110, and discharge the sucked air through the air outlet 113.

On the other hand, the blower 160 may be configured to rotate the fan by a motor, the blower 160 may be used because a variety of well-known blower 160 can be used and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the blower 160 may be controlled by the controller 170 to be described below.

The air purifier 100 may include an ozone generator 140.

The ozone generator 140 may sterilize bacteria contained in the air by ozone generated by generating ozone.

On the other hand, the ozone generator 140 passes the air in a discharge tube made of a double glass tube to generate ozone using a silent discharge in the glass gap, or to generate ozone in the form of electrolysis using an electrode of platinum or lead peroxide. Can be.

Here, ozone may be generated in various forms other than the above-described method, and the ozone generator 140 may be replaced with various ozone generators of a known type capable of generating ozone.

On the other hand, the ozone generator 140 may be installed in the portion of the housing body in which the air inlet 111 is located so as to sterilize the air sucked into the air inlet 111 directly.

The air purifier 100 may include a filter unit 120.

The filter unit 120 may be installed inside the purification main body 110 to filter the air sucked into the air suction port 111.

On the other hand, the filter unit 120 is at least one or more various known filters, such as a pre-treatment filter to filter foreign matter contained in the air to a particle size, a dust filter to remove by adsorption of electricity, a hepa filter to remove fine dust and viruses It may be configured in the form of overlapping.

In addition, the filter unit 120 includes an air inlet 111 and an air outlet of the purification main body 110 such that all air sucked into the air inlet 111 may be discharged to the air outlet 113 through the filter unit 120. It may be installed to partition between the 113.

The filter unit 120 may include an ozone filter unit 130.

The ozone filter unit 130 may dissipate ozone generated by the ozone generator 140.

Here, ozone is excellent in sterilizing power, but it is preferable to prevent the release of ozone because it is harmful to the human body and causes air pollution.

Meanwhile, the ozone filter unit 130 may include a photocatalyst filter 133.

The photocatalyst filter 133 may activate a photocatalyst by ultraviolet rays (UV) to extinguish volatile organic compounds, viruses, and ozone.

The photocatalyst filter 133 mixes the nanocrystalline metal oxide with the photocatalyst at a predetermined ratio to produce a nanocomposite material, and coats the nanocomposite material with a ceramic bead having a random size with a binder to fill the filter case. It can be configured as.

In this case, the nanocrystalline metal oxide may be any one or a mixture of two or more of titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, ceramic beads may be any one or a mixture of two or more of zeolite, activated carbon, ocher, illite, binder May be any one of silica sol, sodium silicate, potassium silicate, aluminum oxide, clay powder, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyethylene (PEO), or a mixture of two or more thereof.

The photocatalyst used in the photocatalyst filter 133 may include titanium dioxide.

On the other hand, the photocatalyst filter 133 may dissipate ozone by chemical action with ozone.

Chemical reaction that the photocatalyst filter 133 of the embodiment is extinguished by reacting with ozone is as follows.

(1) Titanium dioxide (TiO ₂ ) dissociates into electrons and holes by ultraviolet rays

(2) Ozone (O ₃ ) and electrons generated from titanium dioxide react to form ozone anion

(3) Ozone anions react with ozone to form O ₄ anions and oxygen molecules.

(4) Titanium dioxide generates holes generated by ultraviolet light by reacting with hydroxyl group.

(5) Ozone and hydroxyl radicals react to form O ₄ anions and hydrogen ions

(6) O ₄ anions produced in (3) and (4) react with ozone to produce two oxygen molecules and ozone anions.

(7) Hydrogen ions, O ₄ anions, and ozone anions generated in (5) and (6) react to form three oxygen molecules and convert to hydroxyl groups.

(8) Shows ozone decomposition chemistry of titanium dioxide as a whole.

As described above, the photocatalyst filter 133 of the embodiment may react with ozone to dissipate ozone, thereby preventing the outflow of ozone.

The air purifier 100 may include a sensor.

This sensor may provide various information for operating the air purifier 100.

Meanwhile, the sensor may include an operation detecting sensor (not shown).

The operation detection sensor may detect a mechanical or electrical operation of the air purifier 100 and provide the detected operation information to the controller 170.

For example, the operation information may be whether the blower 160 is operated, whether the UV lamp 131 is operated, whether electricity is supplied, or a hardware or software error.

The sensor may include an organic compound sensor (not shown).

The organic compound sensor may detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and provide organic compound information to the controller 170.

On the other hand, the volatile organic compound information detected by the organic compound sensor may be the concentration of the volatile organic compounds contained in the air.

In addition, the organic compound sensor may be installed at a portion where the air inlet 111 through which air is introduced from the purification main body 110 is installed or at any point spaced apart from the purification main body 110.

In addition, the sensor may include an ozone emission detection sensor 150.

The ozone emission detecting sensor 150 may detect ozone contained in the air and provide ozone information to the controller 170.

On the other hand, ozone information detected by the ozone emission detection sensor 150 may be the concentration of ozone contained in the air.

In addition, the ozone emission detecting sensor 150 may be installed at a portion in which the air outlet 113 through which the filtered air is discharged from the purification base 110 through the filter unit 120 is discharged.

The air purifier 100 may include an internet of things module 180.

The IOT module 180 may communicate with each other by receiving or transmitting various types of information determined by the controller 170.

On the other hand, IOT module 180 can communicate wirelessly or wired, in the case of wireless can communicate with each other by a communication method such as zigbee, HSDPA, wifi, wimax, bluetooth, wibro, UWB, IrDA, NFC, The communication may be performed in a form of being connected to each other or directly connected to each other through the Internet or a mobile communication network.

In addition, the IOT module 180 may include a separate auxiliary power source 181 other than the power supplied to the air purifier 100 to transmit a failure signal when the air purifier 100 is broken (FIG. 4). Reference).

In this case, the auxiliary power source 181 may be a primary battery or a secondary battery.

As shown in FIG. 4, the air purifier 100 may include a controller 170.

The controller 170 may control the air purifier 100.

The controller 170 may be installed in the air purifier 100 and control the air purifier 100 based on information detected or detected by a sensor.

For example, when the controller 170 detects an abnormality caused by the operation of the air purifier 100 in the operation sensor and transmits the operation information, the controller 170 controls the air purifier 100 or, when the operation is completely impossible, the operation is impossible. Can transmit information according to the IOT module 180.

When the concentration of the volatile organic compound measured by the organic compound sensor is greater than or equal to a predetermined concentration, the controller 170 increases the rotation speed of the blower 160 to increase the throughput of purifying the volatile organic compound and operates for a preset time. Even if the concentration of the volatile organic compound does not fall below a predetermined concentration, the organic compound information may be transmitted to the IOT module 180.

In addition, the controller 170 increases the output of the UV lamp 131 by increasing the output of the UV lamp 131 when the concentration of ozone measured by the ozone emission sensor 150 is greater than or equal to a preset concentration, and operates for a preset time. Even if the concentration of ozone does not fall below a predetermined concentration, the ozone detection information may be transmitted to the IOT module 180.

As shown in FIG. 1, the IoT-based ozone sterilizing air purification system according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a management server 200.

The management server 200 may receive the information of the plurality of air purifiers 100 and provide them to the manager, control each air purifier 100, or control all the air purifiers 100 as a whole.

On the other hand, the management server 200 receives the information of each air purifier 100, for example, whether the operation, operating time, UV lamp 131 using time, filter using time, etc.) through the IOT module 180, or separate It may be transmitted through the communication module, the management server 200 may provide this information to the administrator through the display.

The management server 200 may receive information from the air purifier 100 through a communication network such as mobile communication or the Internet, or may wirelessly communicate with each other directly except the communication network, and may also be connected to each other by wire. .

The operation and effects between the components described above will be described.

IoT-based ozone sterilizing air purification system based on the Internet of Things according to an embodiment of the present invention is arranged so that the plurality of air purifiers 100 are spaced apart from each other, each air purifier 100 is controlled by a controller 170 Automatic operation

In this case, the controller 170 controls the operation speed of the blower 160 according to the concentration of the volatile organic compound when the concentration of the volatile organic compound is greater than or equal to the preset concentration based on the information measured by the organic compound sensor. Air is filtered by 120, and when the concentration of the volatile organic compound is less than a predetermined concentration, the operation of the blower 160 can be automatically operated in the form of stopping.

In addition, when ozone is detected based on the information measured by the ozone emission sensor 150, the controller 170 operates the blower 160 and adjusts the output of the UV lamp 131 in proportion to the concentration of ozone. By adjusting the activity of the photocatalyst in the form can be automatically operated until ozone is not detected in the ozone emission sensor 150.

The controller 170 operates the blower 160 for a predetermined time, and when the concentration of the volatile organic compound is not reduced or ozone is detected, the pollution information, for example, organic compound information, ozone information, and the like, can be obtained from the IOT module. Through 180).

At this time, the contamination information may include failure information that is sent when operation is impossible.

Meanwhile, the transmitted pollution information is received through the IOT module 180 of the other air purifier 100 other than the air purifier 100 that has transmitted the pollution information, and the plurality of air purifiers 100 are based on the received pollution information. Among them, the air purifier 100 located around the air purifier 100 that has transmitted the pollution information prioritizes the received pollution information to purify the air.

For example, when any one air purifier 100 transmits the pollution information, the air purifier 100 is located in the vicinity of the air purifier 100 which has transmitted the pollution information among the air purifiers 100 that have received the pollution information. The controller 170 may be operated to increase the purification processing capacity according to the received pollution information by prioritizing the pollution information over the state currently being controlled.

At this time, the air purifier 100 located in the vicinity of the air purifier 100 that has transmitted the pollution information increases the speed of the blower 160 when receiving the organic compound information, and when receiving the ozone information. In order to increase the output of the UV lamp 131 it is possible to improve the purification treatment capacity.

Here, the air purifier 100 located in the adjacent periphery may be one air purifier 100 or a plurality of air purifiers 100 around the periphery depending on the positions of the air purifiers 100.

In addition, the selection of the air purifier 100 located in the vicinity of the air purifier 100 that has transmitted the pollution information is based on the triangulation method of each air purifier 100 based on the air purifier 100 which has transmitted the pollution information. Selection may be made by measuring the strength of a received signal or selecting the received signal, or may be selected based on information stored in advance by storing distance information or relative position information of an adjacent air purifier 100.

In addition, when the air purifier 100 located in the vicinity of the air purifier 100 that has transmitted the pollution information has been eliminated the pollution, the controller 170 of each air purifier 100 controls before receiving the pollution information again. Control by state.

Therefore, the air purification system using the Internet of Things according to an embodiment of the present invention can be improved by the operation of the plurality of air purifiers 100 by interoperating with each other by the IOT module 180 to communicate with each other, thereby improving the air purification treatment capacity. have.

In addition, each air purifier 100 can not only sterilize air by ozone, but also extinguish the ozone by the ozone filter unit 130 before the generated ozone is discharged to the outside of the air purifier 100. It can solve the environmental pollution and the harmfulness of the body.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is easily changed and equivalent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Includes all changes and modifications to the scope of the matter.

[Description of the code]

100: air purifier 110: purifying body

111: air inlet 113: air outlet

120: filter unit 130: ozone filter unit

131: photocatalyst filter 133: UV lamp

140: ozone generator 150: ozone emission sensor

160: blower 170: controller

180: IOT module 181: auxiliary power

200: management server

Claims

In the IoT-based air purification system comprising a plurality of air purifiers spaced apart from each other,

The air purifier is a purifying base body including an air inlet and an air outlet,

Ozone generator to generate and sterilize ozone in the air sucked into the air intake,

An ozone filter unit installed inside the purification main body to extinguish all ozone generated in the ozone generator before being discharged to the air outlet;

It includes an ozone emission detection sensor for detecting the presence of ozone in the air discharged to the air outlet, and the IOT module for transmitting and receiving the ozone detection information detected by the ozone emission detection sensor between the plurality of air purifiers,

When the IOT module receives the ozone detection information, it purifies the air by increasing the purification throughput of the air cleaner located in the vicinity of the air cleaner that sent the ozone detection information,

The ozone filter unit includes a photocatalyst filter for extinguishing ozone by a photocatalyst, and a UV lamp for irradiating ultraviolet rays to activate the photocatalyst of the photocatalyst filter,

The photocatalyst includes titanium dioxide which reacts with the ozone to dissipate the ozone,

Increasing the purification amount includes increasing the output of the UV lamp,

The IOT module includes an auxiliary power source so as to operate individually when the air purifier is broken.

The air purifier further includes an organic compound sensor for detecting volatile organic compounds contained in air, wherein the IOT module transmits and receives organic compound information detected by the organic compound sensor, and transmits the organic compound information in the IOT module. If received, the Internet based ozone sterilizing air purification system, characterized in that to purify the air by increasing the amount of purification of the air purifier located in the vicinity of the air purifier that sent the information of the organic compound.
The method of claim 1,

The increase in the purification amount is

Internet-based ozone sterilization air purification system comprising increasing the speed of the blower to circulate the air in the purifying body.
The method of claim 1,

Internet-based ozone sterilization air purification system, characterized in that it comprises a management server that receives the operation information of the air purifier sent through each of the IOT module of the plurality of air purifier and provides to the administrator.