Apparatus for decontaminating ambient air in an indoor environment is disclosed. The indoor environment may be any partially or fully enclosed space designed for human occupancy such as a room within a building or structure or an interior of a vehicle. The apparatus comprises an inlet configured to receive contaminated ambient air from the indoor environment, an outlet configured to supply decontaminated air to the indoor environment, and one or more decontamination modules connected between the inlet and the outlet, each of said one or more decontamination modules being configured to remove contaminants from air passing through said decontamination module. In some embodiments the apparatus comprises an air recirculation mechanism for recirculating air back through the one or more decontamination modules, and a controller configured to control the air recirculation mechanism to recirculate a volume of air within the apparatus such that said air passes through the one or more decontamination modules a plurality of times, and to subsequently release said air into the indoor environment via the outlet as the decontaminated air. By recirculating air within the apparatus in this way, the overall effectiveness of the decontamination process can be increased.


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    Title :

    APPARATUS FOR DECONTAMINATING AMBIENT AIR IN AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT


    Contributors:
    CHOI PETER (author)

    Publication date :

    2023-11-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    A61L Verfahren oder Vorrichtungen zum Sterilisieren von Stoffen oder Gegenständen allgemein , METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL / B60H ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES , Anordnung oder Einbau der Heizung, Kühlung, Lüftung oder anderer Luftbehandlungsvorrichtungen für die Fahrzeugräume für Reisende oder Fracht



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