摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for the decontamination of air, the apparatus comprising a housing having an air inlet 4 and an air outlet 6 with an air passage 2 therebeween, means 20 for directing a stream of air through the housing, the housing containing a non-thermal plasma cell 30, an ultraviolet emitting device 40 and an ozone depletion catalyst 42, the non-thermal plasma comprising an anode 32, a dielectric 32 and a cathode 33, the cathode being in the form of a meshed enclosure which surrounds the ultraviolet emitting device and ozone depletion catalyst to form a reaction chamber and Faraday cage. The non-thermal plasma cell may also be provided as a columnar cell for forming an array of cells and the dielectric may comprise water droplets.</p> |