摘要 |
A FLUID PURIFICATION DEVICE IS PROVIDED, WHICH COMPRISES A CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET, A FLUID MOVER, SUCH AS A FAN, WHICH CAUSES FLUID TO PASS THROUGH THE CHAMBER FROM THE INLET TOWARDS THE OUTLET AND FOUR ELONGATE UV-C LIGHT SOURCES IN AN ARRANGEMENT SUCH THAT FLUID PASSES ALONG THEIR LENGTH AND SUCH THAT EACH LIGHT SOURCE FORMS AN ELONGATE EDGE OF A SQUARE PRISM. THE VOLUME OF THE CHAMBER AND THE SPEED OF FLUID MOVEMENT AS CAUSED BY THE FLUID MOVER ARE SUCH THAT THE FLUID HAS A RESIDENCE TIME IN THE CHAMBER OF GREATER THAN 1.0 SECONDS. THE DEVICE MAY IN PARTICULAR BE USED TO PURIFY AIR.
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