ELECTRO-KINETIC AIR TRANSPORTER-CONDITIONER

摘要

An electro-kinetic electro-static air conditioner (100) includes a self-contained ion generator that provides electro-kinetically moved air with ions and safe amounts of ozone. The ion generator includes a high voltage pulse generator whose output pulses are coupled between first and second electrode arrays (230 and 240). Preferably the first array (230) comprises one or more wire electrodes (232) spaced staggeringly apart from a second array (240) comprising hollow "U"-shaped electrodes (242). Preferably a ratio between effective area of an electrode in the second array (240) compared to effective area of an electrode in the first array (230) exceeds about 15:1 and preferably about 20:1. An electric field produced by the high voltage pulses between the arrays produces an electrostatic flow of ionized air containing safe amounts of ozone. A bias electrode, electrically coupled to the second array electrodes (242), affects net polarity of ions generated. The outflow of ionized air and ozone is thus conditioned. Output airflow may be sampled for ozone and/or ion content, and/or the local environment may be sampled for parameters such as temperature and humidity. Such sampling could then be fedback to the invention and used to regulate desired output airflow characteristics.