A method and a ventilation system includes ventilation ducts, a control system and at least one spray nozzle. The at least one spray nozzle is configured to spray a liquid mist onto at least one portion of an inner surface of the ventilation system. The liquid mist contains a culture of microorganisms adapted for biologically treating fat, oil and grease present on at least one portion of the inner surface of the ventilation system, thereby providing for partial biodegradation of the fat, oil and grease present on the at least one portion of the inner surfaces of the ventilation system.

A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.

A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.

A commercial cooking equipment exhaust hood system includes a hood structure including an inlet opening to an exhaust flow path through the hood. A filter unit is positioned along the exhaust flow path. An electrostatic precipitator unit is downstream of the filter unit. The electrostatic precipitator includes an ionizing section upstream of a collecting section. The ionizing section includes a plurality of ionizing flow paths having side profile patterns that vary in width between at least one wide section and at least one narrow section. The collecting section includes a plurality of collecting flow paths with side profile patterns of substantially uniform width and a repeating undulating side profile pattern. A UV light source may also be provided within the hood, with a controller operatively connected to control the UV light source via a dimmer to enable selective production various UV levels.

An exhaust hood may have an exhaust inlet; a shroud having a lower edge and being movable, the shroud being configured to define an enclosed space over and adjacent a cooking surface, the enclosed space being in communication with the exhaust inlet. The shroud is movable to a first position providing clearance between the cooking surface and the shroud lower edge and a second position providing substantially less than the clearance provided by the first position. A vertical jet at the lower edge is aimed upwardly and along an inside of the shroud when the shroud is in the second position and the vertical jet is in the enclosed space. A horizontal jet is provided at a top of the shroud and aimed along an inside of the shroud when the shroud is in the second position and the vertical jet being in the enclosed space.

An exhaust hood cleaning system for commercial kitchen installations, having a wash control cabinet connected to one or more exhaust hoods over cooking appliance ranges, where each exhaust hood includes a spraying array subsystem within the exhaust hood and a fogging subsystem within the connected flue for the exhaust hood. The exhaust hood cleaning system is electronically controlled, receiving input instructions from any one or combination of an operator interface, fire suppression systems of the building in which the system is installed, and environmental control systems of the building in which the system is installed.

A discharge device connected to an exhaust tube for discharging out fumes of a cooking chamber comprises a water reservoir, a cooling container, and a gasket. A water reservoir is provided with a water supply plug on an upper side of a body in which a space is formed to receive water. A cooling container has a body with an open upper part through which accommodates the water reservoir and a space to receive water in the lower part. An inlet pipe is formed at one side of the cooling container, and it is connected to the exhaust tube through which the fumes flows. A gasket is formed at an upper opening of the sidewalls of the cooling container for sealing a gap with the water reservoir. A number of partition walls are installed in vertical direction at the bottom of the cooling container. The fumes entering the inlet pipe are reduced in multiple stages, firstly cooled by the water reservoir while moving through a multitude of gaps and adhering to the surface, and secondly cooled and precipitated by the water in the cooling container.

A self-cleaning particulate separator unit (10) for use in a ventilation system is provided. The unit is configured to receive a flow of exhaust air containing pollutants, and the particulate separator unit (10) comprises at least one conduit (11) with an outer surface. The conduit (11) is configured to receive a refrigerant. The conduit is configured to have a first temperature and a second temperature. When the conduit has the first temperature condensation and a particle layer of pollutants is formed on the outer surface of the conduit (11), and when the conduit has the second temperature the condensation and the particle layer freezes and subsequently cracks such that the particle layer is detached from the conduit (11). Thus, self-cleaning is obtained.

A containment apparatus, kit and method for containing liquid waste when cleaning a kitchen ventilation system wherein the containment apparatus includes a funnel that is removably attachable to an attachment device on a kitchen ventilation hood.

A range hood having an internal circulation filter for cooking fumes comprises a back cover (1). A suction block (2) is provided inside the back cover (1), and a blower (3) provided inside the suction block (2) is used to achieve adsorption of cooking fumes. The back cover (1) is further provided with a filtration device (4) in communication with an air outlet of the blower (3), and used to filter the cooking fumes. An internal circulation block (5) is connected and sealed to an air outlet end of the filtration device (4), so as to achieve internal circulation of filtered gasses. The range hood having an internal circulation filter for cooking fumes features a simple structure, and extends the service life of a range hood. The invention effectively absorbs excess heat in a kitchen, thereby lowering the internal ambient temperature of the kitchen.