An air-processing apparatus is provided that may include a case having an outlet formed therein, at least one louver rotatably disposed in the case to adjust a direction of air flowing through the outlet, and an output device including a lamp, a printed circuit board on which the lamp is mounted, and a transparent panel configured to allow light emitted from the lamp to pass therethrough. The at least one louver may include a plurality of vanes spaced apart from each other in a radial direction about a louver rotational shaft. The transparent panel may be disposed in at least one of the plurality of vanes.

An air-conditioning system is provided that may include a first air-processing apparatus, which includes a first inlet formed in a first surface thereof that extends perpendicular to a floor or a ceiling and a first outlet formed in a second surface thereof perpendicular to the first inlet and induces air introduced into the first inlet to exchange heat with refrigerant and to be discharged through the first outlet, and a second air-processing apparatus, which includes a second outlet formed therein so as to be open in a same direction as the first outlet and a second inlet formed therein so as to be open in a same direction as the first inlet. The air-conditioning system may be driven in a combined operation mode in which the first and second air-processing apparatuses operate simultaneously or an independent operation mode in which one of the first air-processing apparatus or the second air-processing apparatus operates.

A hydro-enhanced air cleaner is provided as a stand-alone unit or as a component of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning system for a building which cleans and purifies ambient air and is also capable of producing potable water in humid environments. The device includes a dehumidifier which extracts polluted humid air and produces condensate including water and pollutants which adhere to the water. A degasser is connected with the dehumidifier to purify and degas the condensate to produce deionized water and pollutants. A humidifier is connected with the degasser to vaporize at least a portion of the deionized water for delivery to a living space. Excess deionized water may be collected as a potable water supply. In accordance with a method, the apparatus is used to continuously recycle air within a building further continuously clean the air.

An indoor pollution prevention system includes a plurality of gas detection modules, one or more intelligent control-driving processing devices, one or more gas-exchange processing devices, one or more intake passages, and one or more discharge passages. The intake passage is connected to the gas-exchange processing device and has an intake opening for guiding the outdoor gas into an indoor space. The discharge passage is connected to the gas-exchange processing device and has a discharge opening for discharging the air pollution source to the outdoor space. The intelligent control-driving processing device controls the gas-exchange processing device to be enabled under a surveillance condition of the gas detection module, so that the air pollution source passes through the discharge passage, filtered and purified by a cleaning and filtration assembly, and is discharged to the outdoor space, thereby allowing the indoor space to have a clean air.

A fastening module for connecting a filter system to an arched connecting surface with openings for a fluid has a connecting housing connectable in fluid communication to the filter system. Rigid individual channel pieces are arranged in the connecting housing and channels extend in the channel pieces. The channels correspond with the openings in the arched connecting surface. The channel pieces have connecting flanges to be connected to the openings in the arched connecting surface. The channel pieces are connected by flexible connecting regions with each other; with the connecting housing; or with each other and with the connecting housing. The fastening module is connected in fluid communication to the inlet region or outlet region of the filter system. A filter module for the filter system has substantially free intake across its cross section and enables an intake manifold-type distribution of a volume flow passing through the filter element.

An air purification system for installation over a vent. The air purification system includes a housing including a rear-section having a filter-compartment; and a front-section having a set of horizontal-slats (louvers). Further, the air purification system includes a filter-receptacle removably received within the filter-compartment and configured to removably house a filter-means such as a HEPA filter. The filter-receptacle can be lowered from the housing so that a user may change or clean the filter-means, and then raised back into the housing for use. The air purification system is useful for filtering particles such as pet hair, pollen, mold, viruses, bacteria, etc. from air vented through the vent, therefore purifying air in a building.

Air purification devices include an air inlet and outlet, upstream and downstream sections in air flow communication with the air inlet and outlet and a filter removably positioned between the upstream and downstream sections to filter at least pathogens from air being passed through the filter. One or more ultraviolet (UV) illuminating sources may be positioned in at least the upstream section proximate the filter to illuminate at least an upstream surface of the filter with sufficient UV radiation to kill viable pathogens that accumulate on the filter. One or more ozone generating sources may be positioned to generate ozone in sufficient concentrations to kill viable pathogens proximate the device. The UV illuminating sources and ozone generating sources may be positioned to provide a predetermined pressure drop across the sources and air flow pattern proximate the filter, and enable the filter to be removed without handling the sources.

Air diffusion terminal apparatus (1) for wall or ceiling (33), fluidly connectable to an air ventilation system (3), comprising: a frame (4) comprising a framework (8,9) and a through-hole (35), the framework (8,9) being configured to be installed and housed in a cavity of the wall/ceiling (33); a cartridge (5) configured to be insertable in the frame (4) according to a first direction (F) parallel to a longitudinal axis (L) of the through-hole (35) so to fill the through-hole (35) of the frame (4); said cartridge (5) comprising a plurality of housings (6) for receiving respective modules (7), said modules (7) comprising at least an air diffusion module in turn comprising deflecting blades (7A,7B,7C) or a plate (7D) provided with holes (7E) or nozzles (7F).

A method of monitoring indoor environments for aerosolized pathogens includes: (a) receiving a pathogen status for each of a plurality of aerosol samples collected by a plurality of corresponding air treatment devices; (b) determining whether the pathogen status for each aerosol sample changes a safety status of a corresponding indoor environment from which the aerosol sample was collected; and (c) in response to determining a change in the safety status, generating a notification associated with the change in the safety status for the corresponding indoor environment.

The present invention provides an air filtering system for use in a building and an HVAC system, wherein the air filtering system includes: an outside-air inlet; a first filtering stage at the downstream of the outside-air inlet; a second filtering stage at the downstream of the first filtering stage; a collection module for collecting outside-air quality information; and a control module in communication with the collection module, wherein the control module adjusts an operation state of the first filtering stage and/or the second filtering stage based on the air quality information collected by the collection module. The system of the present invention has the advantages of energy saving, low maintenance cost, etc.