A filter unit for an extractor hood includes a housing and an electric contact element arranged on a wall of the housing such as to be accessible from outside. Accommodated in the housing are an ionization unit and a separation unit which is mounted in the housing downstream of the ionization unit in a direction of flow.

Presented is an air cleaning system, comprising: an electrostatic precipitation air filter comprising a collector electrode, a repeller electrode and a corona wire; a detection system for detecting particles; characterized in that: the detection system is configured to determine a status of the electrostatic precipitation filter from an amount of particles present on the collector electrode. Further presented are methods for determining a status of an electrostatic precipitation air filter and methods for determining a particle size distribution in air.

An air cleaner includes a rear filter receiving air from the outer environment, an ionizer grid connected to a high voltage power supply and having wires extending between opposite sides of a frame such to emit positively charged ions and apply an electrostatic charge on the air received from the rear filter; a collector grid connected to ground and having wires extending between opposite sides of a frame, the combination of the ionizer and collector grids causing the air to move toward the collector grid; a front filter collecting contaminants suspended in the air received from the collector grid; and an apparatus frame housing the rear filter, the ionizer and collector grids, and the front filter, wherein the frames of the ionizer and collector grids are suspended within the apparatus frame with isolating members made of a non-arc tracking material, such to minimize coronal discharge and reduce audible noise.

The invention concerns a method to roast coffee beans in a roasting system, said system comprising: a roasting apparatus (1), and a smoke treating unit (2) configured to treat the smoke produced by the roasting apparatus, said smoke treating unit comprising at least an electrostatic precipitator (222), said electrostatic precipitator comprising at least one cell, said cell comprising ionization wires, collecting electrodes and repelling electrodes and said ionization wires being supplied with an electrical power in order to apply a high voltage V to the ionization wires, wherein, during each roasting operation implemented in the roasting apparatus, the method comprises the steps of: monitoring the voltage V at the ionization wires and/or the electrodes along the time of the roasting operation, if the monitored voltage becomes inferior to a pre-determined voltage threshold V0 during a period of time of the roasting operation, and if said period of time, where the monitored voltage V is inferior to said lower voltage threshold V0 is superior to a pre-determined time threshold t, then displaying a cleaning alarm.

The invention concerns a method to roast coffee beans in a roasting system (10), said system comprising: a roasting apparatus (2), and a smoke treating unit (3) configured to treat the smoke produced by the roasting apparatus, said smoke treating unit comprising at least an electrostatic precipitator (222), wherein, during each roasting operation implemented in the roasting apparatus, the method comprises the steps of: monitoring the voltage at the ionization wires and/or to the voltage at the electrodes along the time of the roasting operation, comparing the monitored voltage to a pre-determined upper voltage threshold V1 and to one pre-determined lower voltage threshold V2, and if, during a period of time t of the roasting operation, the monitored voltage is inferior to said pre-determined upper voltage threshold V1 while being superior to said pre-determined lower voltage threshold V2, then displaying a cleaning status requirement.

A filter media of purifying air by collecting floating particles in the air can achieve high dust collecting efficiency, low pressure loss, and a long life cycle. In an air cleaner, a filter media included in an air cleaning filter and cleaning air is constituted with a resin fiber of a mean fiber diameter of 3.6 m to 16.5 m, and a ratio of weight per unit area to the mean fiber diameter of the filter media is from 1010.sup.6 g/m.sup.3 to 2010.sup.6 g/m.sup.3.

An indoor unit for an air conditioner including: a cabinet assembly forming an external appearance of the indoor unit and having a suction port formed in a rear surface of the cabinet; a filter module movably disposed in rear of the cabinet assembly; a filter module mounted to the filter mounting member and filtering foreign substances in air flowing into the suction port; a mobile member connected to the filter mounting member and moving a position of the filter mounting member; a driving device pressing the mobile member to change the position of the filter mounting member; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a control command to change the position of the filter mounting member, operate the driving device that presses the mobile member.

A braking system for safely collecting brake dust produced by operation of a braking mechanism. The braking system comprises a collector apparatus coupled with a braking mechanism. The collector apparatus is able to include a shroud that surrounds the braking mechanism and a catch element coupled with the shroud for collecting brake dust exiting the shroud. As a result, when coupled with the braking mechanism, the collector apparatus is able to ensure that most or all brake dust, such as copper or other particles from the braking mechanism that break off from the breaking mechanism during operation of the braking mechanism, are removed from the braking mechanism and collected by the filter/catch of the collector mechanism.

Provided is an electrostatic dust collecting apparatus including a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode along a first direction, at least one support member configured to maintain an interval between the first electrode and the second electrode spaced apart from each other, and a support bar formed to extend along the first direction. The at least one support member each include at least one electrode insertion groove formed to allow at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode to be inserted thereinto and a coupling hole extending along the first direction and formed to allow the support bar to be coupled thereto.

An electric dust collecting device is provided. The electric dust collecting device according to an embodiment includes a mixing part into which outside air flows, an electrostatic sprayer configured to spray droplet charged to the mixing part to be combined with contaminants contained in outside air, a dust collecting part configured to form an electric field and adsorb droplet combined with contaminants, and a draining part combined with the dust collection part to discharge the droplet adsorbed in the dust collecting part.