The invention relates to a method for the selective purification of aerosols. The invention consists in electrostatically collecting all of the particles present in an aerosol, but with separation of the mechanisms on one hand for charging particles by unipolar ion diffusion in order to charge and then collect the finest particles, and on the other hand for charging particles by means of Corona discharge in order to charge and then collect the largest particles on a substrate different from the substrate for collecting the finest particles.

The present invention includes a device, a system, and a method for enhancing a particle separation efficiency, including a particle charging device adapted to impart predominately unipolar charging on a plurality of particles in a fluid stream, e.g. a gas stream; wherein the particle charging device is positioned upstream from and adapted to provide the plurality of particles charged by the particle charging device to a particle deflection device capable of separating the particles charged by the particle charging device from a core fluid flow that is substantially free of dust particles.

The disclosure provides an air disinfection and filtration apparatus for the removal of particles and disinfection of a flow of air using plasma. The apparatus comprises an electrode section with coaxial electrodes that form an annular cavity between the coaxial electrodes. Further, the apparatus comprises an ionic thruster assembly connected to the annular cavity of the electrode section. The ionic thruster assembly includes a top inlet and is configured to receive an airflow, charge the particles within the airflow, and transmit the airflow with the charged particles into the annular cavity of the electrode section. Further, the electrode section is configured to attract the charged particles towards an outer electrode of the coaxial electrodes. The apparatus further comprises a swirl generation unit, a catalytic bed, a particle collector, a collector adaptor, and a dome-shaped closure member.

ESP particle collector (1) for collecting particles in a particle containing gas stream, comprising an inlet section (4), a collector section (6), and an electrode arrangement (8), the inlet section comprising a flow tube (10) defining a gas flow channel (12) therein bounded by a guide wall (24) extending between an entry end (14) and a collector end (16) that serves as an inlet to the collector section (6), the entry end comprising an inlet (28) for the particle gas stream and a sheath flow inlet portion (26) for generating a sheath flow around the particle gas stream, the collector section comprising a housing (18) coupled to the flow tube, and a collector plate (20) mounted therein having a particle collection surface (23). The ESP particle collector is configured to allow optical analysis of the collector plate particle collection surface to measure particles collected thereon. The electrode arrangement comprises at least a base electrode (8a) positioned below the collection surface and a counter-base electrode (8b) positioned at a separation distance L2 above the collection surface such that an electrical field is generated between the electrodes configured to precipitate said particles on the collection surface, wherein the electric field is in a range of 0.1 kV per mm to 1.5 kV per mm, with an absolute voltage on any said electrode that is less than 10 kV, and wherein a ratio ratio I of a radius LI of said inlet at the collector end divided by said separation distance L2 is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2.

A purifying device, including: an air guiding part provided with an air passage, a negative ion generator, and an air guiding cover. The negative ion generator includes an emitting head, and the emitting head is arranged to face the air passage. The air guiding part is provided with a first position limiting structure disposed on an inner wall of the air passage, and the first position limiting structure is provided with a position limiting groove configured to receive the emitting head. The air guiding cover is arranged on a top of the inner wall of the air passage and configured to press and cover the position limiting groove, and the inner wall of the air passage is configured to support the air guiding cover.

In unipolar charging, a discharge current value at which charging efficiency is best and a discharge current dependency of multivalent charging differ depending on the particle size of the particles that are the object of charging. Therefore, for each particle size, a discharge voltage at which univalent charging efficiency is best and a discharge voltage at which the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal when particles of a different size are regarded as noise is best are obtained through experiment and stored in a storage unit (21). When scanning a classification voltage that is applied to a classification unit (32) of a DMA (3) to measure particle size distribution, a system controlling unit (2) acquires an optimal voltage corresponding to a particle size from the storage unit (21), and in conjunction with scanning of the classification voltage, controls a discharge power source (11) via a discharge voltage controlling unit (10) so that the discharge voltage is scanned in accordance with changes in particle size. It is thereby possible, for example, to reduce the amount of multivalent charged particles of different particle sizes that are mixed in with particles with a predetermined particle size that are extracted by classification, and to accurately determine the particle size distribution.

An inlet particle separator system for an engine includes an inner flowpath section, an outer flowpath section, a splitter, a first electrostatic discharge device, and a second electrostatic discharge device. The outer flowpath section surrounds at least a portion of the inner flowpath section and is spaced apart therefrom to define a passageway having an air inlet. The splitter is disposed downstream of the air inlet and extends into the passageway to divide the passageway into a scavenge flow path and an engine flow path. The first electrostatic charge device is disposed between the air inlet and the splitter and is electrostatically charged to a first polarity. The second electrostatic charge device is disposed downstream of the first electrostatic charge device and is electrostatically charged to a second polarity that is opposite to the first polarity.