An air aircraft air circulation system including a duct adapter system for mounting an ion generator unit upon the exterior surface of a conduit of an air circulation system to dispose electrodes projecting from the housing of the ion generator into the interior of the conduit, and preferably having material clearance between the electrodes and the housing, between the electrodes the duct adaptor, and between the electrodes and the conduit.

An air ionizer is integrated into aircraft executive and VIP suites. The integrated air ionizers provide personalized fresh air and ionization to the passenger's comfort. Air ionizers integrated in aircraft suites is effective, provides increased ion concentration, and reduces malodor, improve cabin air quality, and increase confidence to fly. The air ionizer provides IFE controlled ionization level.

An environmental control system (ECS) includes an air conditioning pack that receives outside air; a regenerative treatment subsystem, wherein the treatment subsystem includes a treatment bed configured to cycle between an adsorption phase and a desorption phase; and a fan that receives recirculated air from the environment and moves the recirculated air to a mixing manifold.

A cleaning mechanism for a smart air ionizer is provided. The cleaning mechanism includes an electrode configured with a plurality of carbon bristles exposed to an airflow and configured to ionize air in the airflow via the plurality of carbon bristles, a vibration mechanism, and a controller circuit coupled to the vibration mechanism, the controller circuit including a controller configured to operate the vibration mechanism to clean the plurality of carbon bristles.

An environmental control system (ECS) includes an air conditioning pack that receives outside air; a regenerative treatment subsystem, wherein the treatment subsystem includes a treatment bed configured to cycle between an adsorption phase and a desorption phase; and a fan that receives recirculated air from the environment and moves the recirculated air to a mixing manifold.

An ionization air purification system for the passenger cabin of vehicles, which modifies the degree of ionization by modifying the energy levels applied to an air ionization device having a tubular dielectric member or a planar dielectric member or ionization source proportional to the change in air flow dynamics and air quality. In one embodiment, an ionization air purification system for the passenger cabin of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes an ionization device for purifying the air prior to entering into the passenger cabin of the vehicle while minimizing the production of ozone as a by-product; and means for modifying the degree of ionization by modifying the energy levels applied to the ionization tube or ionization source proportional to the change in air flow dynamics or air quality.

A passenger service unit including an ion emitter is disclosed herein. The passenger service unit includes an air outlet assembly, a control unit electronically coupled to the air distribution box, an air gasper assembly coupled to the air distribution box, and an ion emitter coupled to the air gasper assembly and electronically coupled to the control unit, wherein the ion emitter is configured to be controlled by the control unit.

An electrode module for use in an air ionizer system is disclosed herein. The electrode module includes a first printed circuit board extending in a first direction from a first edge to a second edge, a first positive high voltage track formed on the first printed circuit board, the first positive high voltage track extending in the first direction, a first negative high voltage track formed on the first printed circuit board, the first negative high voltage track being spaced apart from the first positive high voltage track by a first distance in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first ion sense trace formed on the first printed circuit board, a first ion probe attached to the first printed circuit board and the first ion sense trace, and a first connector coupled to the first positive high voltage track and configured to receive a first ion emitter.

An apparatus for preparing a ventilation gas mixture, the apparatus comprising: a first gas feed configured to receive carbon dioxide via a first gas valve; a second gas feed configured to receive oxygen via a second gas valve; a gas mixing device configured to receive the carbon dioxide and the oxygen from the first and second gas feeds and combine the carbon dioxide with the oxygen in the gas mixing device to form a ventilation gas mixture; wherein the first and second gas valves are adjustable between an open position and a closed position in order to adjust the relative amounts of carbon dioxide and oxygen forming the ventilation gas mixture; and wherein the first and a second gas valves are arranged to be adjusted based on a G-force that is imparted on the apparatus.

An aircraft galley is disclosed herein. The aircraft galley includes an air duct including an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet extending into the aircraft galley, an ion emitter coupled to the air outlet, and a control unit electronically coupled to the ion emitter, the control unit configured to control an ion output of the ion emitter.