Indoor and outdoor nano air purifier and system comprising said purifier

Abstract

Indoor and outdoor air purifier including:a fan for suctioning air and conveying it intoan air treatment duct suitable to disintegrate the toxic and pollutant components present in the air and then reintroducing the air, purified by now, into the external environment through one of the grids; within the duct, at least the following being installed: ? filters in any alveolar ceramic alloy treated with a titanium dioxide TiO.sub.2 nano-coating suitable to disintegrate the pollutant substances by a photocatalytic process activated thanks to ? LED lights, each of which installed in proximity to a corresponding filter, suitable to start the pollutant molecules disintegration photocatalytic process, reintroducing only the harmless substances into the atmosphere.

Claims

1. An indoor and outdoor air purification system, comprising: at least one indoor and outdoor purifier, suitable to suction air of any environment, purify the air of pollutant substances, bacteria or odours, the air purifier comprising an air treatment duct (6) having an interior surface which is a closed arcuate interior surface and an exterior surface which is a closed arcuate exterior surface, the interior surface defining an air treatment path with a suction inlet and a discharge outlet, an air suctioning axial fan (7), suitable to suction air from an external environment, to convey the air into the suction inlet of the air treatment duct (6) to disintegrate the toxic and pollutant components present in the air and then reintroducing the air, purified now, via the discharge outlet into the external environment, a plurality of LED lights (9) located within an interior of the air treatment duct (6), each of the plurality of LED lights (9) having a closed arcuate perimeter, at least a plurality of filters (8) installed in said treatment duct (6) such that external air conveyed in the air treatment duct (6) flows through the at least the plurality of filters (8), each of the plurality of filters (8) having a closed arcuate perimeter, each of the plurality of filters (8) being coupled to one of the plurality of LED lights (9), each of the plurality of filters (8) being made of any alveolar ceramic alloy treated with a titanium dioxide TiO.sub.2 nano-coating suitable to disintegrate the pollutant substances by a photocatalytic process activated by the plurality of LED lights (9), wherein each of the plurality of LED lights (9) is installed in proximity to and coupled to at least corresponding one of the plurality of filters (8) with the closed arcuate perimeter of each of the plurality of LED lights (9) being located above the closed arcuate perimeter of the corresponding one of the plurality of filters (8) such that each of the plurality of LED lights (9) suitably activates the corresponding one of the plurality of filters (8) to start the pollutant molecules disintegration photocatalytic process, reintroducing only the harmless substances into the external environment; at least one sensor installed at said at least one purifier, said sensor being suitable to detect a volume of purified air in a given time interval; a dedicated server suitable to receive data of the detected volume of purified air from said sensor and store said data in a special memory; and at least one manager user of the system suitable to access, by means of pre-set credentials, the data of the detected volume of purified air stored in said special memory by means of any electronic device connected to the internet or to a local network connected to said dedicated server.

2. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, wherein the indoor and outdoor purifier further comprises: a guard (1) suitable to surround and protect all components of said purifier; said guard (1) being openable or removable to allow access and replacement of the components kept therein; a pair of grids (2-2) including an upper grid (2) and a lower grid (2) with respect to said guard (1) suitable to allow the inflow of air to be treated and the outflow of the purified air from inside said purifier; a base (4) suitable to stabilise said purifier on the ground; an upper lid (3) suitable to protect the internal of said purifier against external agents and against the fall of objects into said purifier; a system of internal supports (5) suitable to be engaged with all the internal and external components of said purifier to maintain the stability and the correct position.

3. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, wherein each surface of the indoor and outdoor air purifier, except for surfaces of said filters (8), is painted with a nano-coating suitable to preserve said surfaces against oxidation, corrosion, chemical attacks and acts of vandalism.

4. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, wherein the indoor and outdoor air purifier further comprises a remote-settable timer suitable to actuate and block said fan (7) at pre-established times.

5. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 2, wherein said guard (1) is transparent or translucent.

6. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 2, further comprising, at the external surface of said guard (1), at least one LED light suitable to light the surrounding space when said purifier is active.

7. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, wherein the LED lights (9) are switchable to provide light from the interior of the air treatment duct (6) to the external environment so that the air purifier operates as a lamp, and the air purifier is externally covered by a plurality of strips (10-10-10), such that when the LED lights (9) are switched to provide the light from the interior of the air treatment duct (6) to the external environment, the strips modulate and filter the light coming from said LED lights (9) to the external environment so that the air purifier operates as the lamp.

8. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, wherein the air purifier is capable of reducing at least the following toxic substances: inorganic compounds; chlorinated organic compounds; organic compounds; pesticides; bacteria; virus; transforming the toxic substances, through said photocatalysis process, into limestone, sodium nitrates and nitrites, calcium nitrates and nitrites, sodium carbonate and salts.

9. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, wherein the system comprises a plurality of the purifiers.

10. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one timer, installed in each purifier, suitable to be remote-set to manage the operating and stop cycles of each purifier comprised in said system.

11. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 1, wherein installed at each filter (8) of each purifier is a sensor suitable to detect the amount of toxic and/or pollutant substances withheld in said filter (8), said sensor being suitable to send the detected data to said dedicated server to allow the manager user to know the residual efficiency of each filter (8) of each purifier and, thus, schedule maintenance thereof.

12. The indoor and outdoor air purification system of claim 8, wherein the indoor and outdoor air purifier is capable of reducing NOX; SOX; CO; NH.sub.3; CH.sub.3S; and H.sub.2S.

13. The indoor and outdoor air purification system of claim 8, wherein the indoor and outdoor air purifier is capable of reducing CH.sub.2Cl.sub.2; CHCl.sub.3; CCl.sub.4; 1,1-C.sub.2H.sub.4Cl.sub.2; 1,2-C.sub.2H.sub.4Cl.sub.2; 1,1,1-C.sub.2H.sub.3Cl.sub.3; 1,1,2-C.sub.2H.sub.3Cl.sub.3; 1,1,1,2-C.sub.2H.sub.2Cl.sub.4; 1,1,2,2,-C.sub.2H.sub.2Cl.sub.4; 1,2-C.sub.2H.sub.2Cl.sub.2; C.sub.2HCl.sub.3; C.sub.2Cl.sub.4; dioxins; chlorobenzene; and chlorophenol.

14. The indoor and outdoor air purification system of claim 8, wherein the indoor and outdoor air purifier is capable of reducing CH.sub.3OH; C.sub.2H.sub.5OH; CH.sub.3COOH; CH.sub.4; C.sub.2H.sub.6; C.sub.3H.sub.8; C.sub.2H.sub.4; C.sub.3H.sub.6; C.sub.6H.sub.6; phenol; toluene; ethylbenzene; o-xylene; m-xylene; and phenanthraquinone.

15. The indoor and outdoor air purification system of claim 8, wherein the indoor and outdoor air purifier is capable of reducing triadimefon; pirimicarb; asulam; diazinon; MPMC; and atrazine.

16. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 2, wherein each surface, except for those of said filters (8), is painted with a nano-coating suitable to preserve said surfaces against oxidation, corrosion, chemical attacks and acts of vandalism.

17. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 2, further comprising a remote-settable timer suitable to actuate and block said fan (7) at pre-established times.

18. The indoor and outdoor air purification system according to claim 3, further comprising a remote-settable timer suitable to actuate and block said fan (7) at pre-established times.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be described hereinafter in at least one preferred embodiment, provided by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the attached figures, wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 shows outer structure of the purifier in a cylindrical embodiment in which the base 4, the lid 3, the guard 1 and the two upper and lower air circulation grids 2-2 are visible.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a cross-section of the same object of the previous FIG. 1 in which the inner supports 5, the duct 6 and the fan 7 arranged beneath, are visible.

(4) FIG. 3 shows, more in detail, the internal components of the duct 6 consisting of a plurality of filters 8 and LED lights 9.

(5) FIG. 4 shows a table version of the purifier of the present invention in which the light coming from the interior of the device thanks to the outer covering with longitudinal strips 10-10-10- . . . , can be seen.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(6) Now, the present invention will be illustrated purely by way of non-limiting or non-binding example, with reference to the figures illustrating some embodiments regarding the present inventive concept.

(7) The outer aspect of the preferred embodiment of the purifier of the present invention is shown with reference to FIG. 1.

(8) It is cylindrical-shaped, with an upper protection lid 3 and a base 4 which allows the purifier to be integrally joined to the ground.

(9) The lateral surface of the cylinder consists of an openable protection guard 1 and of an upper grid 2 with rings identical to a lower grid 2 with rings. Internally, as shown in FIG. 2, a support system 5 holds an air treatment duct 6 and an axial fan 7 which suctions air from the external conveying it into the duct 6, in the position previously provided for.

(10) In order to eliminate the potentially toxic substances, the external air which is conveyed in the treatment duct 6, flows through at least three filters 8 coupled with LED lights 9. Said filters 8 are made of alveolar ceramic alloy, so as to optimise the volume/surface ratio and thus make system efficient to the utmost. Said filters 8 are subsequently treated with Titanium Dioxide (TiO.sub.2) nano-coatings, which, when impacted by the LED light, start a photocatalysis process which disintegrates pollutant substances, toxic substances, bacteria and virus into salts and other harmless substances.

(11) All the other surfaces of the purifier, except for those of the filters, are treated with protection nano-coatings.

(12) Due to its ease of installation and operation, the purifiers of the present invention are suitable to be installed outdoors, preferably in urban centres more subject to pollution, places particularly exposed to bacterial risks, such as workplaces, schools and hospitals.

(13) An example of such variants is obtained by manufacturing the purifier in the table version, i.e. small dimensions, and possibly provided with technical/aesthetic solutions like in the example indicated in FIG. 4. In this case, the purifier also serves as a table lamp thanks to the fact that the outer guard 1 is transparent and covered with longitudinal strips 10-10-10 which modulate and filter the light coming from the LED lights 9 inside the purifier. The use currently deemed most convenient for a purifier thus made, is the office use, i.e. placing a purifier for each desk of a work environment. Besides being aesthetically appealing, such purifiers are sources of lighting for the desk and they purify the air breathed by all employees of an office from bacteria, virus and other impurities according to the same methods described above.

(14) Lastly, it is clear that the invention described up to now may be subjected to modifications, additions or variants obvious to a man skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of protection outlined by the attached claims.