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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1998
Sung Hwa Lee, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Young Ki Hong, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Kwang Ok Kang, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Soo Yeon Shin, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Kyeng Wook Heo, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Jung Hun Kang, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Akira Mizno, Aiji-ken, JP;
LG Electronics, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Electrostatic precipitator is disclosed, including a discharge unit having ground electrodes and discharge electrodes, and a collecting unit having collecting electrodes and positive electrodes, wherein the discharge unit is applied of a voltage enough to emit a photo-energy which can activate a photo-catalyst, and a component in the electrostatic precipitator contains the photo-catalyst, or a separate photo-catalyst filter containing the photo-catalyst is provided within a reach of the photo-energy emitted from the discharge unit , thereby the photo-energy from the discharge unit activating the photo-catalyst, whereby providing a simple structured electrostatic precipitator making sterilization and deodorization at a low cost.