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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2006
Gautam Subbarao, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Wayne Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Anand Ganesh Joshi, Hyderabad, IN;
Hemachandran Umakanthan, Cuddalore, IN;
Ramnath Vaidyanathan, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Gautam Subbarao, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Wayne Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Anand Ganesh Joshi, Hyderabad, IN;
Hemachandran Umakanthan, Cuddalore, IN;
Ramnath Vaidyanathan, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An air treatment system includes a housing defining a chamber, and an ultraviolet lamp positioned within the chamber. The housing further defines an air inlet at a first end portion of the housing and an air outlet at a second end portion of the housing opposing the first end portion. The chamber provides flow communication between the air inlet and the air outlet. At least one ultraviolet lamp is positioned within the chamber. The at least one ultraviolet lamp is positioned about a first axis and includes a first end and a second end spaced with respect to the first end along the first axis. The at least one ultraviolet lamp is configured for facilitating inactivating contaminants within air channeled through the chamber.