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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Alan Mole, Pershore, GB;
Alan Mole, Pershore, GB;
Tri-Air Developments Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for the decontamination of air, the apparatus comprising a housing () having an air inlet () and an air outlet () with an air passage () there between, means () for directing a stream of air through the housing, the housing containing a non-thermal plasma cell (), an ultraviolet emitting device () and an ozone depletion catalyst (), the non-thermal plasma comprising an anode (), a dielectric () and a cathode (), the cathode being in the form of a meshed enclosure which surrounds the ultraviolet emitting device and ozone depletion catalyst to form a reaction chamber and Faraday cage. The non-thermal plasma cell may also be provided as a columnar cell for forming an array of cells and the dielectric may comprise water droplets to improve the efficiency of the device.