High-concentration ion generation module applicable to large-scale space expansion, and air sterilization and purification apparatus including same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a high-concentration ion generation module applicable to large-scale large space expansion and capable of cleaning and sterilizing air, and an air sterilization and purification apparatus including same. The high-concentration ion generation module may comprise: a body unit formed in the shape of a plate; and an ion generation unit composed of a plurality of electrode rod combinations formed to protrude in rod shapes of different heights from one surface of the body unit, wherein the plurality of electrode rod combinations are arranged in the form of a square matrix of n rows and n columns or n rows and m columns having predetermined horizontal rows and vertical columns, or are arranged such that a hexagonal shape repeatedly appears in the horizontal rows and the vertical columns, thereby generating at least one ion of anions and cations in contaminated air.

Description

High-concentration ion generating module applicable to large-scale space expansion and air sterilization and purification device including the same

[0001] The present invention relates to a high-concentration ion generating module that can be applied to a large-scale space expansion and an air sterilizing and purifying device including the same, and more specifically, to a high-concentration ion generating module that can be applied to a large-scale space expansion and an air sterilizing and purifying device including the same, which can remove odors and various harmful substances contained in the air and simultaneously exert a sterilizing effect to purify and sterilize the air.

[0002] Recently, with the growing importance of air quality and a pleasant indoor environment, interest in devices that can control indoor air quality has increased. Among these devices, air purifiers, in particular, have the function of sucking in polluted indoor air through a fan installed inside, then filtering and deodorizing various pollutants and odors. These air purifiers are comprised of a fan powered by an external power source, a filter installed to collect or adsorb pollutants and odors contained in the air sucked in by the fan, and an outlet formed to discharge the purified air through the filter to the outside.

[0003] Thus, the air purifier's primary air purification method has been a filter method that passes polluted air through a filter, which then filters out the contaminants. This method removes fine dust circulating in the air using a HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter. A HEPA filter is a dry filtration method that exhibits a filtration efficiency of at least 99.97% for particles measuring 0.3 microns or less in diameter.

[0004] However, the filter method alone cannot effectively sterilize polluted air, so it is insufficient to supply perfectly purified air to users. Therefore, various types of air purifiers are being developed and proposed, and among them, the demand for air purifiers using plasma is increasing significantly. In the case of this method using plasma, when positive and negative voltages are alternately applied to the electrodes by a voltage applying means, the dielectric is polarized, which generates a plasma discharge in the air layer in contact with the ground electrode, thereby forming a plasma region near the ground electrode, which ionizes or dissociates water molecules or oxygen molecules in the air, generating negative and positive ions, and when the negative and positive ions thus generated are blown by the blower fan, they surround various fungi, harmful substances, and bad odors floating in the air in the form of clusters, thereby purifying the air.

[0005] However, such conventional ion generating modules and air sterilizing and purifying devices including the same have a problem in that discharge or ion recombination easily occurs between the negative ion generating unit and the positive ion generating unit, which lowers the ion generating performance and thus lowers the sterilizing and purifying performance of polluted air. In addition, when a partition is installed to prevent discharge or ion recombination between the negative ion generating unit and the positive ion generating unit, the structure of the ion generating module becomes excessively complex, and there is a problem in that the convenience and stability of power connection of a large number of negative ion generating units and positive ion generating units are reduced.

[0006] The present invention is intended to solve various problems including the above-described problems, and provides a high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-space expansion application, and an air sterilizing and purifying device including the same, which generates a large amount of ions by installing a plurality of negative ion generating units and positive ion generating units, respectively, while preventing interference with adjacent ion generating units without a partition structure to prevent a decrease in ion generation, and which ensures convenience and stability in power connection of a plurality of negative ion generating units and positive ion generating units. More specifically, the present invention provides a high-concentration air sterilizing and purifying device capable of installing any number of negative ion generating units and positive ion generating units so as to prevent a decrease in ion generation due to interference between the generated positive and negative ions by securing a vertical separation distance between the negative ion generating units and the positive ion generating units, and so as to be expandable to large-space treatment. However, these tasks are exemplary and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereby.

[0007] According to one embodiment of the present invention, an ion generating module is provided. The ion generating module may include: a body formed in a plate shape that is generally flat or curved; and an ion generating unit formed by a plurality of electrode rod combinations that protrude from one surface of the body in rod shapes of different heights, wherein the plurality of electrode rod combinations are arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and n columns or n rows and m columns having predetermined horizontal rows and vertical columns on one surface of the body, or arranged in a shape in which a hexagonal shape repeatedly appears in the horizontal rows and vertical columns, thereby generating at least one of negative ions and positive ions in polluted air.

[0008] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the body portion may include an insulating layer formed in a plate shape as a whole and formed of an insulating material; a first conductive layer formed with a predetermined thickness on one surface of the insulating layer; and a second conductive layer formed with a predetermined thickness on the other surface of the insulating layer so as to be formed opposite the first conductive layer based on the insulating layer.

[0009] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the ion generating unit may include: a first electrode rod formed in a rod shape overall and protruding from one surface of the body portion to a first height; a second electrode rod formed in a rod shape overall and protruding from one surface of the body portion to a second height different from the first height; and a voltage applying unit that applies voltage to the first electrode rod and the second electrode rod.

[0010] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first electrode rod and the second electrode rod may be formed in a cable shape in which a carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with an insulating coating, and the first electrode rod may include: a first covering portion in which the carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with the insulating coating; and a first brush portion formed to extend from one end of the first covering portion to a stripped section in which the insulating coating is stripped, so that the carbon fiber bundle is exposed in a brush shape; and the second electrode rod may include: a second covering portion in which the carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with the insulating coating; and a second brush portion formed to extend from one end of the second covering portion to a stripped section in which the insulating coating is stripped, so that the carbon fiber bundle is exposed in a brush shape.

[0011] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first electrode rod may be inserted into the first conductive layer at the other end of the first covering portion, so that the carbon fiber bundle and the first conductive layer are connected at the other end of the first covering portion, the second electrode rod may be inserted into the second conductive layer such that the second covering portion penetrates the first conductive layer and the insulating layer, so that the carbon fiber bundle and the second conductive layer are connected at the other end of the second covering portion, and the voltage applying unit may be connected such that an anode is connected to the first conductive layer so that cations can be generated at the first brush portion of the first electrode rod, and a cathode is connected to the second conductive layer so that anions can be generated at the second brush portion of the second electrode rod.

[0012] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the ion generating unit may be formed such that the second height of the second electrode rod is higher than the first height of the first electrode rod so that the negative ions can be generated further back than the positive ions based on the flow direction of the polluted air passing through the body.

[0013] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the ion generating unit may be formed so that the first brush portion of the first electrode rod and the second brush portion of the second electrode rod can be formed to have the same length, and a difference in length between the first covering portion of the first electrode rod and the second covering portion of the second electrode rod may be formed to be the same as a height difference between the first height and the second height.

[0014] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the ion generating unit may be formed such that a height difference between the first height of the first electrode rod and the second height of the second electrode rod is 1 to 5 times the length of the second brush portion of the second electrode rod, which is formed to protrude more from one surface of the body portion than the first brush portion of the first electrode rod.

[0015] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the ion generating unit may be arranged in the form of a square matrix on one surface of the body portion, such that the first electrode rods and the second electrode rods are repeatedly and alternately arranged in the horizontal rows and the vertical columns, and the same number of the first electrode rods and the second electrode rods are arranged in at least one direction among the horizontal rows and the vertical columns, so that the ion generating unit may be arranged in the form of a square matrix on one surface of the body portion in any one of a 2n row 2n column form, a 2n row 2m column form, a 2n row m column form, and an n row 2m column form.

[0016] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the body part may further include a plurality of through-holes formed to penetrate the first conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the second conductive layer in a space between the first electrode rod and the second electrode rod, which are arranged in a square matrix shape or a shape in which the hexagonal shape appears repeatedly, so as to facilitate the flow of the polluted air passing through the body part.

[0017] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of through holes may be formed at a point where a virtual first center line formed to cross the centers of any two adjacent electrode rods in one diagonal direction in the square matrix shape or the hexagonal shape intersects with a virtual second center line formed to cross the centers of other two adjacent electrode rods in the other diagonal direction.

[0018] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of through holes may be formed so that the size of the through holes gradually increases from the center of the body part toward the edge of the body part.

[0019] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of through holes may be formed as through holes having a square shape or a hexagonal shape so that the body portion can be formed as a mesh shape overall.

[0020] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the insulating layer may be formed of a plastic material including a silicone rubber material so that the body portion can be formed flexibly as a whole and formed into a curved plate shape.

[0021] According to another embodiment of the present invention, an air sterilizing and purifying device is provided. The air sterilizing and purifying device includes: a housing in which a flow space is formed through which contaminated air can flow; an ion generating module installed in a vertical or horizontal direction based on a flow direction of the contaminated air inside the housing to sterilize and purify the contaminated air flowing inside the flow space; and a fan module installed in front or behind the ion generating module based on the flow direction of the contaminated air inside the housing to introduce the contaminated air into the flow space; wherein the ion generating module comprises: a body portion formed in an overall flat or curved plate shape; And it may include an ion generating unit formed by a plurality of electrode rod combinations that are formed to protrude in rod shapes of different heights from one surface of the body portion, and the plurality of electrode rod combinations are arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and n columns or n rows and m columns having predetermined horizontal rows and vertical columns on one surface of the body portion, or in a shape in which a hexagonal shape repeatedly appears in the horizontal rows and vertical columns, thereby generating at least one of negative ions and positive ions in polluted air.

[0022] According to one embodiment of the present invention as described above, by installing a plurality of negative ion generators and positive ion generators that generate negative ions and positive ions, respectively, to generate a large amount of ions, the sterilization and purification performance of polluted air can be improved, and the device can be expanded to large spaces. In addition, by arranging a plurality of ion generating modules adjacent to each other and connecting the ion generating modules in parallel, the ease of expandability can be improved.

[0023] In addition, by making the exposure lengths of the negative ion generating unit and the positive ion generating unit different, the separation distance between one end of the carbon fiber brush where the negative ions are generated and one end of the carbon fiber brush where the positive ions are generated is secured at a distance sufficient to ensure stability, thereby efficiently preventing discharge or ion recombination between the negative ion generating unit and the positive ion generating unit without a separate partition structure, and preventing a decrease in ion generation that may occur due to interference with an adjacent ion generating unit.

[0024] In addition, by using a substrate composed of a lower conductive layer and an upper conductive layer formed to face each other based on an insulating layer, the cathode power supplied to the negative ion generator is connected to the lower conductive layer of the substrate, and the anode power supplied to the positive ion generator is connected to the upper conductive layer of the substrate, thereby ensuring convenience and stability in connecting power to multiple ion generators.

[0025] In this way, by using a plurality of ion generating units made of carbon fibers, a high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion and an air sterilizing and purifying device including the same can be implemented, which can generate a large number of ions even at a lower voltage than conventional corona discharge, thereby preventing ozone generation, reducing power consumption, and improving the sterilizing and purifying performance of polluted air. Of course, the scope of the present invention is not limited by these effects.

[0026] FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a perspective view and a plan view schematically showing an ion generating module according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a cross-section taken along the cutting line AA of Fig. 2.

[0028] Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a cross-section taken along the cutting line BB of Fig. 2.

[0029] Figure 5 is an enlarged view schematically showing an enlarged view of the “C” portion of Figure 4.

[0030] FIGS. 6 to 11 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically showing ion generating modules according to other embodiments of the present invention.

[0031] Figures 12 and 13 are conceptual diagrams schematically illustrating an air sterilizing and purifying device including the ion generating module of Figure 1, respectively.

[0032] Hereinafter, various preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

[0033] The embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. The following embodiments may be modified in various ways, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments. Rather, these embodiments are provided to more faithfully and completely explain the present disclosure and to fully convey the spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art. In addition, the thickness and size of each layer in the drawings are exaggerated for convenience and clarity of explanation.

[0034] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to drawings schematically illustrating ideal embodiments of the present invention. In the drawings, variations in the shapes depicted may be expected, for example, depending on manufacturing techniques and / or tolerances. Therefore, embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as limited to the specific shapes of the regions depicted herein, but should include, for example, variations in shapes resulting from manufacturing processes.

[0035] FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a perspective view and a plan view schematically showing an ion generating module (100) according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a cross-section taken along the cutting line AA of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a cross-section taken along the cutting line BB of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is an enlarged view schematically showing an enlarged view of a portion “C” of FIG. 4, and FIGS. 6 to 11 are plan views and cross-sectional views schematically showing ion generating modules (200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) according to other embodiments of the present invention. In addition, FIGS. 12 and 13 are conceptual diagrams schematically showing an air sterilizing and purifying device (1000, 2000) including the ion generating module (100) of FIG. 1, respectively.

[0036] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an ion generating module (100) according to one embodiment of the present invention may largely include a body portion (110) and an ion generating portion (120).

[0037] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, the body portion (110) may be formed in a plate shape with a rectangular plane as a whole. The body portion (110) may be formed in a structure in which a plurality of plates are laminated in multilayers so that a positive voltage and a negative voltage can be supplied to the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) of the ion generating unit (120) to be described later, respectively.

[0038] More specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the body portion (110) may include an insulating layer (111) formed in an overall square plate shape and made of an insulating material, a first conductive layer (112) formed in a square plate shape having a shape corresponding to the insulating layer (111) and formed with a predetermined thickness on one surface of the insulating layer (111), and a second conductive layer (113) formed in a square plate shape having a shape corresponding to the insulating layer (111) and formed with a predetermined thickness on the other surface of the insulating layer (111) so as to be formed to face the first conductive layer (112) with respect to the insulating layer (111).

[0039] For example, the first conductive layer (112) and the second conductive layer (113) may be formed of a metal material including at least one of aluminum, stainless steel, copper, and an iron alloy or a conductive polymer material so that the power applied through the voltage application unit (123) described later can be passed through them. However, the material of the first conductive layer (112) and the second conductive layer (113) is not necessarily limited thereto, and any material that can pass through the power applied through the voltage application unit (123) can be applied.

[0040] Here, the first conductive layer (112) and the second conductive layer (113) may be formed with insulating coating layers (112a, 113a) so as not to be exposed to the external environment. These insulating coating layers (112a, 113a) may be formed with any one of enamel coating, PVC coating, Teflon coating, polymer coating, and ceramic coating, and may be formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first conductive layer (112) and the second conductive layer (113), respectively.

[0041] In addition, as in the ion generating module (200) according to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 6, the insulating layer (111) is formed of a plastic material including a silicone rubber material so that the body part (110) can be formed as a whole in a flexible manner and formed in a curved plate shape, so that the body part (110) can be formed as a whole in a curved plate shape.

[0042] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, the ion generating unit (120) is formed by a combination of a plurality of electrode rods that are formed to protrude in rod shapes of different heights from one surface of the body portion (110), and the plurality of electrode rods are arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and n columns having predetermined horizontal rows and vertical columns on one surface of the body portion (110), so as to generate at least one of negative ions and positive ions in polluted air passing through or penetrating the vicinity of the body portion (110).

[0043] More specifically, the ion generator (120) may include a first electrode rod (121) formed in a rod shape overall and protruding from one surface of the body portion (110) to a first height (H1), a second electrode rod (122) formed in a rod shape overall and protruding from one surface of the body portion (110) to a second height (H2) different from the first height (H1), and a voltage application unit (123) that applies voltage to the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122).

[0044] These first electrode rods (121) and second electrode rods (122) can be formed in the form of a cable in which a carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with an insulating coating.

[0045] For example, the first electrode rod (121) may include a first covering portion (121a) in which the carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with the insulating covering, and a first brush portion (121b) formed to extend from one end of the first covering portion (121a) to a stripped section in which the insulating covering is stripped, thereby exposing the carbon fiber bundle in a brush shape.

[0046] In addition, the second electrode rod (122) may include a second covering portion (122a) in which the carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with the insulating covering, and a second brush portion (122b) formed to extend from one end of the second covering portion (122a) to a section where the insulating covering is peeled off, thereby exposing the carbon fiber bundle in a brush shape.

[0047] In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the first electrode rod (121) is inserted into the first conductive layer (112) at the other end of the first covering portion (121a), so that a connection between the carbon fiber bundle (C) and the first conductive layer (112) is made at the other end of the first covering portion (121a), and the second electrode rod (122) is inserted into the second conductive layer (113) so that the second covering portion (122a) penetrates the first conductive layer (112) and the insulating layer (111), so that a connection between the carbon fiber bundle (C) and the second conductive layer (113) is made at the other end of the second covering portion (122a).

[0048] At this time, the voltage application unit (123) may be connected to the first conductive layer (112) with an anode so that positive ions (Cation) can be generated in the first brush portion (121b) of the first electrode rod (121), and may be connected to the second conductive layer (113) with a cathode so that negative ions (Anion) can be generated in the second brush portion (122b) of the second electrode rod (122).

[0049] Accordingly, the ion generator (120) can sterilize and purify various fungi, harmful substances, and bad odors floating in the polluted air by surrounding them in a cluster form and rendering them harmless through the positive ions generated from the first electrode rod (121) functioning as a positive ion generator and the negative ions generated from the second electrode rod (122) functioning as an negative ion generator.

[0050] At this time, the first electrode rod (121) functioning as a positive ion generator and the second electrode rod (122) functioning as a negative ion generator are formed with different first heights (H1) and second heights (H2), so that the distance between one end of the first brush portion (121b) where positive ions are generated and one end of the second brush portion (122b) where negative ions are generated is secured as a distance sufficient to ensure stability, so that discharge or ion recombination between the first brush portion (121b) and the second brush portion (122b) can be effectively prevented without a separate partition structure.

[0051] In addition, in the ion generating unit (120), the second height (H2) of the second electrode rod (122) may be preferably formed at a height higher than the first height (H1) of the first electrode rod (121) so that the negative ions, which play a greater role in sterilizing and purifying the polluted air, can be generated further back than the positive ions, based on the flow direction of the polluted air passing through the body (110).

[0052] For this configuration, the ion generator (120) can be formed so that the first brush portion (121b) of the first electrode rod (121) and the second brush portion (122b) of the second electrode rod (122) can be formed to have the same length, so that the difference in length between the first covering portion (121a) of the first electrode rod (121) and the second covering portion (122a) of the second electrode rod (122) is the same as the height difference between the first height (H1) and the second height (H2) of the second electrode rod (122), and the height difference between the first height (H1) of the first electrode rod (121) and the second height (H2) of the second electrode rod (122) is formed so that the first brush portion (121b) of the first electrode rod (121) protrudes more from one surface of the body portion (110) than the second It may be desirable to form the electrode rod (122) to be 1 to 5 times the length of the second brush portion (122b).

[0053] In addition, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, the ion generating unit (120) may be arranged in a square matrix shape on one surface of the body portion (110) so that the first electrode rods (121) and the second electrode rods (122) can be repeatedly and alternately arranged in the horizontal rows and the vertical columns. At this time, it may be preferable that the ion generating unit (120) be arranged in a square matrix shape of 2n rows and 2n columns on one surface of the body portion (110) so that the same number of the first electrode rods (121) and the second electrode rods (122) can be arranged in the horizontal rows and the vertical columns in order to generate the negative and positive ions equally.

[0054] In addition, the body part (110) further includes a plurality of through-holes (114) formed to penetrate the first conductive layer (112), the insulating layer (111), and the second conductive layer (113) in the space between the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) arranged in the form of a square matrix, thereby allowing the polluted air to pass through the body part (110) at a uniform flow rate throughout the entire area.

[0055] These plurality of through holes (114) can be formed at points where a virtual first center line (A1) formed to cross the centers of two diagonally adjacent first electrode rods (121) in the square matrix and a virtual second center line (A2) formed to cross the centers of two diagonally adjacent second electrode rods (122) intersect, as shown in FIG. 2, so that contact between the polluted air and the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) can occur uniformly.

[0056] In addition, as in the ion generating module (300) according to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 7, the plurality of through holes (114) may be formed so that the size of the through holes gradually increases from the center of the body (110) toward the edge of the body (110).

[0057] In this way, by forming the through hole portion to gradually increase in size from the center of the body portion (110) toward the edge of the body portion (110), the flow of the polluted air in the edge portion of the body portion (110) where the flow velocity and flow rate may be relatively lower than the center of the body portion (110) can be facilitated, thereby inducing the flow of the polluted air to be uniform throughout the entire area of ​​the body portion (110).

[0058] In addition, as in the ion generating module (400) according to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 8, the plurality of through holes (114) may be formed as square-shaped through holes so that the body (110) can be formed as a mesh shape overall.

[0059] In addition, like the ion generating module (500) according to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 9, the ion generating unit (120) is not limited to being arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and n columns, but may be arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and m columns to generate at least one of negative ions and positive ions in polluted air passing through or penetrating the vicinity of the body unit (110).

[0060] Although not shown, even when the ion generator (120) is arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and m columns, in order to generate the negative and positive ions equally, the first electrode rods (121) and the second electrode rods (122) can be arranged in the same number in at least one direction among the horizontal rows and the vertical columns, so that the first electrode rods (121) and the second electrode rods (122) can be arranged in the square matrix shape of any one of the 2n rows and m columns, the n rows and 2m columns, and the 2n rows and 2m columns on one surface of the body (110).

[0061] In addition, like the ion generating module (600) according to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 10, the ion generating unit (120) is not limited to being arranged in the square matrix form, but may be arranged in a form in which a hexagonal form is repeatedly displayed in the horizontal rows and vertical columns, thereby generating at least one of negative ions and positive ions in the polluted air.

[0062] Even when the ion generator (120) is arranged in the hexagonal shape, the body (110) further includes a plurality of through-holes (114) formed to penetrate the first conductive layer (112), the insulating layer (111), and the second conductive layer (113) in the space between the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122), thereby allowing the polluted air to pass through the body (110) at a uniform flow rate throughout the entire area.

[0063] At this time, the plurality of through holes (114) can be formed at points where an imaginary first center line (A1) formed to cross the centers of the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) adjacent in one diagonal direction in the hexagonal shape intersects with an imaginary second center line (A2) formed to cross the centers of the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) adjacent in the other diagonal direction, so that contact between the polluted air and the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) can occur evenly.

[0064] Here, the configuration of the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) may be the same as the first electrode rod (121) and the second electrode rod (122) of the ion generating module (100) according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, a detailed description is omitted.

[0065] In addition, as in the ion generating module (700) according to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 11, the plurality of through holes (114) may be formed as hexagonal through holes so that the body part (110) can be formed as a mesh shape overall, thereby increasing the aperture ratio of the through holes.

[0066] As illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, an air sterilizing and purifying device (1000, 2000) including an ion generating module (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) according to various embodiments of the present invention described above may be largely composed of a housing (800) and a fan module (900).

[0067] For example, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the air sterilization and purification device (1000) may be configured with a housing (800) having a flow space formed therein through which contaminated air can flow, an inlet (810) through which the contaminated air can be introduced on one side of the flow space and an outlet (820) through which purified clean air can be discharged on the other side opposite thereto, a fan module (900) installed near the inlet (810) in the flow space inside the housing (800) so as to be installed in front of the ion generation module (100) based on the flow direction of the contaminated air inside the housing (800) and introducing the contaminated air into the flow space of the housing (800), and an ion generation module (100) installed in a vertical direction based on the flow direction of the contaminated air inside the housing (800) and sterilizing and purifying the contaminated air flowing inside the flow space.

[0068] In addition, as shown in FIG. 13, the air sterilization and purification device (2000) may also be installed in a horizontal direction based on the flow direction of the polluted air inside the housing (800).

[0069] In addition, although not shown, it may be possible for the fan module (900) to be installed near the outlet (820) in the flow space inside the housing (800) and for the ion generating module (100) to be installed at the rear of the ion generating module (100) based on the flow direction of the polluted air inside the housing (800), and for the ion generating module (100) to be installed near the inlet (810) in the flow space.

[0070] In this way, the air sterilization and purification device (1000, 2000) including the ion generation module (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) according to various embodiments of the present invention can sterilize and purify the polluted air by surrounding various fungi, harmful substances, and bad smells floating in the polluted air in the form of clusters and rendering them harmless while the negative and positive ions generated from the ion generation module (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) are blown through the flow space of the housing (800) by the fan module (900).

[0071] Therefore, according to the ion generating module (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) and the air sterilizing and purifying device (1000, 2000) including the same according to various embodiments of the present invention, by installing a plurality of negative ion generating units and positive ion generating units that generate negative ions and positive ions, respectively, thereby generating a large amount of high-concentration ions, the sterilizing and purifying performance of the polluted air can be improved.

[0072] In addition, by making the exposure lengths of the negative ion generating unit and the positive ion generating unit different, the separation distance between one end of the carbon fiber brush where the negative ions are generated and one end of the carbon fiber brush where the positive ions are generated is secured at a distance sufficient to ensure stability, thereby efficiently preventing discharge or ion recombination between the negative ion generating unit and the positive ion generating unit without a separate partition structure, and preventing a decrease in ion generation that may occur due to interference with an adjacent ion generating unit.

[0073] In addition, by using a substrate composed of a lower conductive layer and an upper conductive layer formed to face each other based on an insulating layer, the cathode power supplied to the negative ion generator is connected to the lower conductive layer of the substrate, and the anode power supplied to the positive ion generator is connected to the upper conductive layer of the substrate, thereby ensuring convenience and stability in connecting power to multiple ion generators.

[0074] Therefore, by using a plurality of ion generating units made of carbon fibers, it is possible to implement an ion generating module (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) and an air sterilizing and purifying device (1000, 2000) including the same, which can prevent ozone generation, reduce power consumption, and improve sterilizing and purifying performance of polluted air by generating a large amount of ions even at a lower voltage than conventional corona discharge.

[0075] While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, these are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent alternative embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true scope of technical protection of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

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1. A body portion formed in the shape of a flat or curved plate overall; and An ion generating unit formed by a plurality of electrode rod combinations that are formed to protrude in rod shapes of different heights from one surface of the body portion, wherein the plurality of electrode rod combinations are arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and n columns or n rows and m columns having predetermined horizontal rows and vertical columns on one surface of the body portion, or in a shape in which a hexagonal shape repeatedly appears in the horizontal rows and vertical columns, thereby generating at least one of negative ions and positive ions in polluted air; A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion application, including:

2. In paragraph 1, The above body part, An insulating layer formed in the shape of a plate as a whole and made of an insulating material; A first conductive layer formed on one surface of the insulating layer to a predetermined thickness; and A second conductive layer formed with a predetermined thickness on the other surface of the insulating layer so as to be formed facing the first conductive layer based on the insulating layer; A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion application, including:

3. In paragraph 2, The above ion generating unit is, A first electrode rod formed in a rod shape overall and formed to protrude from one surface of the body portion to a first height; A second electrode rod formed in a rod shape overall and formed to protrude from one side of the body portion to a second height different from the first height; and A voltage application unit that applies voltage to the first electrode rod and the second electrode rod; A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion application, including:

4. In paragraph 3, The above first electrode rod and the above second electrode rod, It is formed in the form of a cable in which a bundle of carbon fibers is wrapped with an insulating coating. The above first electrode rod, A first covering portion in which the carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with the insulating covering; and A first brush portion is formed to extend from one end of the first covering portion to a peeled section where the insulating covering is peeled, so that the carbon fiber bundle is exposed in a brush shape; The above second electrode rod is, A second covering portion in which the carbon fiber bundle is wrapped with the insulating covering; and A second brush portion formed to extend from one end of the second covering portion to a section where the insulating covering is peeled off, such that the carbon fiber bundle is exposed in a brush shape; A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion application, including:

5. In paragraph 4, The above first electrode rod, The other end of the first covering part is inserted into the first conductive layer, so that a connection between the carbon fiber bundle and the first conductive layer is made at the other end of the first covering part, The above second electrode rod is, The second covering portion is inserted into the second conductive layer so as to penetrate the first conductive layer and the insulating layer, so that a connection between the carbon fiber bundle and the second conductive layer is made at the other end of the second covering portion, The above voltage application unit is, A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion application, wherein an anode is connected to the first conductive layer so that positive ions can be generated in the first brush portion of the first electrode rod, and a cathode is connected to the second conductive layer so that negative ions can be generated in the second brush portion of the second electrode rod.

6. In paragraph 5, The above ion generating unit is, A high-concentration ion generation module capable of large-scale space expansion application, wherein the second height of the second electrode rod is formed to be higher than the first height of the first electrode rod so that the negative ions can be generated further back than the positive ions based on the flow direction of the polluted air passing through the body portion.

7. In paragraph 6, The above ion generating unit is, A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale space expansion application, wherein the first brush portion of the first electrode rod and the second brush portion of the second electrode rod are formed to have the same length, such that the difference in length between the first covering portion of the first electrode rod and the second covering portion of the second electrode rod is formed to be equal to the height difference between the first height and the second height.

8. In paragraph 6, The above ion generating unit is, A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale space expansion application, wherein the height difference between the first height of the first electrode rod and the second height of the second electrode rod is formed to be 1 to 5 times the length of the second brush portion of the second electrode rod, which is formed to protrude more from one surface of the body portion than the first brush portion of the first electrode rod.

9. In paragraph 3, The above ion generating unit is, A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion application, wherein when arranged in the square matrix shape on one surface of the body portion, the first electrode rods and the second electrode rods are repeatedly alternately arranged in the horizontal rows and the vertical columns, and the first electrode rods and the second electrode rods are arranged in the same number in at least one direction among the horizontal rows and the vertical columns, in the square matrix shape of any one of the 2n rows 2n columns shape, the 2n rows 2m columns shape, the 2n rows m columns shape, and the n rows 2m columns shape on one surface of the body portion.

10. In paragraph 3, The above body part, A plurality of through holes formed to penetrate the first conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the second conductive layer in the space between the first electrode rod and the second electrode rod, which are arranged in the form of a square matrix or a form in which the hexagonal shape appears repeatedly, so as to smoothly flow the polluted air passing through the body portion; A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion applications, including:

11. In paragraph 10, The above plurality of through holes are: A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale spatial expansion application, formed at a point where an imaginary first center line formed to cross the centers of any two adjacent electrode rods in one diagonal direction in the above square matrix shape or the above hexagonal shape intersects with an imaginary second center line formed to cross the centers of other two adjacent electrode rods in the other diagonal direction.

12. In paragraph 10, The above plurality of through holes are: A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale space expansion application, wherein the size of the through hole is formed to gradually increase from the center of the body portion toward the edge of the body portion.

13. In paragraph 10, The above plurality of through holes are: A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale space expansion application, formed with a through-hole portion in a square or hexagonal shape so that the body portion can be formed in a mesh shape overall.

14. In paragraph 2, The above insulating layer is, A high-concentration ion generating module capable of large-scale space expansion, formed of a plastic material including silicone rubber so that the body portion can be formed flexibly overall and formed into a curved plate shape.

15. A housing in which a flow space is formed through which contaminated polluted air can flow; An ion generating module installed in a vertical or horizontal direction based on the flow direction of the polluted air inside the housing, and sterilizing and purifying the polluted air flowing inside the flow space; and A fan module is installed in front or behind the ion generating module based on the flow direction of the polluted air inside the housing, and introduces the polluted air into the inside of the flow space; The above ion generating module, A body portion formed in the shape of a flat or curved plate overall; and An ion generating unit formed by a plurality of electrode rod combinations that are formed to protrude in rod shapes of different heights from one surface of the body portion, wherein the plurality of electrode rod combinations are arranged in a square matrix shape of n rows and n columns or n rows and m columns having predetermined horizontal rows and vertical columns on one surface of the body portion, or in a shape in which a hexagonal shape repeatedly appears in the horizontal rows and vertical columns, thereby generating at least one of negative ions and positive ions in polluted air; An air sterilizing and purifying device comprising:

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