Air Cleaner Fluid Paths for Wall-Close Purification Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Air cleaners face reduced purification performance and degraded spatial control when placed close to walls due to restricted air flow, leading to inefficient air processing and environmental control.
Innovation Solution
The air cleaner design incorporates independent fluid paths with frontal inflow and multi-directional outflow paths, allowing for separate control and optimization of air flow, featuring a front panel with multiple air inlets and outlets, and blower devices with corresponding filters and ducts to ensure unobstructed air purification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the air inlet is mounted on the rear side of the main body, then the structure is simple, but the purification performance drops when the air cleaner is placed close to the wall
Solution Approach 1:
The air inlet is divided into multiple inlets distributed across the front panel, allowing air to be drawn from multiple directions simultaneously. This segmentation enables the air cleaner to maintain effective air intake even when placed close to walls, resolving the contradiction between simple rear-mounted structure and effective purification performance.
2Device complexity
If integrated air flow through the air inlet and outlet is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the spatial or environmental controllability is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The fluid path is segmented into multiple independent channels, each with its own blower device, filter unit, and outlet. This allows independent control of air flow in different directions and regions, enabling spatial and environmental controllability while maintaining manageable device complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates adjustable outlets that can change direction and multi-directional air flow paths that can be dynamically controlled. This dynamic capability allows the air cleaner to adapt to different spatial configurations and installation environments, improving controllability without significantly increasing complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design enhances air purification efficiency by enabling independent control of air flow directions and reducing spatial constraints, improving the overall performance and installability of air cleaners.
Implementation Method 1
a blower device arranged inside the case to force air to flow through one of the plurality of air inlets
Implementation Method 2
a filter unit arranged to filter the air forced to flow through one of the plurality of air inlets by the blower device
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an air cleaner having independent fluid paths and a home appliance having the air cleaner. The air cleaner includes a front panel having a plurality of air inlets formed thereon for air to flow in from outside of the case, first and second blower devices arranged inside the case to allow air to flow in through the plurality of air inlets, first and second filter units arranged to filter the air flowing in by the first and second blower devices, a first outlet located on the case to release the air, a second outlet formed at a different location from that of the first outlet, a first fluid path formed between one of the plurality of air inlets and the first outlet; and a second fluid path formed between another of the plurality of air inlets and the second outlet.