Air negative ion generating apparatus

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current negative ion generating apparatuses using corona discharge produce harmful by-products like ozone and nitrogen oxides, and have electrostatic effects, limiting their widespread application and effectiveness in improving air quality and human health.

Innovation Solution

An air negative ion generating apparatus that uses a high-pressure gas flow carrying water molecules to collide with a surface, generating negative ions without by-products, using a design with a liquid container, high-pressure gas inlet pipe, and a water gas collision cabin to produce a high-speed gas-liquid mixture that creates negative ions, avoiding ozone and electrostatic issues.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If corona discharge method is used to generate negative ions, then negative ion content is high and technology is mature, but harmful by-products (ozone and nitrogen oxides) are generated and electrostatic effects occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenegative ion contentVSAvoidharmful by-products (ozone and nitrogen oxides)
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and eliminates the harmful corona discharge process from the negative ion generation system. Instead of using electrical discharge, it employs a mechanical collision method where water molecules are accelerated and collide with a collision plate, directly producing negative ions without generating ozone or nitrogen oxides as by-products

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the electrical field-based corona discharge mechanism with a mechanical field-based collision mechanism. High-pressure gas drives water molecules to collide with a collision plate, using mechanical energy to ionize water molecules and generate negative ions, thereby avoiding the harmful effects of electrical discharge

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Quantity of substance

If corona discharge method is used to generate negative ions, then negative ion content is high, but electrostatic effects limit widespread application

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenegative ion contentVSAvoidelectrostatic effects
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the electrical discharge component entirely from the system, extracting the harmful electrostatic effects while retaining the beneficial negative ion generation function through a purely mechanical collision process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent substitutes the electrical field mechanism with a mechanical field mechanism, using high-pressure gas flow to accelerate water molecules into collision with a plate, thereby generating negative ions through mechanical impact rather than electrical discharge, which eliminates electrostatic effects

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If filters are used to purify air, then solid particles are removed, but air quality is not fundamentally improved and negative ions are not generated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesolid particles removalVSAvoidnegative ion content
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the functions of particle removal and negative ion generation into a single collision process. The collision between water molecules and the collision plate simultaneously achieves both particle filtration and negative ion production, eliminating the need for separate filter components

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes the phase transition of water from liquid to gas (water vapor) and then to ionized state through collision. The water molecules are vaporized, accelerated, and collided to generate negative ions, leveraging phase changes to achieve both purification and ionization functions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #36Phase transitions

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 solution achieves high negative ion concentrations without harmful by-products, ensuring efficient and safe ion generation, with low manufacturing costs and environmental friendliness, effectively improving air quality and human health.

Implementation Method 1

bumping high-pressure gas flow carrying water molecules against a collision surface, which can generate a large number of negative ions

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectIonization: Ionisation

Data Source

PatentEP3386044B1Air negative ion generating apparatus
Publication Date: 2020.09.02 HANGZHOU ESTAI MEDICAL TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

An air negative ion generating apparatus realized by bumping against a collision surface by a high-pressure gas flow carrying water molecules includes a liquid container (1) and a cover body (2) snapped onto a top opening end of the liquid container (1), and the cover body (2) is provided with a high-pressure gas inlet pipe (6); a core assembly (4) is provided inside the cover body (2), and the core assembly (4) includes a liquid flow chamber (41), a collision component (42) and a liquid flow inlet (43); and a lower port of the high-pressure gas inlet pipe (6) faces the collision component (42), the liquid flow inlet (43) is located between the lower port of the high-pressure gas inlet pipe (6) and the collision component (42), the liquid flow inlet (43) is communicated with the liquid chamber (41), and a lower port of the liquid flow chamber (41) is fixedly connected with a liquid conduit (5) extending downwards. Therefore, when a high-pressure gas passes through the high-pressure gas inlet pipe (6), a high-speed gas flow rushes towards the collision component (42), and the high-speed gas flow generates a negative pressure at the liquid flow inlet (43) when passing through the liquid flow inlet (43), such that water is sucked up through the liquid conduit (5) and mixed with the high-speed gas flow, thereby forming a gas-liquid mixture of the high-speed gas carrying liquid molecules; and when the gas-liquid mixture bumps against the collision component (42), negative ions will be generated.