Disinfectant, gas accumulation and combustion control device
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Solution Overview
Problem
The accumulation of flammable and toxic gases in residential, commercial, and industrial settings poses significant risks due to their potential for causing fires and harming living organisms, as they are often odorless and difficult to detect, leading to delayed recognition and ineffective mitigation.
Innovation Solution
A gas accumulation and combustion control device comprising a sorption box with a sorption system, ventilation system, and sensor system, which actively extracts gas contaminants from the environment through airflow and sorption materials, alerts custodians to gas presence, and manages sorption capacity to prevent dangerous gas buildup.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If gas accumulation is detected using traditional detection methods, then gas presence can be identified, but detection is delayed due to odorless nature and varying human sensitivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces human olfactory detection with electronic sensor systems that continuously monitor gas concentrations. Sensors such as electrochemical, optical, or semiconductor detectors provide objective, consistent, and immediate gas detection without the limitations of human sensitivity or the need for odorant additives.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous gas monitoring through constantly operating sensors rather than periodic or reactive detection. This ensures uninterrupted detection capability, allowing immediate identification of gas accumulation trends and enabling proactive response before dangerous levels are reached.
2Quantity of substance
If sorption materials are used to absorb gas contaminants, then gas accumulation is reduced, but the sorption capacity is limited and requires management
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors that continuously monitor gas concentrations and provide feedback to the control system. When sorption materials approach saturation, the sensors detect rising gas levels and trigger alerts or automated responses, enabling timely management of sorption capacity without requiring constant manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The sorption system is designed to operate autonomously within defined parameters, with the control system automatically monitoring sorption material performance and initiating appropriate actions (such as alerts or ventilation activation) when capacity thresholds are approached, reducing the need for continuous human oversight.
3Reliability
If ventilation system actively extracts gas contaminants, then gas accumulation is prevented, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ventilation system operates dynamically with variable speed control rather than continuous full-power operation. The system adjusts fan or blower speeds based on real-time gas concentration readings from sensors, providing enhanced ventilation only when gas levels warrant it, thereby maintaining reliability while minimizing unnecessary energy consumption during low-risk periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs periodic or demand-based ventilation activation rather than continuous operation. Ventilation is triggered periodically or in response to detected gas accumulation events, providing effective gas removal when needed while allowing the system to consume minimal energy during periods when gas accumulation is not a concern.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple systems (sorption, ventilation, sensor, control) are integrated in one device, then comprehensive gas control is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates sorption materials, ventilation components, sensor systems, and control electronics into a single unified device housing. This consolidation provides comprehensive gas control functionality in one package while managing complexity through integrated design, shared power and control circuits, and coordinated operation of all subsystems under centralized control logic.
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
The device effectively prevents gas accumulation by detecting and removing flammable and toxic gases, providing timely alerts and enabling remedial actions, thereby reducing the risk of fires and harm to humans and animals.
Implementation Method 1
The systems are configured to intelligently extract gas contaminants from the environment by actively accelerating air flow into the cavity and then absorbing or adsorbing the gas contaminants by means of sorption material.
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AI summary
A gas accumulation and combustion control device combining a sorption system, a ventilation system, a control system, and sensor system, with the sensor system configured to detect gas contaminants, transmit a gas detection signal to the control system, the control system configured to adjust the ventilation system based on the gas detection signal, the ventilation system configured to draw the contaminated air in from the atmosphere and lead it toward the sorption system, which in turn is configured to adsorb or absorb the gas contaminants.