Gas detection and purification device
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a device that can effectively detect hazardous gases in indoor and in-car environments and provide real-time air quality monitoring to prevent adverse health effects from exposure to pollutants like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and volatile organic compounds.
Innovation Solution
A gas detection and purification device that combines a gas detection module with a purification module, featuring a housing with gas inlets and outlets, a gas-guiding unit, and various purification technologies such as filtering, photocatalyst, photo plasma, negative ion, and plasma units, to detect and purify ambient air, ensuring safe air quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple purification units (filtering, photocatalyst, photo plasma, negative ion, plasma) are combined to improve air purification effectiveness, then the purification capability is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple purification units (filtering unit, photocatalyst unit, photo plasma unit, negative ion unit, and plasma unit) into a single integrated device housing. These units work together in a coordinated manner to provide comprehensive air purification, addressing various types of pollutants simultaneously while maintaining a unified device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The gas detection and purification device is designed to perform multiple functions: detection of hazardous gases, filtering of particles, photocatalytic decomposition, photo plasma generation, negative ion production, and plasma treatment. This multi-functional approach allows a single device to handle diverse air quality issues without requiring separate specialized devices.
2Reliability
If real-time gas detection and purification are implemented to prevent exposure to hazardous gases, then health protection is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates a gas detection module that continuously monitors air quality and provides feedback to the control system. When hazardous gases are detected above threshold levels, the system activates the appropriate purification units. This feedback mechanism ensures that energy-intensive purification processes run only when necessary, rather than operating continuously.
Solution Approach 2:
The gas detection module operates continuously to detect hazardous gases before they reach dangerous concentrations. This preliminary detection allows the purification units to be activated in advance, preventing harmful exposure while optimizing energy usage by avoiding unnecessary continuous operation of high-power purification components.
3Loss of time
If continuous air quality monitoring is provided to enable timely warning and prevention actions, then response time is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device merges the gas detection module with the purification module into a single integrated system. The detection and purification functions share common components such as the housing, gas channels, and control system, reducing overall complexity while enabling continuous monitoring and immediate response capability.
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 provides continuous monitoring and purification of air quality, effectively preventing exposure to hazardous gases by using a combination of detection and purification technologies, ensuring the air is safe for users in both indoor and in-car spaces.
Implementation Method 1
The purification module is disposed in the gas channel so as to filter a gas guided into the gas channel
Implementation Method 2
various purification technologies such as filtering, photocatalyst, photo plasma, negative ion, and plasma units
Implementation Method 3
various purification technologies such as filtering, photocatalyst, photo plasma, negative ion, and plasma units
Implementation Method 4
various purification technologies such as filtering, photocatalyst, photo plasma, negative ion, and plasma units
Implementation Method 5
various purification technologies such as filtering, photocatalyst, photo plasma, negative ion, and plasma units
Data Source
AI summary
A gas detection and purification device can be placed in an in-car space and includes a housing, a purification module, a gas-guiding unit, and a gas detection module. The housing has a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A gas channel is between the gas inlet and the gas outlet. The purification module is disposed in the gas channel to filter the gas guided into the gas channel. The gas-guiding unit is disposed in the gas channel and at one side of the purification module. The gas-guiding unit guides the gas into the device from the gas inlet, guides the gas to pass through the purification module for performing filtering and purifying, and discharges the gas out from the gas outlet. The gas detection module is disposed in the gas channel to detect the gas guided into the housing to obtain gas detection data.