Ozone Gas Generator Occupancy Control for Viral Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ozone gas generators lack the ability to safely and efficiently ramp up ozone gas concentration in enclosed spaces without risking human safety, and there is a need for optimized control of ozone gas concentration in areas with multiple devices to ensure effective anti-viral and anti-microbial attributes while avoiding adverse effects.
Innovation Solution
An ozone gas generating device that uses UV irradiation to produce ozone gas, with a remote motion sensor to detect occupancy and switch to a 'turbocharged' mode for increased ozone production only when safe, and an AI or machine learning-based system to control a cohort of devices to maintain optimal ozone concentrations, ensuring safety and effectiveness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If ozone gas concentration is increased to enhance anti-viral and anti-microbial effectiveness, then viral safety status is improved, but human safety deteriorates due to potential adverse effects
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of human occupancy using remote motion sensors before initiating high-concentration ozone generation. The mobile computing device receives occupancy information and determines suitability for entrance before allowing ozone treatment to proceed, preventing exposure of humans to harmful ozone concentrations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors occupancy status and provides real-time feedback to control ozone generation. The mobile computing device receives updated occupancy information, re-evaluates suitability for entrance, and adjusts ozone generation accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system that maintains safety while achieving viral inactivation.
2Productivity
If multiple ozone gas generating devices are deployed to increase productivity, then anti-viral effectiveness is improved, but control complexity increases making it difficult to maintain safe and effective ozone concentrations
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple ozone gas generating devices are controlled through a single mobile computing device that aggregates occupancy information and coordinates treatment across all devices. The mobile device serves as a centralized controller that simplifies management of multiple generators while maintaining effective ozone concentrations throughout the facility.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile computing device performs multiple functions including receiving occupancy information, determining suitability for entrance, controlling ozone generation, and coordinating multiple devices. This universal controller approach reduces overall system complexity by consolidating control logic in a single platform that can manage any number of ozone generators.
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 solution allows for safe and efficient generation of ozone gas in enclosed spaces, optimizing ozone concentration for anti-viral and anti-microbial purposes while preventing adverse effects on humans, and ensures real-time monitoring and control of ozone levels for enhanced viral safety.
Implementation Method 1
generating ozone gas in accordance with applying ultraviolet (UV) irradiation provided in a wavelength of 185 nanometer (nm) to at least a portion of the gaseous oxygen of the stream of ambient air
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system of monitoring viral safety status associated with entry into a facility. The method comprises receiving, at a display user interface rendered at a mobile computing device, a selection of indicia representative of the facility, receiving, responsive to the selection, an ozone gas viral cleaning status of the facility, determining, based on the ozone gas viral cleaning status and at least one threshold entrant condition in association with an entrant category, a suitability for entrance into the facility and generating, at the display user interface, a notification in accordance with the suitability for entrance.