Plasma Ion Filter Sidestream Smoke Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sidestream smoke removing devices lack an effective filter that can efficiently remove and deodorize a large amount of sidestream smoke without increasing the device's size.
Innovation Solution
A sidestream smoke removing device equipped with a plasma ion filter that generates plasma ions using a high voltage electrode, which effectively removes sidestream smoke by destructing gas components, and a ventilation fan to maintain airflow, ensuring superior deodorizing performance and flow rate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional filter is used to remove sidestream smoke, then the device size increases, but the smoke removal effectiveness is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the conventional mechanical filter system with a plasma ion generation system. High voltage electrodes generate plasma ions that chemically react with and neutralize sidestream smoke components, eliminating the need for large physical filters while maintaining effective smoke removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operating parameters by applying high voltage (typically several thousand volts) to the electrodes, which generates plasma ions. This parameter change enables a compact design to achieve smoke removal effectiveness previously only attainable with large conventional filters.
2Productivity
If a large filter is used to process a large amount of sidestream smoke, then the smoke removal rate improves, but the device complexity and size increase
Solution Approach 1:
The complex mechanical filter structure is replaced with a simple plasma ion generation system consisting of high voltage electrodes. This substitution maintains high smoke removal rates while dramatically reducing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The plasma ions generated by the high voltage electrodes act as strong oxidizing agents that rapidly decompose and neutralize sidestream smoke components. This chemical mechanism achieves high removal rates without requiring complex physical filtration structures.
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 achieves a high sidestream smoke removal rate and deodorizing performance while maintaining a significant flow rate, with the plasma ion filter effectively purifying sidestream smoke using highly reactive plasma ions.
Implementation Method 1
a plasma ion filter configured to generate plasma ions using a high voltage electrode
Implementation Method 2
generate plasma ions using a high voltage electrode
Implementation Method 3
plasma ion filter configured to generate plasma ions using a high voltage electrode
Data Source
AI summary
A sidestream smoke removing device includes a housing having a smoking space defined therein, an article inserting part positioned on one end of the housing and having an open area through which a smoking article is inserted into the smoking space, and a sidestream smoke processing part positioned at a distance from an upstream end of the smoking article inserted into the smoking space and configured to process sidestream smoke produced from the smoking article. The sidestream smoke processing part includes a plasma ion filter configured to generate plasma ions using a high voltage electrode and a ventilation fan configured to allow the sidestream smoke to be discharged through the plasma ion filter. The sidestream smoke removing device obtains superior effects in terms of a sidestream smoke removal rate and deodorizing performance without significantly reducing the flow rate after the application of the filter.