Rotary Brush Wet Virus Removal for Low-Pressure Airflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional virus removal devices using wet mechanisms suffer from high pressure loss and large size due to inefficient gas flow, limiting their effectiveness and practicality.
Innovation Solution
A virus removal device employing a cylindrical treatment room with a rotary brush catcher, liquid spraying mechanism, and rotary driving mechanism to circulate and discharge gas and liquid, utilizing a wet mechanism to achieve high virus removal probability with minimal pressure loss and device miniaturization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wet mechanism is adopted for virus removal, then virus removal probability is improved, but pressure loss increases and device size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a rotary brush catcher that rotates to collect viruses from the gas stream. The rotation creates dynamic airflow patterns that reduce pressure loss while maintaining effective virus collection. The movable brush structure allows gas to flow through with less resistance compared to static wet filters.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a liquid spraying mechanism that introduces liquid into the treatment room to enhance virus removal. The liquid is sprayed in a controlled manner to achieve effective virus capture without creating excessive pressure loss, balancing wet mechanism effectiveness with airflow efficiency.
2Reliability
If a wet mechanism is adopted for virus removal, then virus removal probability is improved, but device size increases with respect to amount of air to be treated
Solution Approach 1:
The rotary brush catcher uses rotational motion to enhance virus collection efficiency within a compact volume. The rotation creates multiple collection zones and improves gas-liquid contact efficiency, allowing effective virus removal in a smaller device footprint compared to conventional wet filters.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters by using a rotating brush mechanism with controlled liquid spraying. This dynamic parameter control allows efficient virus removal in a compact device, reducing the volume required per unit of air treated compared to static wet filtration systems.
3Reliability
If liquid spraying is used to kill viruses, then virus removal efficiency is improved, but liquid consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a continuous liquid spraying mechanism that maintains constant virus-killing action throughout the treatment room. The continuous spray ensures high virus removal efficiency while optimizing liquid distribution to minimize consumption, avoiding both under-spraying (inefficient removal) and over-spraying (excessive consumption).
Solution Approach 2:
The rotary brush catcher collects viruses and brings them into contact with the sprayed liquid, creating a self-enhancing system where the brush motion concentrates viruses into the liquid path, improving kill efficiency without proportionally increasing liquid consumption.
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 high virus removal efficiency with low pressure loss and compact size, reducing liquid usage and enabling easy balance between gas flow and virus removal capacity.
Implementation Method 1
a catcher (2) formed of a rotary brush, which is installed in the treatment room (1) and collects a virus contained in the gas
Implementation Method 2
the liquid contains a component that kills the virus
Implementation Method 3
a light source configured to irradiate the liquid with a light that kills the virus
Implementation Method 4
the gas is introduced from the gas introducing portion to the treatment room and the gas is discharged from the treatment room through the gas discharging portion by the action of only an airflow generated by rotation of the catchers formed of a rotary brush
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AI summary
A virus removal device providing a high virus removal probability, a small pressure loss of a flowing gas, and miniaturization with respect to an amount of air to be treated, by adopting a wet mechanism for removing a virus from a gas, the virus removal device includes a cylindrical treatment room to introduce a gas and remove a virus, a catcher formed of a rotary brush, installed in the treatment room and configured to collect the virus contained in the gas, a liquid spraying mechanism in the treatment room, a rotary driving mechanism to rotate the catcher, a gas introducing portion to introduce the gas to the treatment room, a gas discharging portion to discharge the gas from which the virus has been removed from the treatment room, and a liquid discharging portion to discharge a liquid containing the virus that has been removed from the gas.