Device and method for determining the pollution status of a particle filter in an air-cleaning device

    公开(公告)号:US11617979B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16349308

    申请日:2017-11-23

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for determining the pollution status of a particle filter (10) for an air-cleaning device (1) with increased accuracy at low extra costs. The device comprises a sheet resistance input (43) for obtaining sheet resistance information (21) indicating or allowing to determine an electrical sheet resistance of the particle filter (10); a humidity input (44) for obtaining humidity information (31) indicating the relative humidity of the filter's environment; and a processor (45) for comparing the electrical sheet resistance indicated by or determined from the obtained sheet resistance information (21) with a reference sheet resistance of a clean particle filter at the relative humidity (31) indicated by the obtained humidity information and given at the time of acquisition of said electrical sheet resistance and for generating, based on said comparison, a control signal (41) for control of the air-cleaning device and/or a status information (42) indicating the pollution status of the particle filter (10).

    Electrostatic particle filtering
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    公开(公告)号:US11413628B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16465588

    申请日:2017-12-01

    Abstract: An electrostatic air cleaning device comprises a particle charging section, a particle precipitation section, a current sensor for measuring an electric current flowing through electrode plates of the precipitation section and a relative humidity sensor. The voltage applied to the electrode plates and the air flow through the device are controlled in dependence on the measured current flowing through the electrode plates. In this way, control is provided to prevent excessive electric leakage currents inside the precipitation section, that may lead to a hazard, and to optimize the energy efficiency of the cleaning device in relation to its cleaning performance. The relative humidity information also enables diagnosis of the cause of the high leakage current and the status of the precipitation section concerning the amount of precipitated particles therein.

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