阅读说明：本技术 塔式空气净化装置及其空气净化方法 (Tower-type air purification device and air purification method thereof ) 是由 金玄珉 于 2020-03-06 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明为净化微尘等大气污染,而配置在室外来运行的塔式空气净化装置,更加详细地,为了容易分离空气中的大气污染物并进行净化,通过使主体的主要结构部模块化而组合为塔形态,通过根据大气污染测量信息来设置空气净化算法的控制器,适当地控制配置在装置的送风机、喷雾器、离子放射器、清洁水喷射器以及吸附刷子的运行,从而快速地净化吸入的大量的空气,能够单独控制装置,或者气象中心设置合适于不同大气污染地区的空气净化算法,通过远程控制来集体运行。(The present invention relates to a tower type air cleaning device which is configured to operate outdoors for cleaning air pollution such as fine dust, and more particularly, to a tower type air cleaning device which is configured to operate outdoors, and in order to easily separate and clean air pollution in air, a main structure part of a main body is modularized and combined into a tower shape, a controller of an air cleaning algorithm is configured according to air pollution measurement information, and the operation of a blower, a sprayer, an ion emitter, a cleaning water sprayer and an adsorption brush configured in the device is properly controlled, so that a large amount of sucked air can be rapidly cleaned, and the device can be individually controlled or a meteorological center is provided with an air cleaning algorithm suitable for different air pollution areas, and the device is collectively operated by remote control.)

1. A tower-type air purification device which purifies air and then discharges the air is characterized in that,

an air suction unit provided with at least one blower for sucking air;

an atomizer which is disposed in the air intake section and sprays mist particles;

an ion emitter that is disposed in the air intake portion and emits ions;

a cleaning water injector disposed in the air intake section and injecting cleaning water;

an air diffusion portion which is disposed below the air suction portion and diffuses the sucked air;

an air purification unit that is disposed below the air diffusion unit and includes at least one adsorption brush;

a pollutant collecting part which is arranged at the lower part of the air purifying part and collects pollutants from the air purifying part;

a pollutant settling part disposed at a lower portion of the pollutant collecting part, discharging the purified air through a vent, and collecting pollutants from the pollutant collecting part to settle; and

a pollutant discharge part which is arranged at the lower part of the pollutant settling part and discharges settled pollutants.

2. The tower air purification device of claim 1, further comprising:

a controller that controls operation of at least one of the blower, sprayer, ion emitter, cleaning water sprayer, and adsorption brush through an air purification algorithm.

3. The tower air purification device of claim 2, further comprising:

an atmospheric pollution sensor providing atmospheric pollution measurement information to the controller,

and purifying the air by the air purification algorithm set based on the atmospheric pollution measurement information and then discharging the air by using the air suction part, the air purification part, the pollutant collection part and the pollutant precipitation part.

4. The tower air purification device of claim 1,

the air suction part, the contaminant collecting part, and the contaminant settling part have funnel shapes, respectively.

5. The tower air purification device of claim 1,

and a separation space formed by keeping a distance is formed between the pollutant collecting part and the pollutant settling part.

6. The tower air purification device of claim 2,

the adsorption brush adsorbs pollutant particles in the air by rotation, and the rotation speed is appropriately controlled by the air purification algorithm.

7. The tower air purification device of claim 1,

the adsorption brush includes a plurality of brush pins arranged in a spiral shape and having conductivity.

8. The tower air purification device of claim 2,

the adsorption brush is charged by the control of the controller, thereby electrostatically adsorbing the pollution particles charged by the ions.

9. The tower air purification device of claim 1,

the adsorption brush includes brush pins coated with a carbon nanotube substance or formed of a plastic containing a carbon nanotube substance.

10. The tower air purification device of claim 1,

two or more of the adsorption brushes are vertically or horizontally arranged to be rotated, respectively.

11. The tower air purification device of claim 1,

a pollutant collecting plate for collecting pollutants discharged from the adsorption brush is disposed on an inner periphery of the air purifying part.

12. The tower air purification device of claim 1, further comprising:

and a waterproof cover arranged above the blower so as to maintain a distance from the suction port of the blower.

13. The tower air purification device of claim 2,

the controller is connected to a remote control center through a network and is capable of switching to a remote control mode, and when switching to the remote control mode, controls operation of at least one of the blower, the sprayer, the ion emitter, the cleaning water sprayer, and the adsorption brush through an air purification algorithm of the remote control center.

14. An air purification method of a tower-type air purification device is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the controller starts control through an air purification algorithm;

measuring the pollutant and pollution concentration of the air by operating an atmospheric pollution sensor;

controlling a blower of an air suction part to suck external air;

a step of controlling an atomizer of the air suction part to spray mist to the sucked air;

controlling an ion emitter of the air intake unit to emit ions to the intake air;

controlling an adsorption brush of the air purification part, and adsorbing and discharging pollutant particles in the air through the rotation and electrification of the adsorption brush;

controlling a cleaning water sprayer of the air suction part, spraying cleaning water to the sucked air, and cleaning the inside of the adsorption brush and the air purification part; and

and a step of controlling an ejector of the pollutant discharge part to discharge the pollutant settled in the pollutant settling part.

15. The air cleaning method of a tower-type air cleaning apparatus according to claim 14,

the air purification algorithm includes:

(a) a step of starting the air purification algorithm;

(b) operating an atmospheric pollution sensor to measure pollutants and pollution concentration in the air;

(c) collecting sensor information for monitoring each component in the device;

(d) controlling a blower of an air suction part to change the air suction quantity according to the purified air to suck the air;

(e) selecting an air purification method based on atmospheric pollution measurement information including pollutants and pollution concentrations in the air; and

(f) and controlling an ejector of the pollutant discharge unit based on the monitoring sensor information of the pollutant settling unit to discharge the pollutant settled in the lower part of the pollutant settling unit.

16. The air cleaning method of a tower-type air cleaning apparatus according to claim 15,

in the step of selecting the air cleaning method, if the concentration of the motes/sandstorms is lower than a set value, the air cleaning algorithm is configured as follows:

(1) performing a step of emitting ions to the inhaled air,

(2) executing the step of controlling the adsorption brush to be electrified, and electrostatically adsorbing the pollution particles in the air through the electrified adsorption brush,

(3) performing a step of spraying mist to the sucked air,

(4) performing a step of controlling the adsorption brush to rotate, changing a rotation speed to adsorb and discharge the pollution particles,

(5) a step of cleaning the inside of the adsorption brush and the air cleaning part is performed,

repeating the processes of (1) to (5) based on the atmospheric pollution measurement information and the sensor information for monitoring.

17. The air cleaning method of a tower-type air cleaning apparatus according to claim 15,

in the step of selecting the air cleaning method, if the concentration of the motes/sandstorms is higher than a set value, the air cleaning algorithm is configured as follows:

(1) performing a step of spraying mist to the sucked air,

(2) performing the steps of controlling the cleaning water sprayer, spraying cleaning water to the sucked air, adsorbing the contaminant particles in the air, and cleaning the adsorption brush,

(3) performing a step of controlling the adsorption brush to rotate, changing a rotation speed to adsorb and discharge the pollution particles,

(4) a step of cleaning the inside of the adsorption brush and the air cleaning part is performed,

repeating the processes of (1) to (4) based on the atmospheric pollution measurement information and the sensor information for monitoring.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a tower-type air cleaning device which is installed outdoors and operated to clean air pollution such as fine dust.

Background

Atmospheric pollution nuisance caused by increasingly serious tiny dust, fine particulate matters, sand storm, dust and the like crosses regions and national boundaries to become serious global environmental problems, but no proper solution is provided, so that the atmospheric pollution alarm is only dependent on reducing the situations of going out and wearing a mask, and the damage of the atmospheric pollution to daily life and health management is aggravated.

Accordingly, various governments have proposed measures for reducing fine dusts through various methods, but the generation of fine dusts and fine particles is becoming more serious due to the increase in the number of automobiles and industrial public hazards, the occurrence of fire, and the generation of various dusts, so that the fine dust public hazards become the most harmful factors threatening the health of the people as disasters.

Air purifiers for home and industrial use using filters for adsorbing fine dust have been developed in various ways and widely used, but conventional air purifiers using general air purifying filters cannot withstand a large amount of air pollution purification, and thus, there is basically no suitable air pollution purifying apparatus that can effectively solve the above problems.

Therefore, in some regions, a sweeper equipped with a mist sprayer is operated by spraying mist particles to the upper air while traveling on a road or by arranging a sprayer for spraying mist particles to the air on the roadside, and in some countries, an ultra-large air purification tower is arranged in a central region of a city to test the operation. Further, an artificial rainfall test using an airplane has been attempted, and efforts have been made to reduce the concentration of fine dust.

However, when the fine dust pollution is serious, the application range is limited depending on weather conditions and regions by only the mist particle spraying of a sweeper temporarily performed in a specific region or the artificial rainfall by an airplane, so that the effect of reducing the fine dust is very small, and in some countries, the construction site and the configuration cost required for the ultra-large air purification tower to be operated in a trial mode are high, and the cost problem that the filter for air purification needs to be replaced exists, so that the air purification is difficult to be widely popularized.

The atmospheric pollution has various pollutant components such as sand storm, tiny dust, fine particulate matters, dust, pollen and the like, the atmospheric pollutants and the concentration are different according to meteorological conditions, and the atmospheric pollution area is wide, so that the common air purification mode using the air purification filter cannot bear huge air purification filters which need to be replaced every day, and the air purification filter is difficult to use in practice.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an air cleaning unit capable of effectively performing a large amount of air cleaning in response to the air pollutants and concentration requirements of various components, and thus, to provide an apparatus which is easily installed on the roof, roadside, or river side of a building and can rapidly clean a large amount of air without using a general air cleaning filter.

The present invention relates to a tower type air cleaning apparatus which is installed outdoors to operate to clean air pollution such as fine dust, and more particularly, to a tower type air cleaning apparatus which is assembled in a tower shape by modularizing main components of a main body in order to easily separate and clean air pollution in air. In the present invention, a controller for setting an air purification algorithm based on air pollution measurement information controls a blower, a sprayer, an ion emitter, a cleaning water sprayer, and an adsorption brush provided in the apparatus, thereby rapidly purifying a large amount of air sucked. The invention aims to provide a tower type air purification device and an air purification method, which can be operated independently, or a meteorological center provides air purification algorithms suitable for different regions through a network, so that the tower type air purification device and the air purification method can be operated collectively through remote control.

The tower type air purification device of the present invention has main structural parts configured by [ an air suction part (configured with a sprayer + an ion emitter + a cleaning water sprayer) + an air diffusion part + an air purification part + a pollutant collection part + a pollutant precipitation part + a pollutant discharge part ], and provides a tower type air purification device and an air purification method for performing air purification by operating the air purification device alone by a controller according to an air purification algorithm of air pollution sensor information or remotely controlling the device by an air purification algorithm of a meteorological center.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is provided as follows.

The tower type air purification device according to the present invention comprises: an air suction unit provided with at least one blower for sucking air; an atomizer which is disposed in the air intake part and sprays mist particles; an ion emitter disposed in the air intake portion and emitting ions; a cleaning water injector which is disposed in the air suction part and injects cleaning water; an air diffusing portion which is disposed below the air suction portion and diffuses the sucked air; an air purification unit which is disposed below the air diffusion unit and includes at least one adsorption brush; a pollutant collecting part which is arranged at the lower part of the air purifying part and collects pollutants from the air purifying part; a pollutant settling part which is arranged at the lower part of the pollutant collecting part, discharges purified air through a ventilation opening, collects pollutants from the pollutant collecting part and carries out sedimentation; and a pollutant discharge part which is arranged at the lower part of the pollutant settling part and discharges settled pollutants. The tower type air purification device according to the present invention may further include: a controller disposed in the main body and connected to a remote control center through a network, the controller controlling the operation of each of the components through a set air purification algorithm; and an air pollution sensor which is disposed in the main body and provides air pollution measurement information to the controller.

The tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention controls the operation of the blower, the sprayer, the ion emitter, the cleaning water sprayer, and the adsorption brush by an air cleaning algorithm of the controller based on the measurement information of the air pollution sensor, so that the sucked air can be cleaned and discharged by the air suction unit, the air cleaning unit, the pollutant collecting unit, and the pollutant settling unit.

In order to further improve the technical means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the tower-type air cleaning apparatus of the present invention is effectively implemented, and further includes the following technical means of the main components.

The pollutant collecting part and the pollutant settling part are respectively formed into a funnel shape in order to easily collect and settle pollutants. In order to discharge the purified air and collect the contaminants, a separation space is formed between the contaminant collecting unit and the contaminant settling unit while maintaining a distance therebetween.

In the adsorption brush, the main body adsorbs pollutant particles in the air while rotating to perform air purification, and purifies the air in such a manner that the rotation speed is controlled by the air purification algorithm of the controller. The adsorption brush is formed in a brush shape in which a plurality of brush pins having conductivity are spirally arranged in a tubular main body, and the brush provided in the adsorption brush can adsorb contaminant particles by pushing air downward by the spiral brush when the main body is rotated.

The adsorption brush is charged under the control of the controller, and the charged brush electrostatically adsorbs the pollution particles charged by the ions of the ion emitter, thereby purifying the air. In order to achieve conductivity and durability, the adsorption brush is formed by coating a brush pin made of a carbon nanotube material or a plastic containing a carbon nanotube material.

In the air cleaning unit, at least two or more suction brushes are arranged vertically or horizontally and rotated, respectively, according to the size of the apparatus. Further, a plurality of contaminant collecting plates for collecting contaminants discharged by centrifugal force when the adsorption brush adsorbing the contaminant particles rotates are disposed on an inner circumference of the air cleaning part.

A waterproof cover which keeps a separation distance with the suction inlet of the blower and is used for blocking rain and snow from flowing into the blower is arranged above the blower. Preferably, a solar cell panel is disposed at an upper end of the waterproof cover, which is disposed in an inclined manner to prevent accumulation of snow and dust, so that electricity generated by solar power generation using the solar cell panel is used for the apparatus, thereby saving operation energy.

The controller converts the control function into a remote control mode through the remote control center, and executes the air purification function of the device through an air purification algorithm of the remote control center when the controller is converted into the remote control.

In order to achieve the above object, a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention performs a technical means for solving the technical problems of an air cleaning method as follows.

The air purification method of the tower-type air purification device comprises the following steps: a step in which the controller starts to control each structural part by an air purification algorithm; measuring the pollutant and pollution concentration of the air by operating an atmospheric pollution sensor; controlling a blower of an air suction part to suck external air; a step of controlling an atomizer of the air suction part to spray mist to the sucked air; controlling an ion emitter of the air intake unit to emit ions to the intake air; controlling an adsorption brush of the air purification part, and adsorbing and discharging pollutant particles in the air through the rotation and electrification of the adsorption brush; a step of controlling a cleaning water injector of the air suction part, injecting cleaning water to the sucked air minutely, and cleaning the inside of the adsorption brush and the air purification part; and a step of controlling an ejector of the pollutant discharge part to discharge the pollutant settled in the pollutant settling part.

In order to further improve the technical means for solving the technical problems, the tower-type air purification device of the present invention effectively performs air purification, and the following technical means with an air purification algorithm is also included as an effective air purification method.

The air purification algorithm of the controller may include:

(a) starting the air purification algorithm;

(b) operating an atmospheric pollution sensor to measure pollutants and pollution concentration in the air;

(c) collecting sensor information for monitoring each component in the device;

(d) controlling a blower of an air suction part to change the air suction quantity according to the purified air to suck the air;

(e) selecting a step of an air cleaning method by an air cleaning algorithm based on the air pollution measurement information of the above (b) (e.g., whether the concentration of the fine dust/sandstorm is high;

(f) in the above (e), if the concentration of the mote/sandstorm is lower than the set value, a first method of air purification is implemented in which the following air purification process is performed by an air purification algorithm;

(1) controlling an ion emitter of the air intake unit to emit ions to the intake air;

(2) controlling the adsorption brush of the air purification part to be electrified, and electrostatically adsorbing the pollution particles in the air through the electrified adsorption brush;

(3) a step of controlling an atomizer of the air suction part to spray mist to the sucked air;

(4) controlling an adsorption brush of the air purification part to rotate, changing a rotation speed through an air purification algorithm to adsorb pollutant particles, and discharging the adsorbed pollutant;

(5) a step of controlling a cleaning water sprayer of the air suction part and cleaning the inside of the adsorption brush and the air purification part by the sprayed cleaning water;

(6) a step of repeating the processes from the step (1) to the step (5) based on the air pollution measurement information and the function monitoring sensor information of each component to perform air purification;

(g) in the above (e), if the concentration of the mote/sandstorm is higher than the set value, implementing a second method of air purification in which the following air purification process is performed by an air purification algorithm;

(1) a step of controlling an atomizer of the air suction part to spray mist to the sucked air;

(2) a step of controlling a cleaning water injector of the air suction part, finely injecting cleaning water to the sucked air (sand storm/high concentration pollution particles), adsorbing the pollution particles in the air and cleaning the adsorption brush;

(3) controlling an adsorption brush of the air purification part to rotate, changing the rotation speed through an air purification algorithm, adsorbing pollution particles and discharging adsorbed pollutants;

(4) a step of controlling a cleaning water sprayer of the air suction part and cleaning the inside of the adsorption brush and the air purification part by the cleaning water sprayed forcefully;

(5) a step of repeating the processes from the step (1) to the step (4) based on the air pollution measurement information and the function monitoring sensor information of each component to perform air purification;

(h) controlling the discharger of the pollutant discharge part based on the monitoring sensor information of the pollutant settling part, and discharging the pollutants settled at the lower part of the pollutant settling part to the collecting barrel.

Effects of the invention

The tower type air purification device of the present invention is configured to operate outdoors for purifying air pollution such as fine dust, and can be effectively used for protecting national health from increasingly serious air pollution by being configured on a roof, a roadside, a river side, etc. of a building.

In addition, the tower type air purification device of the present invention performs air purification by rapidly adsorbing pollution particles in the air using the adsorption brush according to the present invention, which can be used semi-permanently, and does not use a general air purification filter, so that it is low in operation cost, easy to maintain, economical and practical, and capable of purifying air pollution.

In addition, in order to effectively purify fine dust, fine particulate matters, sand storms, dust, pollen and the like which are air pollution types, the tower type air purification device can be used for effectively and quickly purifying air pollution in a wider area through the air purification algorithm of the tower type air purification device, independently operating the device according to the information of the air pollution sensor, or setting the air purification algorithm suitable for different air pollution areas through the meteorological center and remotely controlling the device which is configured in a collective operation mode, so that the tower type air purification device has practicability.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a view showing a main structural part of a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating a process in which an air suction part of a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention radiates ions and sprays mist, and an air cleaning part operates an adsorption brush to perform air cleaning.

Fig. 3 is a view illustrating a process in which an air suction part of a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention sprays mist and sprays cleaning water, and an adsorption brush is operated by the air cleaning part to perform air cleaning.

Fig. 4 is a view showing an embodiment in which a waterproof cover and a safety ring are disposed at an upper portion of a tower-type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a view illustrating an embodiment of an adsorption brush according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a view showing another embodiment in which four adsorption brushes according to the present invention are horizontally arranged according to the size of the manufactured air cleaning apparatus.

Fig. 7 is a structural diagram showing a structure of controlling respective functions of the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an air purification algorithm in the air purification method of the tower type air purification apparatus according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The foregoing objects and technical features of the present invention and the details of the operation and effects thereof will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a view showing a main structural part of a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is combined in a tower form by supporting an air suction part 10 and an air cleaning part 30, in which at least one blower 11 is disposed at an upper portion thereof, and a pollutant collecting part 40 and a pollutant settling part 50 on a support having a triangular structure. In order to easily separate and purify the atmospheric pollutants in the air sucked by the blower 11, the main structural parts 10, 40, 50 of the main body are formed in a funnel structure.

Hereinafter, a process of purifying air by sucking air polluted by air pollution through the tower type air purifying apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 2 and 3.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating a process in which an air suction part of a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention radiates ions and sprays mist, and an air cleaning part operates an adsorption brush to perform air cleaning. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating a process in which an air suction part of a tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention sprays mist and sprays cleaning water, and an adsorption brush is operated by the air cleaning part to perform air cleaning.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the blower 11 is operated at an upper side so as to be spaced apart from an inlet of the air suction unit 10 formed in a funnel structure in order to suck a large amount of air with a small energy. When the blower 11 is operated, the air B on the side is also sucked in due to the airflow a of the wind blown from the upper side, so that a large amount of air can be sucked into the air suction portion 10. The blower 11 may be a large blower disposed at the suction port, or may be a plurality of blowers combined at the suction port, depending on the size of the air cleaning device and the air cleaning capacity, and preferably may be a plurality of blowers disposed at the side surface, depending on the configuration of the suction port.

The air sucked through the discharge port of the air suction unit 10 is diffused widely in four places by the semicircular air diffusion plate 21, and a vortex phenomenon occurs by the ascending air current to be raised and the sucked air current, so that the pollution particles in the air can be absorbed by the mist particles in the process of being mixed with the mist particles sprayed from the plurality of sprayers 12. In order to smoothly mix the mist particles and the pollution particles, it is preferable that an air diffusion fan is additionally provided to the air diffusion plate 21 to rotate.

Therefore, the air suction unit 10 and the air diffusion unit 20 absorb the pollution particles in the air by the sprayed mist particles, and the adsorption brush 31 rotates and strikes the mist particles absorbing the pollution particles with a plurality of brush pins to perform adsorption. The adsorption brush 31 is formed by arranging a plurality of brush pins in a spiral shape, and thus, when rotating, it rapidly adsorbs and absorbs the mist of the pollution particles while pushing the air downward by the spiral wing shape, thereby effectively realizing a large amount of air purification. More specifically, the detailed structure and operation and effect of the adsorption brush 31 will be described with reference to fig. 5 and 6.

Fig. 2 is a diagram for explaining a process of purifying fine dusts or fine particles having a low atmospheric pollution concentration. In the air intake portion 10, the air A, B sucked by the blower 11 is widely diffused by the air diffusion plate 21. The controller 70 operates the plurality of sprayers 12 and the plurality of ion emitters 13 alternately or simultaneously by an air cleaning algorithm according to the contaminants and concentrations of the inhaled air. Ions are radiated and mist is sprayed to the sucked air, whereby the charged adsorption brush 31 rapidly adsorbs the pollution particles (mist particles + pollutants) which are adsorbed by the mist particles and charged by the ions while being rotated at a proper speed (D), thereby effectively performing air purification.

The ion emitter 13 emits ions to the air taken in at the inlet of the air intake unit 10 formed in a funnel structure in order to sufficiently ionize the contaminant particles in the air taken in. As shown in the figure, ions can be emitted to the diffused air on the inner wall of the air intake part 10. Therefore, the ion emitter 13 can be disposed inside or outside the air intake unit 10 in a plurality of ion emitters 13 depending on the size of the air purification apparatus and the amount of air taken in. The ion emitter 13 controlled by the controller 70 may emit ions in such a manner that the direction of ion emission and the amount of ion emission are appropriate for the inhaled air through an air purification algorithm.

In the air cleaning part 30, if the adsorption brush 31 adsorbing the pollution particles (mist particles + pollutants) is rapidly rotated (D) through the air cleaning process, the pollution particles adsorbed by the adsorption brush 31 are discharged to the inner wall of the air cleaning part 30 by a centrifugal force to become pollutants. The discharged contaminants 41 are entrained by the wind generated by the rotation of the adsorption brush 31, collected in the funnel-shaped contaminant collecting portion 40, and may fall downward through the discharge port.

Thus, the purified air C is discharged to the outside through the ventilation opening of the pollutant settling part 50 after leaving the discharge opening of the pollutant collecting part 40, and the pollutants 41 falling from the discharge opening are collected in the pollutant settling part 50, and then are rapidly settled by the settling water 51 rippled by the force of the air from the discharge opening. If the amount of the contaminants precipitated rises to a certain extent, the discharger 61 of the contaminant discharger 60 is operated by the monitoring sensor, so that the contaminants can be discharged to the collecting tub through the pipe. If a filter is additionally provided, it is easy to handle the collection of contaminants while discharging the contaminants.

Also, in order to easily achieve the collection and precipitation of the contaminants 41, the contaminant collecting part 40 and the contaminant precipitation part 50 may be respectively shaped in a funnel shape. In order to discharge the purified air C and collect the contaminants, it is preferable that a V-shaped separation space is formed between the contaminant collecting unit 40 and the contaminant settling unit 50 with a certain distance therebetween. Also, in order to effectively precipitate the contaminants, it is preferable to additionally provide an ultrasonic generator or a foam generator in the contaminant precipitation part 50, thereby radiating ultrasonic waves or foam to the precipitation water 51.

In the process of performing the air cleaning, the cleaning state of the inside is detected by the monitoring sensor through the air cleaning algorithm, and the plurality of cleaning water sprayers 14 are periodically operated to clean the inner walls of the adsorption brush 31, the air cleaning unit 30 and the air suction unit 10, so that the air cleaning apparatus can always maintain an optimal operation state. Preferably, an eco-friendly detergent is added to the cleaning water for use according to the cleaning condition.

The adsorption brush 31, which is a core device of the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention, may be controlled to conform to the atmospheric pollution cleaning by the air cleaning algorithm of the controller 70 according to the present invention. The adsorption brush 31 is periodically charged by a pulse voltage during air purification or rotated (D) at a suitable speed according to the measured atmospheric pollutants and concentration, so that pollutant particles in the air can be quickly and efficiently adsorbed and discharged. The air pollution cleaning method according to the above air cleaning algorithm is described in detail in fig. 8 below.

Fig. 3 is a diagram for explaining a process of cleaning a sandstorm or mote having a high atmospheric pollution concentration. In the air intake portion 10, the air A, B sucked by the blower 11 is widely diffused by the air diffusion plate 21. The controller operates a plurality of sprayers 12 and a plurality of cleaning water sprayers 14 alternately or simultaneously. The adsorption brush 31 of the air cleaning part 30 rapidly adsorbs the pollution particles (mist particles + pollutants, cleaning water + pollutants) absorbed by the mist particles and the cleaning water while rotating (D) by spraying the mist particles and finely spraying the cleaning water to the polluted air diffused in the inside of the tub, thereby effectively performing air cleaning.

Next, as for the purified air C and the contaminants 41 discharged from the air purifying part 30, the contaminants 41 are collected in the contaminant collecting part 40 to fall down, and the purified air C is discharged to the outside through the partitioned space of the contaminant settling part 50. The contaminants 41 dropped to the contaminant settling part 50 may be discharged to the outside through the contaminant discharge part 60 after being settled by the settling water 51. Since the detailed air purification process of fig. 3 is similar to the air purification step described in fig. 2, a repetitive description will be omitted.

As shown in the description of fig. 3, in the case of a sand storm or a fine dust having a high concentration, there is a property of being strongly adsorbed to the adsorption brush 31 and the inner structure of the air cleaning part 30 in view of the characteristics of the contaminants. Therefore, if only mist is sprayed, the cleaning effect of the inside may be reduced, and thus a large amount of mist is sprayed to the sucked air while a large amount of cleaning water is finely sprayed, thereby increasing the absorption rate of the pollution particles by the sprayed mist particles and cleaning water, and also increasing the cleaning effect of the inside by the finely sprayed cleaning water.

Therefore, the air cleaning method of the present invention requires an effective air cleaning unit capable of effectively performing an air cleaning process according to the substance and concentration of the air pollution inhaled into the device, and in order to flexibly and automatically solve the above problems, an air cleaning algorithm is set based on the air pollution measurement information, and the air cleaning process suitable for the air pollution can be always performed by a separate operation of the device or a remote control of a meteorological center.

Fig. 4 is a view showing an embodiment in which the present invention is put into practical use by disposing a waterproof cover and a safety ring on the upper portion of the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.

In fig. 4, in order to realize the safe practical use of the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention shown in fig. 1, a safety ring 17 for preventing intrusion of pigeons, animals, etc. is disposed in a partitioned space among the blower 11, the air suction part 10, and the pollutant settling part 50, and a waterproof cover 15 for blocking inflow of rain and snow into the suction port is disposed in an inclined manner above the blower 11. In order to improve the intrusion safety, a wire mesh may be additionally disposed on the inner circumference of the safety ring 17.

Also, in the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention, in order to reduce energy, it is preferable that an additional solar cell panel 16 for solar power generation is included on the inclined surface of the waterproof cover 15, so that electricity generated in the solar cell panel 16 is used as an auxiliary power source of the air cleaning apparatus.

Also, the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is firmly supported by the support column 18 of the triangular structure. The main components 10, 11, 15, 17, 30, 40, 50, 60 constituting the air cleaning device may be formed in a module form and combined between the triangular-structured pillars 18 in a tower form. Therefore, it is easy to replace or maintain in a module unit.

Therefore, the tower-type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention, in which the main components are arranged in the form of modules, can be easily moved and installed even when it is made large-sized, and can be easily arranged on the roof of a building, roadside, river side, or the like, thereby being economical and practical and allowing operation. Further, stainless steel and FRP moldings which do not rust are used as exterior materials, so that maintenance can be easily performed and the moldings can be used semi-permanently.

Fig. 5 is a view showing an embodiment of the adsorption brush according to the present invention, and fig. 6 is a view showing another embodiment in which four adsorption brushes according to the present invention are horizontally arranged according to the size of the manufactured air cleaning apparatus.

Fig. 5 shows an embodiment of the suction brush 31 according to the present invention, and the main body rotated by the motor built in the inner side of the semicircular air diffuser plate 21 has a brush form in which a plurality of brush pins 32 are arranged in a spiral shape. In order to quickly perform air purification, the adsorption brush 31 may be rotated (D). An air diffusion plate 21 is disposed at the upper end of the adsorption brush 31, and it is preferable that the air diffusion plate is formed in a group and arranged in a plurality of vertical or horizontal directions according to the size of the air cleaning apparatus.

In the adsorption brush 31, the main body performs an air purification function while rotating (D), and the air purification can be achieved by adsorbing the pollution particles in the air by appropriately controlling the rotation speed through an air purification algorithm of the controller 70 according to the air pollution measurement information. The suction brush 31 is configured in a brush form by spirally arranging a plurality of brush pins 32 having conductivity on a main body. As the body rotates, the air may be pushed downward by the wing shape of the spiral brush while the pollution particles are rapidly adsorbed.

Further, as an example for improving the fine dust adsorption rate of the adsorption brush 31, it is preferable that a plurality of brush pins 32, which are made like bristles by gathering a plurality of piano wires or the like, are spirally arranged on a tubular main body to be manufactured in a brush form, and are coated with a conductive substance.

The adsorption brush 31 may be charged by a pulse voltage under the control of the controller 70. The charged brush can electrostatically adsorb the pollution particles charged by the ions of the ion emitter 13, thereby performing air purification. In order to achieve conductivity and durability, the adsorption brush 31 may include brush pins 32 coated with a carbon nanotube substance or made of plastic containing a carbon nanotube substance.

Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of the adsorption brush 31 according to the present invention, which is an embodiment in which four adsorption brushes 31 are horizontally arranged according to the size of the air cleaning apparatus to be manufactured. A plurality of contaminant collecting plates 33 are disposed between the arranged adsorption brushes 31, and when the adsorption brushes 31 adsorbing contaminants rotate (D) and discharge the adsorbed contaminants by centrifugal force, the discharged contaminants collide with the contaminant collecting plates 33, thereby being more rapidly collected.

Therefore, the air cleaning unit 30 may be configured such that at least two or more suction brushes 31 are vertically or horizontally arranged according to the size of the device to be manufactured, and the suction brushes 31 are rotated (D). Preferably, a plurality of contaminant collecting plates 33 are further disposed on the inner circumference of the air purifying part 30. Further, it is preferable that the air cleaning unit 30 sets the width and height of the adsorption brush 31 to an optimum state so as to match the size of the device to be manufactured.

Fig. 7 is a structural diagram showing a structure of controlling respective functions of the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to fig. 7, the tower type air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention can be operated by appropriately controlling the blower 11, the sprayer 12, the ion emitter 13, the cleaning water ejector 14, the adsorption brush 31, and the ejector 61, which constitute the apparatus, through an air cleaning algorithm of the provided controller 70. The air pollution sensor 71 is operated to collect air pollution measurement information, and function monitoring sensor information (function monitoring sensor information)72 is collected by the function monitoring sensors of the respective construction parts 11, 12, 13, 14, 31, 61, thereby monitoring the operation state of the apparatus in real time, and periodically spraying cleaning water to the inside to maintain the clean state, so that the air cleaning process can be appropriately performed by the above-described air cleaning algorithm.

Also, the controller 70 may control the function to be converted into the remote control mode through the remote control center 100 receiving the weather information of the weather information center 200. When converted to the remote control, the structure part 11, 12, 13, 14, 31, 61 of the remote control apparatus may be controlled by the air purification algorithm of the remote control center 100, thereby performing the air purification function.

Hereinafter, an air cleaning method of the tower type air cleaner according to the present invention will be described in detail.

The air purification method of the tower-type air purification device comprises the following steps: the controller 70 starts controlling each component by an air purification algorithm; a step of measuring the pollutant and pollutant concentration of the air by operating the atmospheric pollution sensor 71; a step of controlling the blower 11 of the air suction part 10 to suck the outside air; controlling the sprayer 12 of the air suction part 10 to spray mist to the sucked air; controlling the ion emitter 13 of the air intake unit 10 to emit ions to the intake air; controlling the adsorption brush 31 of the air purification part 30 to adsorb and discharge the pollution particles in the air by the rotation and electrification of the adsorption brush 31; controlling the cleaning water sprayer 14 of the air suction part 10 to spray cleaning water to the sucked air minutely and clean the inside of the adsorption brush 31 and the air purification part 30 by the cleaning water; and a step of controlling the ejector 61 of the contaminant discharging part 60 to discharge the contaminants precipitated at the contaminant settling part 50 to the outside, thereby effectively purifying the sucked air.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an air purification algorithm used as an air purification method of the tower type air purification apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, an air purification algorithm used as an air purification method of a tower type air purification apparatus according to the present invention may include the following steps.

(a) Step 300 of starting the air purification algorithm;

(b) operating the atmospheric pollution sensor 71 to measure the pollutant and the pollution concentration in the air 310;

(c) a step 320 of collecting monitoring sensor information 72 of each component in the apparatus;

(d) a step 330 of controlling the blower 11 of the air suction unit and sucking air by changing the amount of air sucked in according to the purified air;

(e) a step 340 of selecting an air cleaning method by an air cleaning algorithm based on the air pollution measurement information of (b) above (e.g., whether the concentration of the mote/sandstorm is high;

(f) in the above (e), if the concentration of the mote/sandstorm is lower than the set value, a first method of performing the following air purification process by an air purification algorithm is implemented;

(1) a step 350 of controlling the ion emitter 13 of the air intake unit to emit ions into the air to be taken in;

(2) a step 360 of controlling the adsorption brush 31 of the air purification unit to be charged and electrostatically adsorbing the pollution particles in the air by the charged adsorption brush;

(3) a step 370 of controlling the atomizer 12 of the air intake unit to spray mist to the intake air;

(4) a step 380 of controlling the adsorption brush 31 of the air purification part to rotate, adsorbing the pollutant particles by changing a rotation speed through an air purification algorithm, and discharging the adsorbed pollutant;

(5) a step 390 of controlling the cleaning water sprayer 14 of the air suction unit to clean the inside of the adsorption brush and the air cleaning unit with the sprayed cleaning water;

(6) a step of repeating the steps (1) to (5) based on the air pollution measurement information and the monitoring sensor information 72 of each component in the apparatus to perform air purification;

(g) in the above (e), if the concentration of the mote/sandstorm is higher than the set value, implementing a second method of air purification in which the following air purification process is performed by an air purification algorithm;

(1) a step of controlling an atomizer of the air suction part to spray mist to the sucked air;

(2) a step of controlling a cleaning water injector of the air suction part, finely injecting cleaning water to the sucked air (sand storm/high concentration pollution particles), adsorbing the pollution particles in the air and cleaning the adsorption brush;

(3) controlling an adsorption brush of the air purification part to rotate, changing the rotation speed through an air purification algorithm, adsorbing pollution particles and discharging adsorbed pollutants;

(4) a step of controlling a cleaning water sprayer of the air suction part and cleaning the inside of the adsorption brush and the air purification part by the cleaning water sprayed forcefully;

(5) a step of repeating the processes from the step (1) to the step (4) based on the air pollution measurement information and the function monitoring sensor information of each component to perform air purification;

(h) controlling the discharger of the pollutant discharge part based on the monitoring sensor information of the pollutant settling part, and discharging the pollutants settled at the lower part of the pollutant settling part to the collecting barrel.

The adsorption brush according to the present invention properly controls rotation and electrification according to the pollutant and concentration of the sucked air through an air purification algorithm, thereby rapidly adsorbing the pollutant particles adsorbed by the mist particles and charged by ions, thereby purifying the air. The invention does not use a common air purification filter, so the operation cost is less, the maintenance is easy, and the air pollution can be purified while the economy and the practicability are realized.

The tower type air purification device of the invention is vertically combined with main structural parts configured by [ an air suction part (configured with a sprayer, an ion emitter, a cleaning water injector) + an air diffusion part, an air purification part, a pollutant collection part, a pollutant precipitation part and a pollutant discharge part ], and the air purification device is independently operated by a controller through an air purification algorithm according to the information of an air pollution sensor, or the device is remotely controlled through an air purification algorithm of a remote control center connected with a network, so that the air purification can be effectively executed.

Industrial applicability

The present invention relates to a tower type air cleaning apparatus which is installed outdoors and operates to clean air pollution such as fine dust, and which effectively cleans air using mist particles and ions by using an adsorption brush of the present invention which can be used semi-permanently. In addition, the present invention does not use a general air cleaning filter, so that the present invention has a low running cost, and the main components are modularized to facilitate the configuration and maintenance, thereby being economical and effective in cleaning air pollution.

Further, the tower type air cleaning apparatus of the present invention can operate the apparatus alone by an air cleaning algorithm based on air pollution measurement information or collectively by an air cleaning algorithm suitable for different air pollution areas by remote control of a meteorological center in order to effectively clean fine dusts, fine particulate matters, sand storms, dusts, pollen, etc., which are kinds of air pollution. Therefore, when the apparatus is operated while being installed nationwide, the air pollution in a wide area can be effectively and quickly purified.