Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an intelligent solution to the problems, including the problems of lack of flexibility, benefit, incapability of flexible control and the like when the traditional air purifier is applied to different pollutant concentrations, different pollutant sources and different local range sizes.
According to the invention, when manufacturers manufacture air purification devices with the same specification, the air purification devices can be provided with air purification filters with different types, quantities and aiming at different pollutant categories, and the air purification devices can identify different types of air purification filters and purification components. In cooperation with a general intelligent control device, a plurality of air purification devices equipped with air filters of different types and/or quantities can make mutually matched operation modes according to continuously changed environments and air quality. The air purifier achieves the effect of more efficiency and synergistic effect than the independent and individual operation of all the air purifiers. A plurality of air purification device cooperate the operation each other, except can improving purification efficiency, still according to the user in indoor position, or environment poverty, such as noise level, day and night, pollutant type level, air purification device's operating time, the remaining life-span of filter, and can hold pollutant volume etc., the air purification device of intelligent operation distribution in different positions, make in effectively getting rid of different grade type and different concentration white pollutant simultaneously, avoided air purification device's operation other circumstances that produce, such as the noise that the fan sent etc., influenced the user, make all air purification devices harmonious operation.
The present invention is practiced in a system for purifying air comprising:
the system comprises at least two air purification devices, at least one master intelligent control device and at least one air quality sensor;
the air purification device comprises at least one fan, at least one air purification filter and a wireless data output and receiving component implanted in the air purification device;
the general intelligent control device comprises a central controller, a program or a computer program which is pre-implanted in the central controller and instructs the air purification device to operate, and a wireless data output and receiving component which is implanted in the general intelligent control device;
the air quality sensor senses air quality of an environment in which the air purification system is applied and generates data related to the air quality;
the air quality data is input to a central controller of the master intelligent control device, and the master intelligent control device outputs an operation instruction to the at least two air purification devices according to the sensed air quality or the air quality data, so that the at least two air purification devices are operated in a matched mode.
The general intelligent control device outputs an operation instruction to enable the at least two air purification devices to enter an operation mode matched with each other, and the operation mode matched with each other enables the air purification efficiency achieved by the at least two air purification devices together to be higher than the sum of the purification efficiency achieved by the at least two air purification devices when the at least two air purification devices are operated independently (namely the common purification efficiency achieved by the at least two air purification devices when the at least two air purification devices are operated independently).
The at least two air purification devices are operated in a mode of cooperation with each other, so that a synergistic effect is generated in the air purification system. The purification efficiency refers to the speed of purifying pollutants and the energy required by the pollutants in the environment in which the air purification system is applied.
I.e. the efficiency-the speed at which the pollutant is abated/the energy consumed
The air purification system further comprises one or more of the following environmental sensors: occupancy sensors, dynamic sensors, noise level sensors, optical sensors, and clocks.
The occupancy sensor, the dynamic sensor, the noise level sensor, the optical sensor detect the position of the user in the room (i.e. the room in which the air purification system is applied), and/or the activity of the user, and/or the environmental conditions in the room in which the air purification system is applied.
The operation instruction enables the at least two air purification devices to enter into an operation mode matched with each other, and the operation mode matched with each other carries out a harmonious operation mode according to the indoor position of a user, the activity condition of the user and/or the indoor environment condition of the user. For example: the air purification device near the user operates in a relatively noise level operation mode, and the air purification device far away from the user can operate in a corresponding operation mode by matching with different types and different concentrations of pollutants near the user.
The operation instructions enable the at least two air purification devices to enter into an operation mode matched with each other, and the operation mode matched with each other is operated in a corresponding operation mode according to the remaining service life of the air filter and/or the pollutant capacity of the air filter, different positions of the air purification devices and the distribution of the air purification devices in an application space.
The at least two air purification devices are primarily directed to purifying different classes of pollutants, and/or levels of pollutants, in the air.
The air purification device further comprises one or more of the following air purification components: negative ion component, high-voltage electrostatic dust collection component, ultraviolet germicidal lamp or component.
The air purification device also comprises a valve or a mechanism, and the valve or the mechanism can be used for controlling the flow path of air in the air purification device.
The air purification device also comprises a valve or a mechanism, and air containing pollutants can be controlled to flow through a specified air purification filter after entering the air purification device by the valve or the mechanism.
The operation mode of the air purification device comprises one or more of the following operation modes:
I. different rotating speeds of the fan, or wind flow speed, or wind flow;
II. A machine or a valve is used for controlling the flow path of air after the air enters the air purification device;
III, controlling the air containing pollutants to flow through different air purification filters by using a mechanism or a valve after entering the air purification device;
IV, turning on and/or off one or more of the following air purification components: a power supply for the anion component, the high-voltage electrostatic dust removal component, the ultraviolet germicidal lamp or the component;
v, adjusting one or more of the following air purification components: the negative ion component, the high-voltage electrostatic dust removal component, the ultraviolet germicidal lamp or the operating voltage of the components can achieve different air purification effects or achieve the purpose of removing or reducing different types of pollutants.
The air purification device also comprises an independent intelligent control component which is pre-implanted with a default operation program.
And the default operation program controls the air purification device to operate independently, or controls the air purification device to cooperate with at least one other air purification device to operate according to the operation instruction of the total intelligent control device.
And the independent intelligent control part is used for implanting a default operation program in advance when the air purification device does not receive an operation instruction of the total intelligent control device, outputting the instruction and controlling the air purification device to operate independently.
The independent intelligent control component enables the air purifier to perform one of the following operation modes when the air purifier receives an operation instruction of the general intelligent control device:
I. the pre-implanted default operation program outputs an instruction to enable the air purification device to be matched with at least one other air purification device to operate according to the mutually matched operation instruction output by the intelligent control device;
II. The independent intelligent control components of the air purification device can override any independent operation instruction sent by the air purification device by the mutually matched operation instruction sent by the main intelligent control device, and the two or more air purification devices bypass the instruction sent by the independent intelligent control components of the air purification device and directly operate according to the instruction sent by the main intelligent control device.
The at least two air purification devices have the same specification and can contain different numbers of air purification filters; or the at least two air purification devices have different specifications and comprise different numbers and/or types of air purification filters, and the different numbers and/or types of air purification filters aim at treating different types and/or levels of pollutants.
The at least two air purification devices can accommodate different numbers and/or types of air purification filters.
Said one air purification device comprises at least one filter for removing gaseous pollutants, and/or purification device, and said another air purification device comprises at least one filter for removing particulate pollutants, and/or purification device.
The one air purification device includes a filter and/or purification device that removes particulate contaminants and degas gaseous contaminants, and the other air purification device includes a filter and/or purification device that removes particulate contaminants.
The air purification device further comprises a reader to identify characteristics of the relevant air purification filter; including identifying characteristics of the air purification filter that are related to one or more of:
I. the type of air cleaning filter that is used,
II. The service life of the air purifying filter is prolonged,
III, accommodating the pollutant amount.
The air purifying filter contains a corresponding tag to engage the reader.
The reader comprises a radio frequency identification reader, and the air purification filter comprises a corresponding radio frequency identification tag.
The reader is a reader utilizing near field communication technology, and the air purification filter includes a corresponding near field communication identification tag.
When the air purification filter containing the RFID tag is placed in the air purification device, the RFID reader automatically identifies the type of the air purification filter.
When an air cleaning filter containing an identification tag is put into the air cleaning device, the reader automatically identifies whether the air cleaning filter has been used in any of the air cleaners.
When the air purifying filter containing the identification tag is put into the air purifying device, the reader automatically identifies the containing amount of the pollutants, and calculates the remaining time of the air purifying filter which can be used in the air purifying device.
The method senses air quality data of the environment to sense the level of particulate contaminants in the air, and if the level of particulate contaminants is above a predetermined level, the intelligent central control unit instructs the air cleaning unit having the filter for removing particulate contaminants to operate at a higher wind speed and instructs the air cleaning unit having the filter for removing gaseous contaminants to operate at a lower wind speed or to suspend operation; until the level of particulate contaminants has been reduced to another predetermined level, the intelligent control instructs the air cleaning device including the particulate contaminant removal filter to operate at a lower wind speed and instructs the air cleaning device including the gaseous contaminant removal filter to operate at a wind speed in accordance with the level of gaseous contaminants.
If the adsorption capacity of the filter for removing gaseous pollutants in the air cleaning device containing the filter for removing gaseous pollutants is close to saturation, the general intelligent control device instructs the air cleaning device containing the filter for removing gaseous pollutants and the filter for removing particulate pollutants to operate at a higher wind speed until the level of particulate pollutants reaches a satisfactory level, and instructs all the air cleaning devices to operate at a lower wind speed.
The total intelligent control device is a computer, or a tablet computer, or a mobile electronic communication device or a mobile phone.
The embedded program or computer program for instructing the air purification device to operate, and the default operating program for the small and/or embedded independent intelligent control component are/is connected with the cloud system or the internet, and the operating program or computer program can be updated or changed according to any data in the cloud system or the internet. The air element sensor is implanted in one or more of the following devices:
I. an independent device with an independent power supply and a wireless data output and receiving component; after sensing the air quality of the environment, the air quality sensor outputs the data of the air quality through a wireless data output part of the independent device;
II. After the air quality sensor senses the air quality of the environment, the air purification device outputs the data of the air quality through a wireless data output part of the air purification device;
and III, after the air quality sensor senses the air quality of the environment, the general intelligent control device outputs the data of the air quality through a wireless data output part of the general intelligent control device.
The air purification device further comprises an air purification component.
The air purification device further comprises an air treatment component.
The Air purifying filter includes a filter element for purifying Air by filtering or adsorbing the Air in the filter, such as activated carbon for adsorbing gas pollutants, primary filter paper, High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter paper, and High voltage electrostatic precipitator.
The air purification part also comprises an air purification part for purifying air in a non-filtration mode, such as an anion generator and an ultraviolet germicidal lamp.
The air processing component also comprises any processing component which improves the environmental quality in a non-purification mode and a non-filtration mode, and the processing component comprises a pump, a heating component, a dehumidification component, a humidification component and a cold air component.
The air quality sensor senses air quality of the environment and inputs data of the air quality to the general intelligent control device.
The general intelligent control device acquires the condition of the air purification device in the air purification system through a wireless data output and receiving component according to the step (1); (2) the air quality measured by the air quality sensor and (3) the pre-implantation program are output as operation instructions to the at least two air purification devices to control the operation modes of the at least two air purification devices, so that the at least two air purification devices are cooperatively operated together, which can achieve an air purification effect that is more cost-effective and/or air purification efficiency than the total air purification effect even if the at least two air purification devices are independently operated.
The air purification device conditions of the piece of air purification device transmitted to the master intelligent control device via the wireless data output and reception means include one or more of the following conditions:
(a) filter class of the air cleaning apparatus
(b) Operation state of air purification component of the air purification device
(c) Operating conditions of air processing components of the air purifying device
(d) The filter can contain the pollutant quantity and/or the consumed containing quantity
(e) When the air cleaning device is operated, a plurality of different filters of the air cleaning device correspond to the current situation of the filters so as to remove the optimal wind flow speed of the targeted pollutants
(f) The direction-adjusting angle and position of the air outlet and the air inlet of the air purifying device
(g) Type/model of the air cleaning device
(h) Relative position of fan and filter in the air purification device
(i) The category of the fan in the air purification device
(j) Geographical position of the air cleaning device
In some embodiments, the program or computer program pre-implanted in the general intelligent control device comprises a logic unit for performing a probabilistic inference analysis based on the air quality sensor sensing certain air quality of the environment, and/or data of all air quality of the environment intercepted by the internet, and/or past measured air quality data, and/or a user's daily activity pattern, and/or time and date, to obtain an assessment of the environment of the air purification system; and instructs the air cleaning device to perform corresponding mutually-matched operation modes.
The relevant environmental assessment includes an operational condition of the relevant environment (i.e., the environment in which the air purification system is employed), a measured air quality present level, a prediction of an unmeasured air quality level, a trend prediction of a plurality of air parameters, and an overall air quality rating.
The instruction that total intelligent control device sent to control air purification device in whole air purification system's the mode of operation that cooperatees mutually, still include:
(a) instructing the respective air cleaning devices to start and stop operation.
(b) Instructing the running speed of the fan of the individual air purification device, namely the wind flow speed and the air quantity entering the individual air purification device;
(c) instructing the adjustment angles and directions of the air outlet and the air inlet of the individual air purification device;
(d) the operation of the air cleaning filter, the air filter component, and/or the air cleaning component, and/or the air treatment component in the respective air cleaning device is instructed.
In one embodiment, the at least two air purification devices are provided with different filters, the at least two air purification devices mainly aim at purifying different pollutants in the air, and the optimal wind flow speeds of the air purification devices are different when the air purification devices respectively operate to remove the pollutants aiming at the air purification devices; when the at least two air purification devices are operated together in a coordinated mode, the contaminant removal rate is faster than when the air purification devices are operated independently in a coordinated mode at their optimal airflow rates.
In one embodiment, the air cleaning filter is disposed at a position upstream of the air cleaning device or downstream of the air cleaning device. If the filter is disposed at a position upstream of the blower, the contaminant-containing air is drawn into the filter, and the contaminant-containing air is drawn into the filter in a laminar flow; if the filter is disposed at a position downstream of the blower fan, the air containing the contaminants is blown into the filter, and the air containing the contaminants is blown into the filter in a random manner, so that the purification efficiency of different air purification apparatuses (even if the same air purification filter is included) is different, and must be matched with each other according to the environmental requirements to achieve the optimal purification effect or efficiency.
The at least two air cleaning devices comprise identical, air cleaning filters.
The at least two air cleaning devices comprise completely different air cleaning filters.
The at least two air cleaning devices comprise partially identical air cleaning filters.
The air cleaning filters in the at least two air cleaning devices have different holding amounts for holding pollutants.
In one embodiment, the one air purification device comprises a filter for removing larger volume particulate pollutants, and the other air purification device comprises a filter for removing smaller volume particulate pollutants.
In one embodiment, the particulate contaminant removal filter is a high voltage electrostatic precipitator filter, or a high efficiency dust removal filter paper.
In one embodiment, the total intelligent control device is an intelligent portable telephone device, or a computer, or a portable computer; the general intelligent control device can be connected to the computer Internet outside the environment applying the air purification system optionally or conditionally; transmitting the instruction sent by the condition of the air purification device, or/and the environment evaluation packet, or/and the general intelligent control device to another general intelligent control device or to another computer, server, or hardware or software containing computer software with server-side function and running server-side software; the other general intelligent control device or the other computer, the server or the hardware or software containing the computer software with the server side function and the running server side software can send a remote instruction, so that the at least two air purification devices are mutually matched to operate together, an air purification effect can be achieved, and the remote instruction can override the instruction sent by the general intelligent control device.
In one embodiment, the general intelligent control device can be automatically linked to the air purification system through a wireless data output and receiving component optionally or conditionally; if the total intelligent control device is an intelligent portable telephone device carried by a user, or a computer, or a portable computer, the total intelligent control device can also be used as a device for predicting the position of the user; if the general intelligent control device is linked to the air purification device in the air purification system and indicates that a user is in the range of the air purification system, the general intelligent control device sends an instruction to enable the air purification device to be automatically started or enter a mutual matching mode for operation; if the general intelligent control device cannot be linked to the air purification device in the air purification system, or if the link between the general intelligent control device and the air purification device in the air purification device is interrupted, which indicates that the user is out of the range of the air purification system or leaves the range of the air purification system, the air purification device will automatically shut down or enter another low-energy-consumption operation mode.
In one embodiment, the general intelligent control device is a computer, a server, or hardware or software including computer software with server-side functions and running server-side software, which is connected through a wireless router or by converting a wired network signal into a wireless signal.
In one embodiment, the general intelligent control is provided with a distance sensing part or a photographing part, and the distribution condition of the air purification device in an environment can be detected through the distance sensing part or the photographing part.
The air element sensor includes a sensor that measures particulate contaminants, and/or measures gaseous contaminants.
The air element sensor includes a sensor that measures the same or multiple parameters: temperature, humidity, volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, dust, ozone, nitrogen oxides, bacteria, radon gas, wind speed, wind current, air pressure, ambient light brightness, sound, various radiation levels in the air.
In one embodiment, the air quality sensor is disposed in the air purification device, and measures and records the air quality of the environment even if the air purification device is not in the pollutant removing mode.
The air quality sensor is disposed in the air purification device, the total air quality in the environment using the air purification system is an average value of levels measured by the air quality sensors in the plurality of air purification devices, and the regional air quality in the environment using the air purification system is a level measured by the air quality sensor in each of the plurality of air purification devices.
In one embodiment, the air purification device further comprises a radio frequency identification reader, and the air purification device can be placed into air purification filters containing different radio frequency identification tags, wherein the filters containing different radio frequency identification tags are different types of air purification filters aiming at different pollutants; when the filter containing different RFID tags is put into the air purification device, the RFID reader automatically identifies the type of the air purification filter and transmits the identified type data to the independent intelligent control component of the air purification device; further, the air purification device transmits the identified category data to the general intelligent control device.
In one embodiment, the RFID reader identifies whether the filter was used in the air purifier, and if the filter was used in the air purifier, the central intelligent control unit or a separate intelligent control component calculates the remaining time the filter can be used by the air purifier based on the time the filter was used, the pollutant level when the filter was used, and the pollutant content of the filter.
In one embodiment, the at least two air purification devices comprise fans of different specifications.
In one embodiment, the one air purification device comprises a centrifugal fan, and the other air purification device comprises an axial flow fan.
In one embodiment, the one air purification device comprises a high wind pressure and high wind flow fan, and the other air purification device comprises a low wind pressure and high wind flow fan.
In one embodiment, the at least two air purification devices comprise fans with the same power consumption.
In one embodiment, the at least two air purification devices comprise fans with different power consumptions.
When two or more air purification devices are operated together in a mutually matched manner according to the instruction sent by the general intelligent control device, the angles and the directions of the air outlet and the air inlet of the air purification devices can be adjusted by the instruction sent by the general intelligent control device.
The invention also includes a method for air purification, which uses the air quality data of the environment sensed by the air quality sensor to input into the general intelligent control device, wherein, the general intelligent control device has pre-implanted operation program for controlling different air purification devices to cooperate with the air quality of different environments, the general intelligent control device pre-reads and identifies the filter types of different air purification devices, according to the air quality data of the environment and the pre-implanted operation program, the general intelligent control device sends out operation instructions to different air purification devices in a wireless input mode, so that the air purification devices of the same or different filter types or the air purification devices aiming at the same or different pollutants cooperate with each other to operate, the efficiency of the cooperation operation and the speed of removing the pollutants of the environment, compared with the air purification device which only synchronously operates and removes the total effect of the environmental pollutants, the air purification device has higher efficiency and can remove the environmental pollutants more quickly.
The present invention also includes an air purification method, said method sensing air quality data of an environment sensing levels of particulate contaminants in the air, said global intelligent control device instructing an air purification device having a filter for removing particulate contaminants to operate at a higher wind speed and instructing an air purification device having a filter for removing gaseous contaminants to operate at a lower wind speed or even stop operating if said levels of particulate contaminants are above a predetermined level or if said levels of particulate contaminants reach a level that may damage the filter for removing gaseous contaminants; until the level of particulate contaminants has been reduced to another predetermined level, or the level of particulate contaminants has reached a satisfactory level without destroying the gas contaminant removal filter, the intelligent control instructs the air cleaning system including the particulate contaminant removal filter to operate at a lower air speed, and instructs the gas contaminant removal filter to operate at an air speed based on the level of gas contaminants.
The present invention also includes an air purification method, said method sensing air quality data of an environment sensing levels of particulate contaminants in air, said global intelligent control device instructing air purification devices other than filters containing gaseous contaminants to operate at higher wind speeds and instructing filters containing gaseous contaminants to operate at lower wind speeds or even stop operating if said levels of particulate contaminants are above a predetermined level or reach a level that could damage filters containing gaseous contaminants; until the level of particulate contaminants has been reduced to another predetermined level, or the level of particulate contaminants has reached a satisfactory level or does not damage the gas contaminant removal filter, the intelligent control instructs the air cleaning device including the particulate contaminant removal filter to operate at a lower air speed, and instructs the air cleaning device including the gas contaminant removal filter to operate at an air speed in accordance with the level of gas contaminants.
The present invention also includes an air purification method, said method sensing air quality data of an environment sensing levels of particulate contaminants in air, said global intelligent control device instructing air purification devices other than filters containing gaseous contaminants to operate at higher wind speeds and instructing air purification devices containing filters removing gaseous contaminants to operate at lower wind speeds or even to cease operation if said levels of particulate contaminants are above a predetermined level or reach a level that could damage filters removing gaseous contaminants; however, if the adsorption amount of the filter for removing the gaseous pollutants in the air cleaning apparatus including the filter for removing the gaseous pollutants is close to saturation, the total intelligent control device instructs the air purification device containing the filter for removing the gas pollutants to operate at a higher wind speed, the air purification device can not effectively remove the gas pollutants because the adsorption capacity of the filter is close to the saturation relation, which is still capable of flowing at high wind speeds, enhances the air flow in the environment to assist the air cleaning device containing the particulate contaminant removal filter to more effectively filter particulate contaminants until the level of particulate contaminants has reached a satisfactory level, the intelligent control unit instructing all air cleaning devices to operate at lower wind speeds.
The present invention further includes an air purification method, wherein the method senses the level of the air pollutants in the air from the air quality data of the environment, and if the level of the air pollutants is higher than a preset level, the total intelligent control device instructs all air purification devices except the air filter containing the air pollutants to operate at a higher wind speed, enhances the convection of the air, and instructs the air purification devices containing the air filters containing the air pollutants to operate at a milder wind speed; until such time as the level of gaseous contaminants has been reduced to a satisfactory level.
The present invention also includes an air purification method, the method sensing air quality data of an environment sensing levels of particulate contaminants and gaseous contaminants in air, the master intelligent control device instructing preferential removal of the particulate contaminants if the levels of the particulate contaminants and the gaseous contaminants are above a predetermined level, i.e., the master intelligent control device instructing air purification devices other than filters containing gaseous contaminants to operate at a higher air speed and instructing air purification devices containing filters that remove gaseous contaminants to operate at a lower air speed or even stop operating; until the level of particulate contaminants has been reduced to another predetermined level, or the level of particulate contaminants has reached a satisfactory level or does not damage the filters other than the gaseous contaminants, the intelligent overall control means instructs all air purification means other than the filters containing gaseous contaminants to operate at a higher air speed, enhances the convection of air, and instructs the air purification means containing the filters removing gaseous contaminants to operate at a milder air speed; until such time as the level of gaseous contaminants has been reduced to a satisfactory level.
The invention also includes an air purification method, the method senses air quality data of the environment and senses pollutants with different volume sizes in the air; in one embodiment, the method senses air quality data of an environment sensing particulate contaminants in the air at a diameter length of 10 microns (PM10) or less and particulate contaminants at a diameter length of 2.5 microns (PM2.5) or less; in one embodiment thereof; when the levels of pollutants with different volume sizes in the air are all high, the general intelligent control device instructs the air purification device with the filter for removing particulate pollutants to be arranged at the upstream position of the fan to operate at a higher wind speed, so that the pollutants with larger volume and smaller volume are prevented from causing the fan in some air purification devices (such as the air purification device with the filter arranged at the downstream position of the fan) to be polluted by the pollutants and reduce the service life of the fan due to the relationship of being arranged at the upstream position of the filter.