ZERO YIELD REACTOR AND METHOD OF SANITIZING AIR USING ZERO YIELD REACTOR
An apparatus (and method) for sanitizing air includes a generating unit that generates reactive oxygen species and ozone from oxygen in air, received by the generating unit, to be sanitized, and a cancellation unit or conversion filter that cancels at least a portion of the ozone before the air is returned to an area to be sanitized.
1 . An apparatus for sanitizing air, comprising:
a generating unit that generates reactive oxygen species including ozone from oxygen in air, received by said generating unit, to be sanitized; and
a cancellation unit that cancels at least a portion of the ozone before the air is returned to an area to be sanitized.
2 . The apparatus for sanitizing air according to claim 1 , wherein an entirety of the ozone is canceled before the air is returned to the area to be sanitized.
3 . The apparatus for sanitizing air according to claim 1 , wherein an entirety of the ozone is canceled before the air is returned to the area to be sanitized and a continuous production of other reactive oxygen species is maintained.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reactive oxygen species comprise at least one of oxygen, atomic oxygen, superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, and peroxynitrite.
5 . An apparatus for sanitizing air, comprising:
a reactor comprising a plurality of arrays, said plurality of arrays comprising:
a reactive oxygen species generating array that generates reactive oxygen species including ozone from oxygen in air, received by said generating unit, to be sanitized; and
a cancellation array that cancels at least a portion of the ozone before the air is returned to an area to be sanitized.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein said plurality of arrays further comprises a reduction array, disposed between said reactive oxygen species generating array and said cancellation array, that produces a level of reactive oxygen species and ozone that is lower than a level produced by said reactive oxygen species generating array.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the reactor comprises a space cancellation differential between individual arrays of said plurality of arrays.
8 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein individual arrays of said plurality of arrays are operated at different power potentials.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein individual arrays of said plurality of arrays are operated at different frequencies.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein individual arrays of said plurality of arrays are operated at different power potentials and frequencies.
11 . An apparatus for sanitizing air, comprising:
a reaction unit that generates reactive oxygen species including ozone from oxygen in air, received in the reaction unit, to be sanitized; and
a conversion filter that converts the ozone back to oxygen.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said conversion filter comprises a catalytic filter.
13 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said filter comprises a catalyst, which is not consumed during conversion of the ozone.
14 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said conversion filter comprises manganese dioxide as a catalyst.
15 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein said reaction unit comprises a plurality of arrays.
16 . A method of sanitizing air, comprising:
generating reactive oxygen species including ozone from oxygen in air to be sanitized; and
canceling at least a portion of the ozone before the air is returned to an area to be sanitized.
17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein an entirety of the ozone is canceled before the air is returned to the area to be sanitized and a continuous production of other reactive oxygen species is maintained.
18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the canceling at least a portion of the ozone before the air is returned to an area to be sanitized comprises applying a space cancellation differential.
19 . The method according to claim 16 , further comprising varying at least one of a power potential and a frequency at which a reactor is run.
20 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the canceling at least a portion of the ozone before the air is returned to an area to be sanitized comprises converting the ozone back to oxygen.
21 . The method according to claim 20 , wherein said converting the ozone back to oxygen comprises passing the ozone through manganese dioxide.