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Granted Patent B2
US 11,583,801 · App. 17/605,791 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Gas treatment device and gas treatment method

Inventor: Keisuke Naito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
B01D53/8675B01D53/346B01D53/44B01D53/76B01J23/34C01B13/10B01D2255/2073B01D2255/9155B01D2257/106B01D2257/708
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Patent No.
US 11,583,801
App. No.
17/605,791
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas treatment device that treats a gas to be treated, including oxygen, introduced at a gas inlet and that exhausts a treated gas at a gas outlet, the gas treatment device includes: a gas channel that communicates the gas inlet with the gas outlet; a blower that allows the gas to be treated to flow from the gas inlet to the gas outlet; an ultraviolet light source that is disposed in the gas channel and radiates ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 230 nm or less; a filter that is disposed at a side at which the gas outlet is located from the ultraviolet light source in the gas channel, and that adsorbs at least ozone; and a control unit that controls the blower to operate, wherein the control unit controls the blower to start a blowing operation after the ultraviolet light source starts radiating the ultraviolet light.

Claims (31)

1. A gas treatment device that treats a gas to be treated, including oxygen, introduced at a gas inlet and that exhausts a treated gas at a gas outlet disposed at a location different from that of the gas inlet, the gas treatment device comprising:

a gas channel that communicates the gas inlet with the gas outlet;

a blower that allows the gas to be treated to flow from the gas inlet to the gas outlet;

an ultraviolet light source that is disposed in the gas channel and emits ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 230 nm or less;

a filter that is disposed at a side at which the gas outlet is located from the ultraviolet light source in the gas channel, and that adsorbs at least ozone; and

a control unit that controls the blower to operate,

wherein the control unit controls the blower to start a blowing operation after the ultraviolet light source starts radiating the ultraviolet light.

2. The gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the blower to stop the blowing operation after the ultraviolet light source stops radiating the ultraviolet light.

3. The gas treatment device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit controls the lighting of the ultraviolet light source.

4. The gas treatment device according to claim 3 , further comprising an operation instruction unit that is configured to be operational to an operator,

wherein the operation instruction unit transmits a treatment start signal to the control unit when the operator operates the operation instruction unit to perform a start of an operation, and the control unit performs a first control that lights the ultraviolet light source and a second control that starts the blowing operation of the blower after executing the first control when the control unit receives the treatment start signal transmitted from the operation instruction unit.

5. The gas treatment device according to claim 4 , wherein the operation instruction unit transmits a treatment stop signal to the control unit when the operator operates the operation instruction unit to perform a stop of an operation during the lighting of the ultraviolet light source, and

the control unit performs a third control that turns off the ultraviolet light source and a fourth control that stops the blowing operation of the blower after executing the third control when the control unit receives the treatment stop signal transmitted from the operation instruction unit.

6. The gas treatment device according to claim 5 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

7. The gas treatment device according to claim 4 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

8. The gas treatment device according to claim 3 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

9. The gas treatment device according to claim 2 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

10. The gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the lighting of the ultraviolet light source.

11. The gas treatment device according to claim 10 , further comprising an operation instruction unit that is configured to be operational to an operator,

wherein the operation instruction unit transmits a treatment start signal to the control unit when the operator operates the operation instruction unit to perform a start of an operation, and the control unit performs a first control that lights the ultraviolet light source and a second control that starts the blowing operation of the blower after executing the first control when the control unit receives the treatment start signal transmitted from the operation instruction unit.

12. The gas treatment device according to claim 11 , wherein the operation instruction unit transmits a treatment stop signal to the control unit when the operator operates the operation instruction unit to perform a stop of the operation during the lighting of the ultraviolet light source, and

the control unit performs a third control that turns off the ultraviolet light source and a fourth control that stops the blowing operation of the blower after executing the third control when the control unit receives the treatment stop signal transmitted from the operation instruction unit.

13. The gas treatment device according to claim 12 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

14. The gas treatment device according to claim 11 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

15. The gas treatment device according to claim 10 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

16. The gas treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is an excimer lamp that radiates ultraviolet light having a main emission wavelength of 172 nm.

17. A gas treatment method is a method of treating a gas to be treated, including oxygen, that is introduced at a gas inlet, allowing the gas to be treated to flow through a filter that adsorbs at least ozone, and exhausting a treated gas at a gas outlet disposed at a location different from that of the gas inlet, the gas treatment method comprising:

a step (A) of starting radiation of ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source; and

a step (B) of starting a blowing operation of a blower to allow the gas to be treated to flow from the gas inlet toward the gas outlet, after executing the step (A).

18. The gas treatment method according to claim 17 , further comprising a step (C) of stopping the radiation of the ultraviolet light from the ultraviolet light source, and

a step (D) of stopping the blowing operation of the blower, the blowing operation allowing the gas to be treated to flow in the gas channel from the gas inlet toward the gas outlet after executing the step (C).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2021
From: NAITO, KEISUKE
To: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057882/0867 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-095025 · May 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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