Internal air adjustment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12285022-B2
Application number	US-202117495912-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2021
Priority date	Apr 15, 2019
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

An internal air adjustment device ( 30 ) includes an internal-side passage ( 70 ) and an internal-side treatment unit ( 152 ). The internal-side separator ( 61 ) in the internal-side passage ( 70 ) separates return air from internal air. The composition of the return air differs from the composition of the internal air. The internal-side passage ( 70 ) supplies the return air into a storage ( 1 ). The internal-side treatment unit ( 152 ) decomposes ethylene in air that flows in the internal-side passage ( 70 ). Therefore, the concentration of ethylene of the return air is lower than the concentration of ethylene of the internal air.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An internal air adjustment device that adjusts a composition of internal air in an inside of a storage, comprising:
an internal-side passage including an internal-side separator, the internal-side passage sending the internal air to the internal-side separator from the inside of the storage and sending return air to the inside of the storage from the internal-side separator; and
an internal-side treatment unit configured to perform decomposition of ethylene in air that flows in the internal-side passage, wherein
the internal-side separator is configured to separate untreated internal air, which is the internal air having flowed into the internal-side separator from the inside of the storage, into first internal air and second internal air, and to cause one of the first internal air or the second internal air to flow out as the return air,
a concentration of nitrogen of the first internal air is higher than that of the untreated internal air, and a concentration of oxygen and a concentration of carbon dioxide of the first internal air are respectively lower than those of the untreated internal air,
a concentration of nitrogen of the second internal air is lower than that of the untreated internal air, and a concentration of oxygen and a concentration of carbon dioxide of the second internal air are respectively higher than those of the untreated internal air, and
the internal-side treatment unit includes:
an ultraviolet light source configured to produce ultraviolet rays;
a photocatalyst subjected to the ultraviolet rays produced by the ultraviolet light source and decomposes ethylene and microbes; and
a case that accommodates the ultraviolet light source and the photocatalyst.

2. The internal air adjustment device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the internal-side separator in the internal-side passage is configured to cause the second internal air to flow out as the return air, and
wherein the internal-side treatment unit is disposed upstream from the internal-side separator in the internal-side passage.

3. The internal air adjustment device according to claim 1 , comprising:
an external-side passage including an external-side separator, the external-side passage sending external air to the external-side separator from an outside of the storage and sending supply air to the inside of the storage from the external-side separator; and
an external-side treatment unit provided at the external-side passage and configured to decompose microbes in the external air, wherein
the external-side separator is configured to separate untreated external air, which is the external air having flowed into the external-side separator from the outside of the storage, into first external air and second external air, and to cause one of the first external air or the second external air to flow out as the supply air,
a concentration of nitrogen of the first external air is higher than that of the untreated external air, and a concentration of oxygen and a concentration of carbon dioxide of the first external air are respectively lower than those of the untreated external air, and
a concentration of nitrogen of the second external air is lower than that of the untreated external air, and a concentration of oxygen and a concentration of carbon dioxide of the second external air are respectively higher than those of the untreated external air.

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Naohiro

Classifications

• F25D2317/0417

  using an UV-lamp · CPC title

• F25D17/042

  Air treating means within refrigerated spaces (air conditioning in general F24F) · CPC title

• B01D2259/804

  UV light · CPC title

• B01D2257/91

  Bacteria; Microorganisms · CPC title

• B01D2257/7022

  Aliphatic hydrocarbons · CPC title