Patent ID: 6668563
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B64D,F24F,Y02A

Abstract:
An air treatment system for airplanes, which comprises:(a.) an environmental conditioning system located within an airplane to provide at least one conditioning treatment selected from the group consisting of heating, cooling, and compressing air, and having ingress ductwork to remove air from a cabin of said airplane and into said environmental conditioning system and having air movement means contained within said environmental conditioning system to remove air from said cabin and into said environmental conditioning system via said ingress ductwork, and having at least one conditioning means to provide at least one conditioning treatment selected from the group consisting of heating, cooling and compressing air, and having egress ductwork connected thereto for return of treated air into said cabin; (b.) an ionic oxygen generator connected to one of said ingress ductwork and said egress ductwork, said ionic oxygen generator being of sufficient capacity to generate at least 200 ions of ionic oxygen per cubic centimeter of incoming air for removal of airborne contaminants, ozone reduction, and removal of odor from exiting air and wherein ionized oxygen continues to be active within the cabin to further treat the air.