Patent ID: 8828714

Claim:
An apparatus for evaluating elimination of microorganisms, comprising: a container for carrying out the sterilizing treatment of microorganisms, a cylindrical wind tunnel having openings on both sides thereof, provided in the space inside the container, forming a passage of the air containing microorganisms, the passage arranged from one side opening of the cylindrical wind tunnel to the other side opening of the cylindrical wind tunnel, a microorganism injection tube, wherein said tube supplies microorganisms in suspension from one side of the wind tunnel, an ion generator for irradiating particles for sterilizing treatment of microorganisms to the air containing microorganisms supplied inside the wind tunnel, a microorganism sampling tube and microorganism sampler for sampling, from the other side of the wind tunnel, the microorganisms after the sterilizing treatment of microorganisms by the ion generator, wherein measuring the concentration or the activity or the cell infection ratio of the microorganisms sampled by the sampling tube and evaluating the efficiency of the elimination of the microorganisms of the particles are done.