An Air Quality Improvement System Using Air Conditioners

The present invention relates to the condensed water of AC that control the air pollution in the locality by bringing down the suspended dust particles with the fine spray of water. The particulate matter consists of a major portion of the air pollutant. It consists of fine particles of soil, sand, ash, pollen, carbon, dust, etc. which are responsible for major of the respiratory problems and allergies in human beings, plants and animals. Water spray in the form of rain has proved to be an effective method to improve the air quality index by bringing down the suspended dust particles in the air. The prime motive of the present invention is to utilize the condensed water released from Air Conditioner (AC) to settle down the suspended dust particles during the peak hours of air pollution in the locality.

[001] The present invention relates to the field of an air conditioner (AC). The invention more particularly relates to the condensed water from AC that control the air pollution in the locality by bringing down the suspended dust particles with the fine spray of water.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[002] The following description provides the information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] In the air conditioning process, the surface of the component forms a large amount of condensed water due to condensation of moisture in the air. This condensate is easily generated at the air cooler of the air handling unit or at the end of the air conditioner (such as a wet fan coil). The air treatment unit and the air conditioner end respectively generate condensed water for drying fresh air and eliminating indoor wet load. When the outdoor air and the air cooler of the air treatment unit exchange heat to cool the dehumidified air, since the wall temperature of the surface cooler is lower than the outdoor air dew point temperature, the water vapour contained in the outdoor air is deposited on the surface of the surface cooler to dew condensation. When the dewdrop is increased to a certain extent, it will slide down to the condensate pan below the air cooler, forming condensed water. Connect the condensate pipe to the condensate pan and drain the condensate to the appropriate place. However, such condensed water may cause various problems if handled improperly during discharge.
[004] At present, the condensed water of the household air conditioner is often used by direct dripping or discharging into the drain pipe of the building body. Direct dripping can cause damage to the building's ancillary facilities as well as safety impacts. The solution that is discharged into the drain pipe of the building will cause construction difficulties and increase costs. In some cases where the floor drain has been installed, the drain cannot be connected to the floor drain when installing the air conditioner, or the connection requires a lot of manpower and cost.
[005] Accordingly, on the basis of aforesaid facts, there remains a need in the prior art to utilize the condensed water released from air conditioner (AC) to settle down the suspended dust particles during the peak hours of air pollution in the locality. Therefore, it would be useful and desirable to have a system, method, apparatus and interface to meet the above-mentioned needs.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[006] The present invention provides to improve the air quality index by bringing down the suspended dust particles in the air. The object of the present invention is to avoid the above-mentioned problems and to provide a system for condensed water of AC that control the air pollution in the locality by bringing down the suspended dust particles with the fine spray of water.
[007] The main aspect of the present invention is to provide an air quality improvement system for air conditioners. The system is comprised of, but not limited to, a Water Tank; Water inlet; a Filter; a Water level sensor (WLS); an Air quality sensor (AQS); a Control circuit; a High pressure water sprayer.
[008] Water spray in the form of rain has proved to be an effective method to improve the air quality index by bringing down the suspended dust particles in the air. In the present invention the condensed water of AC is utilized to control the air pollution in the locality by bringing down the suspended dust particles with the fine spray of water.
[009] In this respect, before explaining at least one object of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of set of rules and to the arrangements of the various models set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other objects and of being practiced and carried out in various ways, according to the need of that industry. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
[010] These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[011] The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
[012] FIG. 1, illustrates a schematic flowchart of working of an air quality improvement system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[013] FIG. 2, illustrates a schematic diagram of an air quality improvement system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[014] While the present invention is described herein by way of example using embodiments and illustrative drawings, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments of drawing or drawings described and are not intended to represent the scale of the various components. Further, some components that may form a part of the invention may not be illustrated in certain figures, for ease of illustration, and such omissions do not limit the embodiments outlined in any way. It should be understood that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. As used throughout this description, the word "may" is used in a permissive sense (i.e. meaning having the potential to), rather than the mandatory sense, (i.e. meaning must). Further, the words "a" or "an" mean "at least one” and the word “plurality” means “one or more” unless otherwise mentioned. Furthermore, the terminology and phraseology used herein is solely used for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as limiting in scope. Language such as "including," "comprising," "having," "containing," or "involving," and variations thereof, is intended to be broad and encompass the subject matter listed thereafter, equivalents, and additional subject matter not recited, and is not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers or steps. Likewise, the term "comprising" is considered synonymous with the terms "including" or "containing" for applicable legal purposes. Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles and the like is included in the specification solely for the purpose of providing a context for the present invention. It is not suggested or represented that any or all of these matters form part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the present invention.
[015] In this disclosure, whenever a composition or an element or a group of elements is preceded with the transitional phrase “comprising”, it is understood that we also contemplate the same composition, element or group of elements with transitional phrases “consisting of”, “consisting”, “selected from the group of consisting of, “including”, or “is” preceding the recitation of the composition, element or group of elements and vice versa.
[016] The present invention is described hereinafter by various embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein reference numerals used in the accompanying drawing correspond to the like elements throughout the description. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiment set forth herein. Rather, the embodiment is provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In the following detailed description, numeric values and ranges are provided for various aspects of the implementations described. These values and ranges are to be treated as examples only and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. In addition, a number of materials are identified as suitable for various facets of the implementations. These materials are to be treated as exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
[017] High rise buildings have become a way of living in the developing cities, which consists of a number of Air Conditioners (ACs) which releases large amount of condensed water which goes waste. The particulate matter consists of a major portion of the air pollutant. It consists of fine particles of soil, sand, ash, pollen, carbon, dust, etc. which are responsible for major of the respiratory problems and allergies in human beings, plants and animals. The prime motive of the invention is to utilize the condensed water released from Air Conditioner (AC) to settle down the suspended dust particles during the peak hours of air pollution in the locality with the fine spray of water.
[018] Referring now to the drawings, these are illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the present invention provide an air quality improvement system for air conditioners. The system is comprised of, but not limited to a water tank; water inlet; a filter; a water level sensor (WLS); an air quality sensor (AQS); a control circuit; a high pressure water sprayer.
[019] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the water tank is configured to store the condensed water released from the Air conditioner (AC).
[020] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the water inlet is a pipe through which the condensed water released from AC is filled in the water tank.
[021] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the filter is used to filter the condensed water released form AC before storing it in the water tank.
[022] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the water level sensor (WLS) measures the level of water in the water tank.
[023] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the air quality sensor (AQS) monitors the quality of air in terms of suspended particulate matter in the air.
[024] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the control circuit is used to control and regulate the operations of all the components of the system. It consists of an arduino-uno microcontroller for decision making and regulating the functioning of components.
[025] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the high pressure water sprayer that consists of a high pressure air-blower driven by an electric motor. It is used to spray and scatter the water into fine particles in the air.
[026] The moisture present in the air condenses on the cold coils of air conditioner which get collected in the bottom portion of the air conditioner cabinet which contains an outlet to release it. The present invention comprises of the water tank which is used to store the water released by the air conditioner.
[027] Now referring to the Fig 1 and Fig 2, the operation of air quality improvement system is shown disclosed. The Air Quality Sensor (AQS) monitors the air-quality-index in the locality. The controller reads the magnitude of the current air quality index from AQS after regular intervals. The controller compares the currently measured air quality with the upper-threshold value. If the current value of air-quality-index is found more than the upper-threshold value then, the controller checks the availability of condensed water in the water-tank and turn “ON” the high pressure water sprayer if water is available in the tank. The spray of water significantly improves the air quality in the locality by bringing down the suspended dust particles. Again, after some time if the current value of air-quality-index is found lower than the lower-threshold value then controller turns “OFF” the high pressure water sprayer and the process continues.
[028] It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. For example, the above-discussed embodiments may be used in combination with each other. Many other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description.
[029] The benefits and advantages which may be provided by the present invention have been described above with regard to specific embodiments. These benefits and advantages, and any elements or limitations that may cause them to occur or to become more pronounced are not to be construed as critical, required, or essential features of any or all of the embodiments.
[030] While the present invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, it should be understood that the embodiments are illustrative and that the scope of the invention is not limited to these embodiments. Many variations, modifications, additions and improvements to the embodiments described above are possible. It is contemplated that these variations, modifications, additions and improvements fall within the scope of the invention.

We Claim:

1. An Air Quality Improvement System using Air Conditioner comprises:
a water tank is configured to store the condensed water released from the Air conditioner (AC);
a filter that removes impurities from the condensed water released form AC before storing it in the water tank;
a water level sensor (WLS) measures the level of water in the water tank;
an air quality sensor (AQS) monitors the quality of air in terms of suspended particulate matter in the air;
a control circuit to control and regulate the operations of all the components of the system;
a high pressure water sprayer to spray and scatter the water into fine particles in the air.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the condensed water from AC is filled in the water tank through the water inlet pipe.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high pressure water sprayer is configured with a high pressure air-blower driven by an electric motor to spray and scatter the water into fine particles in the air.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control circuit reads the magnitude of the current air quality index from AQS after regular intervals and compares the currently measured air quality with the upper-threshold value.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein if the current value of air-quality-index is found more than the upper-threshold value then, the control circuit checks the availability of the condensed water in the water-tank and turn “ON” the high pressure water sprayer.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein if the current value of air-quality-index is found lower than the lower-threshold value then control circuit turns “OFF” the high pressure water sprayer.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spray of water in the air improves the air quality in the locality by bringing down the suspended dust particles.