Integrated control and distribution system for the decontamination of large volume convoluted configuration spaces

a technology of integrated control and distribution system, applied in the field of decontamination arts, can solve the problems of wasting valuable time, unable to achieve the desired effect, and unable to measure the effect of gaseous sterilant concentration sensors, etc., and achieve the effect of large convoluted space, rapid implementation and decontamination

Active Publication Date: 2007-06-21
STERIS CORP
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The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning large areas efficiently while also being able to adapt to various types of interior surfaces. It has several technical benefits such as quicker deployment, minimal energy usage, and optimized decontamination gases distribution.

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This patent describes a technical solution for controlling the amount of chemicals needed during a cleaning cycle in order to achieve high levels of sterility. However, current methods are limited because they require long periods of exposure before reaching the desired level of sterility. Additionally, these techniques may cause damage to sensitive materials located near the chamber being treated due to the lack of sufficient oxygen supply.

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[0026] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a public building, such as an airport, is divisible into isolatable zones. Ideally, the zones are relatively small. However, in practice with current airport designs, one zone might include an entire concourse due to multi-story atriums, open stairwells, the routing of HVAC systems, access passages for HVAC, plumbing, and other mechanicals, baggage handling systems, and the like. Many other existing buildings are not readily amenable to being isolated into zones of an ideally small size.

[0027] Airports typically have publicly accessed areas, such as food courts, concession areas, gates for departing flights, gates and concourses for passengers disembarking from international flights, and the like. Further, concourses typically have areas which are closed to the public, such as baggage handling systems for delivering baggage to and from the aircraft, service and maintenance facilities, storage areas for inventory for concessionaires, airlines, an

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A large convoluted space, such as a multi-story concourse of an airport is isolated and a chemical or biological agent in the concourse is deactivated. A plurality of deactivation gas sources (100) introduce a deactivation gas at multiple points along the concourse. Fans (66, 106) circulate the deactivation gas, sensors (110) sense concentrations of the deactivation gas at numerous points around the concourse and exhaust fans (66) exhaust air, spent deactivation gas, and some deactivation gas. A control processor (84) controls the generators, the circulation fans, and the exhaust fans in accordance with the gas concentrations sensed by the sensors to increase and decrease deactivation gas concentration in selected subregions of the concourse by increasing or decreasing generation, increasing or decreasing exhausting, or altering flow patterns among subregions.

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