IONIZATION AIRFLOW GENERATOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe static eliminator improved in problems of a service life and efficiency of a conventional corona discharge type static eliminator; an ionization device; and an ionization airflow generator suitable for an ozonizer as well. SOLUTION: This ionization airflow generator comprises: a dielectric tube 1; an inner electrode 2 inserted into the dielectric tube; a thin-wire conductor 4 adjacent to the dielectric tube and installed so as to surround the dielectric tube; an outer tube 3 installed so as to surround the dielectric tube and the thin-wire conductor; an introduction port 5 of a gas to a space between the dielectric tube 1 and the outer tube 3; and an exhaust port 6 of the gas to the outside. The ionization airflow generator is characteristically structured to generate dielectric barrier discharge between the thin-wire conductor 4 and the inner electrode 2 through the dielectric tube by applying a voltage between the inner electrode 2 and the thin-wire conductor 4, and an airflow entraining generated ions is discharged to the outside. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI