AIR CLEANER AND AIR CLEANING METHOD

To provide an air cleaner capable of performing heating treatment of air taken indoors and discharging air which has been subjected to humidification treatment as purified air indoors, thus providing a comfortable indoor space.SOLUTION: An air cleaner 1 comprises: an air suction unit 10 for taking in air; a filtration treatment unit 12 for filtering the air taken by the air suction unit 10; a heating sterilization treatment unit 14 for sterilizing air which has passed through the filtration treatment unit 12; a humidification adjustment treatment unit 20 for humidifying air which was subjected to heating/sterilization treatment in the heating sterilization treatment unit 14; an air feeding unit 30 for feeding and the air to the respective treatment unit by ventilation; an air discharge unit 35 for discharging air which was subjected to humidification treatment and purified by the humidification adjustment treatment unit 20 to outside; a water management unit 40 for supplying humidification water to the humidification adjustment treatment unit 20; and a controller 55 for controlling operations of the entire air cleaner.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】屋内から取り込んだ空気を加熱処理かつ加湿処理された空気を清浄な空気として屋内に排出し、快適な屋内空間を得られるようになる空気清浄装置を提供する。【解決手段】空気清浄装置１は、空気を取り込む空気吸入部１０と、空気吸入部１０で取り込んだ空気を濾過する濾過処理部１２と、濾過処理部１２を経由した空気を殺菌する加熱殺菌処理部１４と、加熱殺菌処理部１４で加熱殺菌処理された空気を加湿する湿度調整処理部２０と、各処理部に前記空気を供給通風する送気部３０と、湿度調整処理部２０で加湿処理され清浄化された空気を外部に排出する空気排出部３５と、湿度調整処理部２０に加湿用水を供給する水管理部４０と、装置全体の動作を制御する制御装置５５、を備えて構成されている。【選択図】図１