Method for deactivating preferably odor-relevant molecules and device for carrying out said method

US10300159B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Gregor Morfill · Birkenfeld, DE
• Tetsuji Shimizu · Garching bei München, DE
• Julia Zimmermann · Munich, DE
• Yangfang Li · Olching, DE
• Bernd Steffes · Garching bei München, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2012
• Grant date: May 28, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05H1/2418
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for deactivating preferably odor-relevant molecules that is distinguished by the following steps is proposed: generating a plasma; deactivating preferably odor-relevant molecules by the effect of hot electrons of the plasma on the molecules to be deactivated.