AMENDED CLAIMS

received by the International Bureau on 13 July 2016 (13.07.2016)

1. Procedure for the high-efficiency cleaning of air containing small- sized contaminating particles, such that the air to be cleaned is caused to flow by a device composed of at least one filter module (1) consisting of two electrode pairs, in which the principle of adhesion and repelling effect are exploited to capture the contaminating particles, characterized in that electrodes (7), each consisting of a collector (5) and a separator part (6), are connected to positive or negative high voltage (8, 9); and a cover (14), consisting of a base plate (2) that surrounds the electrodes (7), a cover plate (11), and side plates (12), is connected to the zero potential (10); thus forming pairs of adjacent electrodes connected to positive or negative high voltage (8,9); then contaminating particle molecules adhered to the positively charged separator (6) are pushed away by the repelling effect of the identical charges, so that the molecule moves to the collector (5) of the neighbouring negatively charged electrode (7), and joins the other molecules that are already stuck there and have an opposite charge, and the process is continued as the molecule pairs move through the electrodes (7), and the coagulated particles move through the filter module (1), and their mass and/or size is increased by powers of two until they reach the size needed for them to fall out of the airflow, and they get stuck either to one of the electrodes (7) having a collector part (5), or to the cover (14) that has a zero potential (10), so that, all in all, the flow of air is facilitated by two effects, i.e. the pulling effect of the airflow and the repelling effect of particles having the same charge, until the adhesive power of the particles, having a continuously increasing mass and/or size, becomes stronger than the repelling effect of identical charges and until the contaminant falls out of the airflow due to its increased mass, so that the contaminating particles can be removed from the airflow, thereby allowing for the cleaning of the air with high efficiency.

2. The procedure according to claim 1, characterized in that the separation of the contaminating particles from the airflow is carried out with the operating parameters, such as the initial size, the speed of flow, and the number (n) of the filter modules (1), taken into account.

3. The procedure according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the high flow velocity and separation of contaminating particles with initial size in the nano-range is achieved 17 using more filter modules (1) than in the case of lower flow velocity, or when the size of the contaminating particles to be removed is in the micro-range.

4. Any of the procedures according to claims 1 through 3, characterized in that, in order to reverse the direction of the airflow to be cleaned, the electrode pairs of the filter modules (1) are fitted into the individual filter modules (1) in mirror position, and are closed by flow-reversing module elements (19) at opposite ends of the filter module, which reverse the original direction of the air- flow.

5. Any of the procedures according to claims 1 through 4, characterized in that the air to be cleaned, in addition to being cleaned, is moved like a quasi-electrodynamic linear engine, so that the mass and/or size of the coagulated particles is increased by the powers of two as necessary while passing through two sequential filter modules (1), up to 2²⁰value.

6. Filter module for the high-efficiency cleaning of air containing small contaminating particles, characterized in that it is fitted with identically constructed electrodes (7), composed of a collector (5) and a separator (6) located at a given distance, which are connected to a positive high voltage (8) or a negative high voltage (9), and are surrounded by a cover (14) consisting of a base plate (2), connected to zero potential (10), side plates (12), and a cover plate (11), and that two identically constructed electrodes (7) form an electrode pair, while two electrode pairs form a filter module (1), in which the electrode pairs are positioned so that between two electrodes of identical potential (7) is an electrode of the opposite potential (7).

7. The filter module according to claim 6, characterized in that, in order to reverse the direction of the airflow to be cleaned, the electrode pairs of the filter module (1) are installed in the individual filter modules (1) in mirror position, and are closed at the ends of the filter module (1) by flow -reversing module elements that reverse the original direction of the flow.

8. Air cleaning device composed of filter modules (1) according to claim 6 or 7, for the implementation of the procedure according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists of a number (n) of filter modules (1) that are connected to each other in a serial and/or parallel position in order to achieve high flow velocity and the sufficient increase in size and/or mass of the contaminating particles,.

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9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that, in order to capture particles the size of which is 0.1 micrometre or larger, the filter modules (1) are connected in a parallel position in a releasable manner.

10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that, in order to capture nanometre or molecule sized particles, the filter modules (1) are connected to each other through their side plates (12) serially and in a releasable manner.

11. Any of the devices according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that, in order to increase the cleaning efficiency as desired, the filter modules (1) are connected in parallel and serial positions.

12. Any of the devices according to claims 8 to 11, characterized in that, in order to connect to large industrial devices, the sensor modules (15), in which sensors have been placed in the filter modules (1), are fitted with a control unit (18) powered by an electric power unit (17).

13. Any of the devices according to claims 8 to 12, characterized in that the sensor modules (15) and the sensors (16) are designed to be able to measure and display the contamination level and characteristics of the inbound and outbound air, as well as to ensure compliance with the required level of air cleanness, and to regulate the operating positive or negative high voltage (8, 9) as required.

14. Any of the devices according to claims 8 to 13, characterized in that the control unit (18) is designed to be able to receive and transmit the signals concerning the values measured by the sensors (16), and to regulate the level of the positive or negative high voltage (8, 9) that ensure the operation.