The Boeing Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANTI-MICROBIAL PURIFICATION OF AIR

Abstract:

An air supply system including a conduit for channeling a flow of air therethrough, wherein the flow of air has microorganisms entrained therein. The system also includes an anti-microbial filter in flow communication with the flow of air. The anti-microbial filter includes a plurality of atomically sharp surface features for non-selective lysing of at least some of the microorganisms that contact the anti-microbial filter.