Decontamination apparatus and method using an activated cleaning fluid mist
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1. A decontamination apparatus comprising:
- a source of a cleaning fluid;
a mist generator having an input flow of the cleaning fluid and an output flow of a mist of the cleaning fluid at substantially one atmosphere ambient pressure; and
an activator positioned to activate the mist of the cleaning fluid to produce an activated cleaning fluid mist including activatable species excited to an ion, plasma or free radical state, wherein the activator produces activating energy selected from the group consisting of electric energy and photonic energy.
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Decontamination is achieved by producing an activated cleaning fluid mist using a decontamination apparatus having a source of a cleaning fluid, a mist generator having an input flow of the cleaning fluid and an output flow of a mist of the cleaning fluid at substantially one atmosphere ambient pressure, and an activator positioned to activate the mist of the cleaning fluid to produce the activated cleaning fluid mist wherein atoms of the cleaning fluid are activated. The activated cleaning fluid mist is contacted to a location to be decontaminated.
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1. A decontamination apparatus comprising:
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a source of a cleaning fluid; a mist generator having an input flow of the cleaning fluid and an output flow of a mist of the cleaning fluid at substantially one atmosphere ambient pressure; and an activator positioned to activate the mist of the cleaning fluid to produce an activated cleaning fluid mist including activatable species excited to an ion, plasma or free radical state, wherein the activator produces activating energy selected from the group consisting of electric energy and photonic energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for performing decontamination, comprising the steps of producing an activated cleaning fluid mist including activatable species excited to an ion, plasma or free radical state using activating energy selected from the group consisting of electric energy and photonic energy, wherein at least a portion of the activated cleaning fluid mist is in an activated state of substantially one atmosphere ambient pressure;
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contacting the activated cleaning fluid mist to a location to be decontaminated. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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