PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sterilizable air cleaning machine in which chlorine dioxide can be generated and discharged when necessary and chlorine dioxide is not generated when not necessary, and to provide an air cleaning method using the sterilizable air cleaning machine.SOLUTION: The sterilizable air cleaning machine includes: a chlorine-based solid sterilizing agent containing chlorite as an effective component a means for vaporizing an acidic liquid and another means for vaporizing an alkaline liquid and is constituted so that the acidic gas obtained by vaporizing the acidic liquid is brought into contact with the chlorine-based solid sterilizing agent and discharged to the atmosphere on the outside of the sterilizable air cleaning machine and then the alkaline gas obtained by vaporizing the alkaline liquid is brought into contact with the chlorine-based solid sterilizing agent and discharged to the atmosphere on the outside of the sterilizable air cleaning machine for a fixed period of time.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】用時、二酸化塩素を発生させて放出することができ、用時以外のときには二酸化塩素を発生させない、除菌性空気清浄機およびそれを用いた空気清浄化方法を提供する。【解決手段】有効成分として亜塩素酸塩を含む塩素系固形除菌剤と、酸性液体を気化させる手段と、アルカリ性液体を気化させる手段とを備え、酸性液体を気化させて得られた酸性気体を前記塩素系固形除菌剤と接触させ、除菌性空気清浄機の外側の大気中に放出させた後、一定時間、アルカリ性液体を気化させて得られたアルカリ性気体を前記塩素系固形除菌剤と接触させ、除菌性空気清浄機の外側の大気中に放出し得るように構成されている、除菌性空気清浄機。【選択図】図1
