An air conditioner and filtering unit produces a positive or negative
pressure to create an isolation space. A common air intake plenum has
first and second inlets for admitting return air from the space or
outside air which may be from a building main A/C system supply.
Sanitized, cleaned and conditioned air is returned to the conditioned
space; and condenser air is exhausted outside the conditioned space. The
air intake plenum may be common to both the condenser air flow and to the
evaporator air flow. A HEPA filter cleans the air suppled to both the
condenser and the evaporator. A slide damper or other arrangement
selectively opens and closes air flow through the first and second air
inlets into the common intake plenum. This permits creation of
overpressure, underpressure, or an intermediate pressure in the
conditioned space. All air supplied to the room and all air exhausted
from the room is cleaned and sanitized. The unit is self-contained and
portable.