Thursday 25 February 2016

HEPA air cleaners have 99.9% effectiveness for rich indoor air quality

Are you having trouble breathing? Air pollution is a major problem in most Indian cities. Indoor air pollution is actually worse than outdoor. Impurities such as Benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, naphthalene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrogen dioxide, radon, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene have indoor sources and are known to be hazardous to health.

To manage and monitor indoor air quality, an air purifier is a must for every household. As a machine, an air purifier works typically a lot like a water purifier. It really just comes down to a series of filters, each finer than the last. HEPA filters effectively reduce particles 0.3 microns in size. The human eye can only see particles larger than 10 microns; so particles caught in a HEPA filter such as chemicals, bacteria and viruses cannot be seen by a naked eye.

HEPA Air Purifier
HEPA filters are composed of a mat of randomly arranged fibers. These fibers possess a thickness between 0.5 and 2.0 micrometers. The key factor that affects its functions is fiber diameter, the filter thickness, and air speed. HEPA filters are designed to target much smaller pollutants and particles. These particles stick to the fiber through a combination of functions inside the HEPA air cleaners as follows:

1. By way of interception, particles that follow a line of flow in the air come within the radius of a fiber and get attach to it.
2. With an impact, larger particles are unable to avoid fibers in the filter and are forced to attach in one of them directly, this result keeps increasing with diminishing fiber separation and high airflow speed.
3. Diffusion as the term suggests is a process by which gas molecules intertwine with smaller particles and as a result collide against each other. The smaller a particle is and slower the flow, the more time it will have to swirl around, thereby giving it much better chance of hitting and sticking to a filter fiber.

As per current guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities it is recommended to have HEPA filtration installed in their air management systems to restrict and capture pathogens, microbial spores and other contaminants in the air that could affect patients.

Kent HEPA air purifiers are the ideal for any indoor space. They are a complete air-purifying unit that is easy to install and cost effective. Kent HEPA air purifier cleans air using the revolutionary and highly effective HEPA filter. It has an anti-bacterial coating over it which eliminates the presence of bacteria in the air. It has an inbuilt air ionizer that helps keep the air in the surroundings fresh. With a user-friendly and functional design it is safe and convenient for use and a smart indicator that informs for changing of the filter with smart monitoring it keeps quality of air in check. Not only does it reduce the effect of microbes and harmful gases, it also helps in reducing dust, paint fumes, cooking fumes and cigarette smoke.

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