Clean and purified air is what we need in today’s environment. Clean air is a fundamental right for every living thing, not only for human beings. However, humans need to breathe clean air for blood circulation and good health.

Nowadays, there are more pollutants in the environment than natural and fresh air due to many pollutants, including tobacco, harmful gases and dust particles. Even 10-millimetre dust particles can cause severe damages to our lungs if we are exposed to them for a long time. During Covid 19 pandemic, we have to be concerned about the air we are inhaling. You might not know that the virus is present in the air, so we must consider purifying our air.

VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) are there in polluted air, which can cause hazardous damages to our lungs, nervous system, and kidneys. Long term effects of these compounds lead to the death of a person exposed to materials containing these compounds i-e paints, cleaning materials and adhesives.

How Air Purifiers work:

We have to reduce the pollutants in our indoor air. We can do that with the help of air purifiers, which ventilate the air we are inhaling. They are limited to purifying the air inside one room but are handy and easy to operate and carry. Human methods can not purify the air inside the environment to that extent.

What air purifiers are good at?

Air purifiers that are lab test proven for CR’s are excellent at purifying air pollutants. However, it is evident that air purifiers that use HEPA filter 50 per cent of heavy particles. Studies in Vancouver, in British Columbia, have proved that pollutant air leads to more cardiovascular issues, whereas purified air reduces the chances of cardiovascular issues and maintain health.

Scientific communities have researched air purifiers and concluded that they are a good cause of health benefits. Air purifiers and vacuum cleaners changing bed sheets and pillow covers also reduce allergies.

HEPA filters are found to catch the droplet of pollutants in the air that leads to coronavirus.

What are Air Purifiers not good at?

Air Purifiers can catch and filter any virus or pollutant particle floating in space, but they are reluctant to catch the particles that are not heavy and get settled at the ground.

What is still not known about the cleaners?

 Air purifiers seem to vanish all the pollutants away from the air, but radon is a very hazardous gas. We still don’t know if air purifiers capture that gas or not. There is not enough research into how the ionizer in Air Purifiers affects your health.

Air Purifier Types:

Air purifiers are of many kinds, and each one has different technology from the other. Some of them work well, and others have harmful impacts on our health.

Mechanical Filter:

These purifiers having mechanical filters are CR tested and have pleated filters with intense fans that can clean away fine particles pollute the air. They have HEPA filters to remove particles that are large, i-e, pollens, dust and smoke particles. Along with that, they filter the minute particles of 0.3 mm.

However, this must be assured that mechanical filters are costly to be maintained. And they don’t have any impact on foul odours. They need  to be replaced as their fan expires every 6 to 8 months, so they are not cost-effective.

Activated Carbon Filters:

Instead of catching debris similar to mechanical filters, activated carbon is used by sorbent filters  to seize a few molecules are odour-inflicted from the air. They may additionally address a few gases. However, they’re no longer mainly powerful in opposition to formaldehyde, ammonia, or nitrogen oxide.

Ozone Generators:

Ozone is produced by these machines, molecules that may react with positive pollution to modify its chemical composition, which can bring about risky indoor air quality, and CR does not advise those styles of air purifiers.

Electronic Air Purifiers:

Ionizers and Electrostatic precipitators rate debris with inside the air so they keep on with plates at the system or to close by surfaces with the aid of using a magnetic-like attraction

(UVGI) Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation:

Some producers declare that the air purifiers they produce can kill airborne viruses, microorganisms, and with UV lamps, fungal spores too. But a few microorganisms and mildew spores are proof against UV radiation. In order to work, these UV mild should be an adequate standard of maximum UVGI air purifiers to be at their best, effective.

Photocatalytic oxidation:

Ultraviolet radiation are used by PCO, a photocatalyst, and titanium dioxide to supply hydroxyl radicals through which gaseous pollutants are oxidized. It depends on the pollutant, dangerous byproducts can be generated by this response, along with ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and formaldehyde. CR does now no longer presently check PCO technology.

Shop wisely for a HEPA filter substitute:

 As a well-known rule, you have to update filters (or smooth people who may vacuum) each six months to one year for filters that are pleated and carbon filters to be activated every three months. Most of the gadgets we looked at had a trademark mild that helps you recognize while changing (or smooth) the filter

Certifications:

In order for the air purifiers to run effective, should run throughout the clock, and additionally, you need to troubleshoot it inside the energy charge while you shop.

Room Length:

 If an air cleanser contains an AHAM Verified seal, you could agree that this unit can cope with the recommended room length indexed at the seal. Keep in mind that you need to be cautious about manufacturers’ claims. We have examined most air purifiers which aren’t appropriate for the room sizes that are claimed by the manufacturers.

Noise:

You should judge an air purifier not only based on how it performs, but if you can live with it or not, or if you’ll be capable of staying with it. These machines need to be running continually, preferably, they need to be quiet

Usability of Air Purifier

Regularly replace or clean filters. An air cleaner can’t run successfully if the filters are dirty. Typically, the filters must be updated (or accessible those who may be vacuumed) each six to three hundred and sixty-five days for pleated filters and carbon filters need to but activated every three months.

Wisely Place It:

If you’ve got simply one unit, place it within the room where most of your time is spent, which is bedroom for most people.

How should the air purifier be clean?:

You need to check if the HEPA filter in your air purifier is replaceable, if it contains a filter that is permanent, or a combination of these two. You need to upkeep it regularly.