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Air
Purification
What do you know about the
air in your home? Most people are unaware that the oxygen
flowing throughout their homestead is much filthier than what's
outdoors. Yes indeed, we're all breathing a load of stale,
recycled air. This is why you should acquire some sort of air
purification system. No one wants to breathe in filth all night
long. It can take a toll on your lungs. We've all seen the high
priced air purification systems advertised on television, but
now days you can purchase these nifty little innovations for a
great deal less. Everyone can afford an air purification system
if they shop in the right place. Have you attained your air
purification system yet?
A few years back, a travelling salesman came a knocking at my
door. I wasn't too pleased to see the guy, but I decided to hear
his spiel. The problem with these folks is they always lie about
how long it takes. Therefore, here's a heads up; 30 minutes to
an hour is probably more like 3-4 hours. I have dealt with three
different ones and this is what I always encounter. Regardless
of the ridiculously long spiel, the product this particular
gentleman was selling seemed worth while. It was a Filter Queen
air purification system. Of course I wanted to know how it would
benefit me right off the bat. He basically explained how dust
mites and dead skin are constantly floating about our homes.
These things are simply inevitable. People shed skin and dust
always shows up. Now this can be much worse if you have pets in
your home. You'd better tack on loads of cat dander. Regardless
of all this airborne debris, the air purification system helps
to vanquish it. The machine basically pulls dirty air in and
sends it back out through a filter. Sound ideal? Well, it is
certainly one way to improve your home's atmosphere. Now, back
to my salesman. This guy hit me with some absurd amount for his
air purification system. It was like over a grand. Give me a
break. The words Kirby vacuums suddenly resonated through my
head. In the end I talked him down to 500 bucks, which I think
is plenty.
If you are striving to clean up your home, I suggest a quality
air purification system. The fact is we can't leave our homes
open at all times, so the filthy air needs to be dealt with
somehow. You can find a decent air purification system via the
Internet. These days there are many to choose from. Get online
and find one that suits your price range.
Many studies conducted
recently indicate that often times indoor air pollution is much
more concentrated and harmful than pollution outdoors. In modern
times we have mastered the art of containing heat within our
homes and buildings, which also means we have locked in any
potential contaminants our structures have as well. With the
chemicals involved in insulation, insecticides, cleaning
products, glues, paints, fabrics, heating and cooling systems,
and many of our home appliances, there are indeed a lot of
potentially toxic agents within buildings today. It has also
been demonstrated that most colds and infections people catch
are acquired while indoors, not from bacteria or viruses
outside. Since the majority of people's time is spent indoors,
many people have turned to the use of an air purification
system.
Air purification systems work by using the chemical known as
ozone to oxidize potential pollutants and kill micro organisms
in the air. Though this sounds a little confusing or perhaps
even dangerous to anyone not familiar with chemistry, this
oxidation process is both natural and safe.
Actually the same ozone oxidation that occurs in an air
purification system occurs all around us every day. There are
certain levels of ozone in the air even at sea level which
oxidize pollutants naturally. Oxygen itself can also oxidize
certain chemicals, though it is less effective than ozone. The
process of oxidation is very similar to what happens when you
burn something. Essentially, when something burns it is
converted from a solid into carbon dioxide and water vapour. The
same conversion occurs from the oxidation by ozone, minus the
heat, smoke, and ash, and ozone is much more selective about
what it can ?burn?.
In a nutshell, air purification systems using ozone will not
cause any harm to humans or even any pets that we may have. They
will, however, destroy bacteria, viruses, and convert many toxic
chemicals found inside buildings into harmless carbon dioxide
and water vapour. An air purifier will also destroy a lot of
common odours that plague indoor environment.
Whether you live in a house or an apartment, an air purification
system is a wise investment, especially if you find yourself
suffering from allergies, colds, and infections frequently. Air
purifiers are especially recommended for business owners. The
odours involved in a restaurant, the toxins in a paint shop, or
the allergens of a pet shop can all be significantly reduced by
an ozone based air purifier.
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Ductless Air Conditioners
This type of air conditioning indeed comes with many benefits,
What You Should Know About An Air Conditioner
There
are some important things to know when looking at an air
conditioner
for your home.
Air Conditioners For
Greater Energy Efficiency
Are you aware of the fact that around one sixth of the total
electricity produced in the United States goes in air
conditioning buildings?
About
Clean Air And Air Conditioners
When it's scorching hot outside, air conditioners can really
work wonders in keeping you cool!
Know All About Central
Air Conditioning
There are a number of reasons why you should go for central air
conditioning.
Maintaining Your Air
Conditioning System
The summer has finally hit and now you are spending more time
indoors with the air conditioner on
Tips For Your Air Conditioner
Maintenance
If
your air conditioner goes
faulty, you may have to incur a high cost for its repair. So it's
always better to maintain it to help it last longer
Off Season Air Conditioner
Maintenance:
Although the air conditioners are built strong enough to endure
snows, winds, heat, rains or biting cold, it needs regular
maintenance
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Title:
Is The
Central Air Purifier System Better Than Individual Room
Purifiers
Author: Michelle Winters
Article:
If you are trying to be economic, you are best advised to not
try to maintain a central HVAC equipment and a whole house air
purifier simultaneously. Unless you have money to waste, you had
better use those hard earned bucks to get other equipments for
improving the quality of the air in your house.
A HVAC (or rather a Heating Ventilating, Air Conditioning)
system shares your home's central blower and ductwork. So unless
you keep it squeaky clean and dust free it will sprout these
irritable elements into the very air you breathe. And, this
won't change even if you add a swanky, pricey upstream filter
system. Most HVAC air purifiers are fixed before motors and fans
in order to save them (the latter that is) from large granular
stuff. There function therefore is not as an air cleanser. In
fact they are not even equipped to purify your air; they have a
meagre 1000 cu. Foot/minute airflow, which is not a good enough
speed to really cleanse your air. The air flow at each of its
duct is only as high powered as a tiny fan!
The air from your whole house system does not blow quite the
same everywhere. It chooses to flow through areas where it
receives the least obstruction. Cool air has an affinity towards
the lower part of the room, and therefore completely avoids the
upper parts, especially the little corners. Wherever there is a
little niche or
cubby-hole it deposits dust and dirt. So entire
house might be getting a number of air changes per hour,
ultimately the lower part receives dirty air.
Imagine a flowing river with plunging bank cuts and tiny rapids.
Consider what its speed will be if it is followed by lazy flats
complete with sandbars. This is what your HVAC is like, full
with rapid airflow and all, but ultimately not a very efficient
air cleanser.
As a part of whole house purification system an HVAC blower has
to function all the time. Most HVAC's used at homes are not
built to be strong enough to pull in the air through the well
shut HEPA filter. Thus it must be ensured that they aren't over
run and in the process heated overtly. This is, however,
unavoidable
in case if your furnace filter is built of fibreglass
and is kept unclean.
Another serious problem with HEPA is their habit of creating
heavy static backpressure. Thus, they cannot be fixed directly
into the regular residential system. To solve this problem
therefore, vendors include an expensive bypass vent circuit and
much stronger secondary purifiers. Most partial bypass systems
are incapable of performing their required functions to the
extent necessary. Therefore dirty air easily flows through the
main duct.
Before buying and fixing a whole house air purifier make sure
the air ducts in your system is cleansed out rigorously.
Given that we are not required to see or hear it regularly, we
tend to bypass all thoughts of our air conditioning systems
completely from our minds. Let's be objective, obviously a whole
house air cleaner is preferable to a portable air cleaner.
Consider, suppose your portable air cleaner suddenly starts
malfunctioning then you take it to your vendor
ASAP. This
doesn't come in the way of your house's heating or cooling which
continues despite the air being unclean. On the other hand a
minor glitch which you probably look beyond in case of a whole
house system becomes a reason for you to run to your vendor in
case of a portable system.
If you want to improve the quality of the air in your house
reasonably try and get rid of all toxic sources. Make sure your
ventilation is channelized plausibly and circulation is truly
possible. Regularly clean your HVAC system, and don't leave out
any pan duct or coil. Keep replacing your furnace filters with
the latest ones. Also, try and use premium chemical-capable
portable room air-purifiers in your bedrooms.
If you still have money to spare spend it on getting a central
vacuum system for your entire house. This will spit out all the
dirty air in your house right outside. Else get yourself a
quality sealed HEPA filter vacuum cleaner. With additional money
where available, consider installing a central vacuum system for
the whole house, which exhausts 100% of all dirty air outside.
Or choose a quality sealed HEPA filter vacuum cleaner.
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Title: Must Know Facts About Air Purifiers
Author: Alex Rider
Article:
The American Medical Association reports that half of all
illness today is due to, or aided by, polluted indoor air.
A variety of small machines are available for use in the home
environment (some much larger ones treat industrial buildings),
all aimed at either reducing the pollutant quantity in the air,
or completely removing the damaging substances.
Many factors influence someone's decision to purchase an air
purifier:
- noise level - frequency of filter replacement - visual appeal
- air quantity that is treated per unit of time - pollutant type
- cost of operating the machine - warranty - how simple is it to
use
A whole range of filters exist. Cleaning them can be done by
hand, vacuuming or with water, the filters needing to be
replaced after a few months or years, depending upon the model.
Many air purifiers have a 'Clean Air Delivery Rating' or CADR,
this is a comparison rating between a range of other air
purifier makes. Comparisons like this allow customers to make
more informed choices on which air purifiers to purchase. The
greater the CADR number the more effective the purification is.
A standard in the U.S. is met by many air purifiers, it is set
by HEPA. HEPA filters are able to filter out 99.97% of all
pollutants down to the size of 0.3 micrometers in the air
column. Other filter machines that claim to be a HEPA-type or
HEPA-like often do not filter at as high an efficiency.
HEPA filters are extremely expensive, replacements costing
virtually as much as the purifier cost. To lower the costs
significantly a significant amount of air purifiers use both
HEPA and less expensive 'pre-filters' so that HEPA replacement
is not so frequent.
Fans move air through the machine and its cloth-like filter, the
vast majority of harmful airborne substances being removed, more
so than the highly effective ionic machines. A major advantage
of this machine is allergens are efficiently contained within
the machine, also filters can take a few years before
replacement is necessary. Cigarette smoke,
odours, chemical fumes
and gasses are not totally eliminated.
Some air purifiers create ozone, notably those that use ions,
which has led to a long standing debate over whether these
purifiers really are lowering the air pollutants. Ozone is known
to be a very toxic substance, potentially lethal in some cases.
When it reacts with other substances it often breaks down into
smaller pollutants.
Highly reactive ozone is mixed inside the machine with the air
destroys various bacteria and chemicals. Running the machine on
a low setting, if that exists, is typically what the
manufacturers suggest, lessening the chances of ozone poisoning.
The best thing about ozone air purifiers are their huge success
at removing
odours. Unfortunately most chemicals and allergens
remain in the air when using this machine.
Ionic air purifiers, as with HEPA machines, use a cloth-type
filter. Air is ionized and makes the pollutant particles passing
through become positive or negatively charged. Electrically
charged plates of the opposite charge exist to then attract the
charged particles out of the air. These particles become stuck
to the plates. Also, oppositely charged polluting particles are
attracted to each other, their increased weight means they
readily fall out of the air. These machines are very quiet,
especially in comparison with HEPA air purifiers. Ionic air
purifiers can remove very fine particles from the air, even when
they are a few feet away. Not so good is the lack of
odour
removal, also microbes are removed but not killed.
There is a range of air purifiers that use activated carbon.
Activated carbon has a huge surface area that is highly
chemically reactive and adsorbent, causing
odours and the like to
bond to the carbon. Of all the air purifying filter types this
is the most absorbent. Additionally, HEPA filters can also be
added making the resulting machine highly effective. Smoke,
gases,
odours and chemicals in the air are removed easily.
Micro-organisms and allergens are not effectively removed.
Ultraviolet (UV) lights have been used in some air purifiers.
These are really most effective on micro-organisms. Mould,
viruses and bacteria are prevented from reproducing and growth,
so long as the UV duration of exposure is high. Chemicals,
odours, allergens and smoke are not removed.
The last type of air purifier uses hydroxyl radicals (positively
charged single oxygen and hydrogen molecule). These molecules
are extremely reactive, apparently 1000,000 times quicker at
removing pollutants from the air than with the use of ozone.
Mould, viruses and bacteria are most effectively reduced with
this type of machine. Every type of pollutant is removed when
this machine is working in tandem with UV and negative ion
usage. The machine its self is not expensive and doesn't require
any filters. The one disadvantage is one manufacturer produces
it.
Machines such as these are best left on for most if not all of
the day, since air in rooms is perpetually changing and
therefore requiring constant cleaning. Remember that the only
air that is cleaned is that which the air purifier consumes.
Place the air purifier in a region that best takes in all the
surrounding air, e.g. not under your desk. Lastly, if you create
less pollution (e.g. from aerosol, glue or paint use) in the air
in the first place your machines and healthy lifestyle will
continue for far longer!
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