| There seem to be as many ways to purify
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| | out of many little particles, which then
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| air as there are contaminants to purify
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| | are easier for a filter to trap.
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| out of it. Herein, a peek under the hood
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| | Ionization is rumored to have a bunch of
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| at the rather complex business of keeping
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| | fringe benefits, such as improving your
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| microscopic junk out of your lungs:HEPA
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| | mood, helping reduce depression from
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| and ULPA filters: There seems to be two
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| | Seasonal Affective Disorder, and
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| definitions for the acronym HEPA; either
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| | alleviating the symptoms of asthma - but
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| "high efficiency particulate air,", or
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| | there is some debate as to which of these
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| "high efficiency particulate absorbing."
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| | effects are real. Certainly, I notice
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| ULPA means "Ultra Low Particulate Air".
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| | that I feel cheerful just after a
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| Both kinds attempt to strain as many
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| | thunderstorm, and I'm told that's because
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| foreign particles from the air as they
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| | lightening puts more ions in the air, so
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| can and still let air through. ULPAs are
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| | the air always feels cleaner
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| tighter filters than HEPAs, though only
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| | afterwards.Ozone Air Cleaners: In a
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| by a few percents.Electrostatic Filters:
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| | radical departure from previous methods,
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| Work the same way the static on your
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| | these purifiers are not content to sit
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| clothes do, only they use an electric
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| | and wait for the pollutants to come to
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| charge on the filter to draw particles to
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| | them. Instead, they release small amounts
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| the filter. Turn the electricity off, the
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| | of ozone, which then go out and find the
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| filtered particles drop, usually into a
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| | pollutants and neutralize
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| disposal receptacle. You only need to
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| | them.Ultraviolet: These use radiation
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| look at how dust particles tend to stick
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| | from ultraviolet light bulbs to kill
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| to your monitor's glass surface (it's
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| | biological organisms. From germs to
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| generating static electricity, too) to
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| | funguses, these purifiers are like a
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| see an example in action. Clever,
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| | "bug zapper" for microscopic bugs!
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| no?Electrostatic Precipitators: Not just
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| | Frequently seen in hospitals.Carbon
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| a tongue-twister, but a similar concept
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| | Filters: Exactly as the name suggests,
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| as the filter; here we're using two
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| | these are the regular old technology
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| opposite charges to attract airborne
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| | where you catch stuff in the filter until
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| particles to a plate or grid wire. This
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| | it's dirty, then you change it for a new
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| is how some of the purifiers that don't
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| | one. Unimaginative compared to all the
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| need a filter to change work; you just
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| | whiz-bang space-age technology out there;
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| wash off the precipitator plate and reuse
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| | plus they only catch big
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| it. A similar stunt on a larger scale is
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| | particles.Washable Foam: Another large
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| how a coal-burning power-plant scrubs
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| | particle-catcher, these are similar to
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| some of the ash out of the smoke it
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| | the carbon filters, only they can be
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| produces.Ionizers: Ionizers use static
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| | washed in warm, soapy water, drip-dried,
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| electricity in a different way; they make
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| | and reused.For more information about
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| the pollutant particles stick to each
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| | Air Purifier Info please visit my
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| other. This will make a large particle
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| | website.
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