The air in your house can be more polluted than the air outside. Consider air swirling with dust mites, skin flakes, pet dander, smoke from cooking and tobacco products, germs, viruses and mold spores. Now, there are a lot of ways to freshen your air, including opening your doors and windows and running your fans. But an air purifier adds another level of protection. Here’s how.
How an Air Purifier Works
A portable air purifier can be a cylindrical appliance that resembles a space heater. It might be small enough to rest on a coffee table. You put in on a flat surface (or hang it on a wall), close the windows and doors, and turn it on. First, the air is pulled in and goes through a prefilter. This traps larger bits of debris such as fur and the larger particles of dust. Then, if the purifier has a HEPA filter, it will catch 99.97 percent of invisible particles such as the shed cuticles of dust mites. An air purifier can also come with an activated carbon filter that pulls bad smells and volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde out of the air. Finally, the purifier sends the cleansed air back into the room. It does this a few times an hour.
Besides HEPA filters, air purifiers can clean air by generating ozone or with electrostatic ionization or ultraviolet C light. These purifiers can be installed as part of your HVAC system because you shouldn’t be in a room where the purifier produces ozone, which the filter that scrubs your air through electrostatic ionization also does.
How Air Purifiers Support Good Air Quality
The benefits of an air purifier are many. For one, it is a boon if you or members of your household suffer from allergies to the usual pollutants in your air. It’s even more useful for people who have respiratory ailments such as asthma and COPD. A really efficient air purifier can even suck bacteria and viruses out of the air. This keeps everyone in your home healthy, not just folks with allergies or respiratory diseases.
Air purifiers also keep the house smelling clean. Although they won’t make you deathly ill, the odors of things like cooked cabbage, cleaning products and freshly upholstered furniture are unpleasant for a lot of people. Air purifiers also improve sleep. You’re not breathing in all those pollutants, and your nervous system isn’t being stressed by them. Oxygen is also able to flow freely, contributing to deep and restful slumber.
The technology of contemporary air purifiers makes sure your air is scrubbed of pollutants. To learn even more about these devices, you can talk with an HVAC specialist. When you need air purification services in Wilmington, NC, contact Anderson Air.