Air Purifiers: Types and Benefits

Air purifier is a device that removes contaminated airpounds and has dimensions of 9 by 10.5 by 29 inches
from indoor and brings in fresh air. Air purifiers havecan cover an area of 500 square feet. Nowadays
gained a lot of popularity over past few years.you can also find many ionic purifiers that don't include
Nowadays there are many different types of aira filter.
purifiers available in the market.3. Edenpure air purifiers: This type of purifier not only
Some of different types of air purifiers are giveneliminates contaminants from air but from surfaces as
below:well. Many air contaminants are due to surfaces such
1. Ultraviolet air purifier: Ultraviolet air purifiers reduceas carpets, furniture, floor etc which causes respiratory
toxic gas as well as remove volatile organic gasesproblems. It also comes with a fan as well as a
including harmful ones. In addition, it also kills germs andpre-filter mesh which instead of replacement requires
viruses present in air. It is also portable with easywashing with water.
maintenance especially with filters. Another benefit of4. Room air purifiers: One of the most commonly used,
this type of air purifier is that it is very quite andthis type of purifier, designed for small sized room, gets
appears to be almost non-existence in terms of noise.rid of odors such as pet's and smoking. This unit sucks
Some UV air purifiers come with a filtering processin contaminated air, cleans it and sends filtered air back
that combines other types of air filters namely HEPA,into the room. This unit is portable as well.
ionization, and carbon. A motorized fan attached to this5. Ozone air purifiers: Strictly to be used in unoccupied
device is used to maintain a flow of air throughout therooms, this air purifier produces an oxidant ozone
house.which get rid of many contaminants namely bacteria,
2. Ionic air purifier: This type of purifier uses the effectgerms, virus, formaldehyde, odors etc. Although an
of ionization to reduce contaminated particles and dusteffective unit ozone has its own disadvantages and
particles from air. Ionic air purifier ionizes contaminantscan be harmful to human body.
as positively charged particles which are thenThere are many benefits of using an air purifier:
attracted to a negatively charged plate to get rid of1. It purifies air and removes contaminated particles
the pollutants or contaminants. For users with allergies,making air healthier when you breathe-in.
asthma problem use this type of air purifier. It also2. It get rid of odors namely pet odor, cigarette
helps in getting rid of odors such as that of pets orsmoking.
cigarette smoking. Many ionic purifiers have adjustable3. It comes in a variety of materials so you can easily
power levels to allow user to adjust it according tofind one that is within your budget.
room size. Generally, an ionic air purifier that weighs 104. Due to healthy and purified air you are ill less often.