What Does An Air Purifier Do?
Gray Rollins
If you’ve been blowing your nose until you resemble Rudolph and
your head feels like it is about to explode from your sinus
headache, you may be suffering from allergies to the pollutants
in your home. Someone has probably mentioned that an air
purifier will help you feel better. However, what does an air
purifier do?
One of the most important functions of an air purifier is its
ability to remove pollutants such as cigarette smoke, dust,
pollen, mold, and pet dander from the air. Another reason
people use these machines is to remove odors. There are several
types of air purifiers and each works a bit differently. These
filters in these purifiers include: the ionizer, the HEPA
filter, the combination ionizer/HEPA filter, the activated
carbon filter, and the antibacterial filter.
The ionizer is one of the most popular air purifiers. Unlike
other purifiers, the ionizer does not actually remove
pollutants from the house. Instead, this machine makes the
pollutants so heavy that they fall from the air and drop to the
floor. If you have allergies, you will need to use a vacuum that
has a HEPA filter to clean the floors before the room is truly
allergen free.
If you don’t want to pull out your vacuum, you may be thinking
that you should simply use a HEPA filter instead of an ionizer.
HEPA filters suck dirty air in, run it through the filter, where
most pollutants are trapped, and then blow the clean air back
into the room. However, a HEPA filter can’t clean the smallest
particles from the air and isn’t great at removing odors from
the room. To get your air really clean, you would need a HEPA
filter combined with an ionizer or with an activated carbon
filter.
The activated carbon filter used to be extremely popular. This
filter is great at getting smells out of the air. However, it
doesn’t do as good a job when it is trying to remove pollen,
dust, mold, or pet dander. Now, this filter is usually used
along with a HEPA filter instead of being used by itself.
Finally, for people concerned with bacteria or germs, an
antibacterial filter is an important air purifier. These
filters are especially popular in situations such as a home
daycare, where people are being exposed to many germs. However,
while these filters are very effective at removing germs, they
are rarely used on their own. They work best when they are
combined with a HEPA filter.
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