Personal Air Purifiers

Posted by Admin on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

With the ever increasing air pollution, we breathe-in numerous harmful chemicals each day. Apart from the harmful pollen and smog, there are pet hairs that cause terrible allergies. Thereby, many people wonder if there are ways to improve the air quality of their home. One of the solutions to this problem is using personal air purifiers. They can clean the air and prevent germs from being spread through the air.

The following are some benefits of using personal air purifiers:

- In case you are suffering from chronic dust allergies, air purifiers will help you to remove air pollution and air impurities and thus make the air cleaner.

- There are several air purifiers that can filter up to 99.9% of the airborne particles.

- The ozone generators and ionizer personal air purifiers can even remove stubborn orders as well as harmful chemicals from the air.

- Most purifiers come with long term warranties, guarantees and replacement filter costs. This will help you to reduce your maintenance costs and worries.

There are a large number of personal air purifiers available in the marketplace. These include:

- Filter based purifiers that use filters to remove air particles from the air. The HEPA filters are very popular and can remove particles measuring 0.3 micrometer and larger.

- Ionizer personal air purifiers with the help of electric charged surfaces or needles attract dust particles and then gather them in a collector plate. However, these purifiers tend to produce minor amounts of ozone gases that are harmful for your body in the long run.

- Activated carbon based purifiers use a porous material that converts harmful chemicals in the air into a solid state and then filters it from the air. However, the solidified chemicals often tend to return into the air.

- There are some purifiers that use photo catalytic oxidation system. They purify the air by oxidizing the dust particles and then degrading them.

- The air purifiers that use ozone generators specialize in removing stubborn orders.

In addition to this, there are several other popular models of personal air purifiers. These include LightningAir IC-3 is a portable air purifier, Bionaire Air Purifiers and Honeywell Air purifiers.