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KMID : 1156220060320050478
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Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
2006 Volume.32 No. 5 p.478 ~ p.484
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Efficiency of the Hybrid-type Air Purifier on Reducing Physical and Biological Aeroso
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Kim Ki-Youn
Kim Chi-Nyon
Roh Young-Man
Kim Yoon-Shin
Lee Cheol-Min
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Abstract
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There was no significant difference in the CADR (Clean Air Delivery Rate) between physical aerosols, NaCl and smoke, and biological aerosols, airborne MS2 virus and P. fluorescens, which implicate that the hybrid-type of air purifier, applying the unipolar ion emission and the radiant catalytic ionization, imposed identical reduction effect on both physical aerosol and bioaerosol. Ventilation decreases the efficiency of air cleaning by unipolar ionization because high ventilation diminishes the particle concentration reduction effect. The particle removal efficiency decreases with increase in the chamber volume because of the augmented ion diffusion and higher ion wall loss rate. Particle size affects the efficiency of air ionization. The efficiency is high for particles with very small diameter because reduction of charge increases with particle size. If there is no increasing supply of ions, the efficiency of air cleaning by unipolar ionization increases with respect to initial concentration of particles because of the large space charge effect at high particle concentration and amplified electric field.
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KEYWORD
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air purifier, physical aerosol, bioaerosol, removal efficiency, CADR
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