Types of Air Filtrations and their effectiveness to work against COVID-19

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Types of Air Filtrations
their effectiveness to work against COVID-19
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The fear of global pandemic known as COVID-19 is
spreading faster than the virus itself.
Businesses and homeowners are figuring out ways
to protect themselves, their families, employees,
and customers from the virus. Now we know that
one of the ways the virus spreads is through
respiratory droplets. Thus, air quality
improvement using air filters, air cleaners, or
air scrubbers is an essential tool to reduce the
viruss chances of spreading. In this hour of
crisis, we all require an air conditioning
service that is reliable and takes all the safety
measures. Vital AC Solutions in Florida comes to
your rescue, we have emergency air conditioning
repair, installation, inspection, and maintenance
services at your doorstep.
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Let us see some of the facts behind the ways to
reduce COVID-19 infection from airborne
exposure The COVID-19 virus transmits through
the air on droplets of human respiratory liquids.
When an infected person coughs or sneezes, this
virus can be inhaled into the lungs by other
people. Currently, there isnt any data that
shows that the virus can be airborne without the
droplets.The best way to clean the air, which can
potentially have infectious droplets, is to clean
the medium that is fine enough to catch even the
invisible and small droplets. HEPA (High
Efficiency Particulate Air) filtration should be
there in spaces where infected people are sharing
space with non-infected ones to reduce the
chances of viruses, especially in the
hospitals. UV lights also increase the chances
of killing viruses or bacteria present in the
room.
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Effectiveness of air filtration system against
COVID-19 Afterall, it doesnt matter which
filtration system you have in your premises, the
only way it can filter the virus is if you or
anyone else brings the virus into the house. If
you are careful and keeping sanitization in check
like washing hands and taking baths and changing
your clothes once you leave the house. How to
clean and repair filters? The viruses are small
enough to pass easily through gaps in the
filters. Its possible that viruses or bacteria
can be trapped by the filters, thus use gloves
when you want to remove old filters and place
them into the sealed garbage bag. Later, throw it
outside of your house in a trash can. For
repairing purposes, you require professionals as
you dont know where you are getting your hands
into without ample knowledge about it.
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Types of Filters and their efficiency in fighting
COVID-19 virus. 1) High Efficiency Air
Filter HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air)
filters can filter out dust, microbes, and
particles as small as 0.3 microns. Most of the
viruses are small, and they can only be trapped
by hitting the fibers in the filter. That is the
way there is a probability that at least some of
the virus will pass by and continue in the air
distribution system. HEPA filters can filter out
with a 99.97 efficiency rate. Hospitals usually
prefer HEPA filters, but even they deny to be
utterly dependent on them for sanitizing the
air. How does it work for Covid-19? HEPA
filters encompass a mixture of filaments and
fibers that have a static charge, which can lure
various microbes and particles like a magnet. The
particles are captured and retained within the
filter.
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2) Electronic Air filters Electronic Air filters
trap most of the particles which are present in
the air in a prefilter. Any of the viruses that
pass through the prefilter goes to an
electrically charged filter. The contaminants
that are way too small to get caught by the
prefilter are usually charged by the electronic
air filter and are attracted to the oppositely
charged plates that are part of the filter. How
does it work for Covid-19? It is studied that
ozone-generating products can kill coronavirus.
It can be as effective as killing 99 of virus
cells when exposure amount and length of time to
ozone is sufficient.
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3) UV Lights There are many different versions
of UV lights. It takes time under UV light to
damage the DNA sequence and kill the bacteria or
virus. Just like too much UV light from the sun
can damage your skin, human-made UV lights will
cause harm to a person when exposed to it for any
length of time. Now, how a virus might travel in
a ducting system wherein the air is traveling at
400-450 cubic feet per minute. Thus, the
stationary UV light would not have the time to
kill the virus as it passes by the light in the
ducting system. How does it work for
Covid-19? It is proven that UV lights work for
viruses like MERS and SARS, although it isnt
proven yet that it kills COVID-19. Hence, to get
the proper distance and the amount of light
required to kill the virus will also do a lot of
destruction to you, so you should never disinfect
yourself or a surface with a UV light that you
will be exposed to as well.
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4) Air Scrubbers There are many air scrubbers
versions and types available. Microscopic oxygen
and water molecules which are present in the air
enter the purification space, and inside this
space/unit, the molecules are transformed into
oxidizers that can be released back to the
mainstream. This way, oxidizers can destroy
viruses within 6 hours of treatment in most of
the cases. This product has more advantages than
other ones mentioned above as it has more
potential to kill bacteria, viruses, mold, or any
other contaminants present in the surrounding.
Some of the models also have UV lights, which act
as added protection.
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• Key Takeaways
• There are no such indoor air quality products
  tested for the effectiveness of coronavirus
  though most of these products can be effective
  against the virus to some extent but cannot hold
  them long enough to kill them.
• Air quality indoors is essential for the overall
  health of people, and we strongly suggest some of
  the air filtration products for air quality.
  Still, it shouldnt be thought of as a preventive
  measure from getting the virus.
• Products like HEPA filters can restrict your
  airflow. Thus, a static pressure reading should
  be taken before installation, and at times duct
  modifications are essential to let the system
  work smoothly. We recommend that installing,
  modifying, or repairing should be done by experts
  who are familiar with your product, HVAC system,
  and the process.
• Please contact Vital AC Solutions anytime to know
  more about our services, including emergency air
  conditioning repairing or any other services.
  Visit our website!

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