Knowing How Air Purifier Works For Air Pollution, Benefits, And Tips

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YOGYAKARTA The issue of air pollution that has recently been felt by the community continues to reap the spotlight. As one solution to suppress the impact of pollution is using air purifiers. Then, how exactly does an air purifier work for air pollution?

Quoted from AI Care, the air purifier is an electronic device used to clean the deep air of contamination particles such as dust, powder, bacteria, viruses, air pollutants, allergens, and even an unpleasant odor.

By installing these tools, the air quality in the room will increase. Even the air purifiers also help minimize the impact of allergies or respiratory problems.

Head of the Magazine Editor Division of the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association (PDPI) Dr. dr. Feni Fitriani Taufik, Sp. PKR, Subps. PKL, M.Pd.Ked., explained that air purifiers or air purification tools can indeed prevent air pollution in closed areas such as indoors.

"Air purifier is used to prevent indoor air pollution and that can indeed help," Feni said, quoted from Antara, Friday, August 18.

He explained that the benefits of the air purifier are so that the occupants of the room can get healthy air in the house. According to him, the way the air purifier works is by smoking the air into the filter, then releasing it again so that it becomes clean air.

In general, the benefits of air purifiers are to improve the quality of the air in the room or indoors so that the body is not contaminated with air pollution. Some of the other benefits are as follows.

Simply put, how the air purifier works is to smoke the air in the room and then pass it to the filtration system, then clean air is released and distributed to various directions.

Please note that the filtration system in the air purifier varies depending on the use of the technology. Examples of filtration systems are the HEPA filter (High Efficiency Particulate Air), active carbon filters, and so on.

Polutan that can be filtered through an air purifier filtration system is actually different, some are even able to filter pollutants with a minimum size of 0.3 microns. However, the air purifier cannot really clean the air as much as 100 percent.

Regarding tips on the use of air purifier pollutants, dr. Feni Fitriani Taufik said that several things must be considered, one of which is the adjustment between the capacity to use air purifiers and the size of the room where the tool is placed. In addition, dr. Feni also suggested that users pay more attention to the cleanliness of the air purifier filter.

In order for air pollution not to occur indoors, the public is also advised to do other ways. But most importantly, so as not to exacerbate indoor air pollution such as smoking, lighting candles, or triggering additional excess smoke residue.

"If the air pollution is bad outside, it doesn't open the window of the room," explained dr. Feni.

In addition to placing the air purifier, the University of Indonesia's alumnus also recommends using another supporting tool, namely fan exhaust special fans. The fan is useful for refreshing air in space and repairing air reculation.

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