What are the types of air purifiers from smoke

People who are fond of smoking do not even suspect how many people around for one reason or another do not tolerate tobacco smoke. And if one of the closest people has a bad habit, you should think about buying a special equipment for an apartment. Air purifiers from tobacco smoke perfectly cope with soaring in the air harmful toxins and volatile compounds. After all, if you do not carry out timely sterilization of the home atmosphere, this, ultimately, will turn into a direct road to the hospital. But which devices to choose from the huge assortment of such equipment on the market? An overview representing the types of air purifiers from smoke will help.

What is dangerous cigarette smoke

Tobacco smoke contains many representatives of the Mendeleev table - from radioactive components, metal compounds and ending with gaseous particles that freely penetrate the human lungs. Ammonia, lead, arsenic, acetone and other elements are harmful to all living organisms. That is why you should think about your own safety when acquiring a household multifunctional cleaning device.

Current information about smoke: it includes two parts.

1. Gas fraction it is divided into organic components (these are volatile compounds like benzene or toluene) and inorganic particles (for example, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia inclusions, etc.).
2. Aerosol fraction comes in the form of the smallest particles of water vapor. Drops of water along with resins at the exit are “heavy” and moist white smoke. At a further stage of evaporation, it already turns into a drier and grayer. The most dangerous is black smoke.

All components of cigarette smoke are dangerous, which means that air should be made safe for health by reducing the risks to the maximum permissible levels of their concentration (for example, 3000 μg / m3 for carbon dioxide). No air purifier from tobacco smoke can completely remove and retain harmful substances from the surrounding atmosphere by 100%, but is obliged to reduce them to a safe content. How will he do it?

The composition of cigarette smoke

How the device works

If we take as a basis the standard design of such a device, then it will be based on filtration unit and fan. The latter pulls in itself the air masses, which then enter the filtration compartment. There they pass through the membranes and air flows back to the room already without the presence of harmful particles.

This is what concerns the usual cleaner. In enhanced versions there are ionizers, which additionally saturate the air with useful ions, disinfecting it. Both for apartments, and for offices will approach built in air conditioner options. In this case, they will take and filter air flow from the street.

Some of the proposals are also combined with air washing, that is, they successfully struggle with overdrying the home atmosphere.

Most often, a similar device for an apartment has small dimensions.In addition to its benefits, it will consume a minimal amount of electricity. It remains only to understand the types of filters used in them.

Varieties of filters used

The effectiveness of this type of technology depends entirely on its filtration component.

1. In budget models worth simple mesh membrane, able to catch even large objects in which dust and wool may be present. It is clear that the full cleaning of harmful compounds of tobacco smoke is not the question.
   
2. Electrostatic options attract negatively charged elements. They are able to work with even the smallest elements, but with a positive charge of the latter.
   

   

3. In the household air purifiers from tobacco smoke are present carbon membranes, retaining odors and harmful gases. It cleans the contaminated gas fraction best: granulated coal has shown high efficiency for adsorbing such pollutants.
4. Hepa filter - is an absorber of aerosol fraction. For a home appliance, it is sufficient to have a class H11, through which less than 5% of particles will pass.
5. Photocatalytic the variant has in its composition an ultraviolet lamp that performs not only an anti-tobacco function, but also completely breaks down the molecules of toxins (and this process will occur without further disintegration of substances).
   

Which to choose? Ideally, a good device should contain several similar filters. This circumstance will significantly increase the efficiency of work. However, in addition to filters, when buying a device, you should pay attention to its other important criteria.

Current selection criteria for the device

When choosing an air cleaner, pay attention to the following required parameters.

1. Power technologywhich determines its performance. For ordinary household modifications, 10–14 W will be sufficient (mastering up to 25 square meters). If we are talking about servicing the office, then it is worth considering options for 25-30 W (can cope with rooms up to 60-70 square meters). The greater the performance indicator, the greater the fan speed and the ability to serve large areas.
2. It also depends on the power cleaning rate. The device for the house is able to cope with 120 cubic meters of air per hour of its work.If we are talking about acquiring an office, then it is worth considering a model with a figure of more than 150 cubic meters.
3. Availability of additional functionality many times increase the efficiency of using the device. For example, among the modes a very valuable option is the possibility of self-cleaning and control over the use at night. It will be useful ionization and air washing. But with ozonation one should be more careful - despite the effectiveness of the effect of ozone on nicotine compounds, its level should not exceed the established rate (otherwise the opposite effect may occur). The latter devices are still more suitable for industrial and medical facilities.

It is worth knowing that the heavier the filter, the more sorbent it contains. A large capacity and change will have much less. The user himself will not be able to rate sorbent quality, so you have to believe the manufacturer. The latter will confirm the indicated effectiveness by laboratory tests.

Whose proposal to stop

If a company has declared itself to be a manufacturer of climatic equipment, it means that such equipment must already be represented in its proposed range.

1. Among the major manufacturers can distinguish brands such as Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Daikin and Ballu. Here the price starts from 10,000-12,000 rubles.
2. More highly specialized technology goes out of the “wing” Timberk, iFresh and NeoClima. In such a case, the offers are full of additional options, which also determines the corresponding cost - from 25,000 rubles.
3. There are also domestic developments - to which can be attributed the corresponding products from "Enkor". It usually provides only two filters that are very easy to replace, and there is also the ability to regulate air flow. The price starts from 5600 rubles.

So, choosing the air purifier from tobacco smoke, you should focus, first of all, on the area that it can cover. Various modifications and advanced functionality are generally able to respond favorably to a homely atmosphere. If the model provides the ability to connect to other climate devices, the control will be completely automatic.