Air Cleaning Effects on Health and Perceived Air Quality Indoor air cleaning is the process of intentionally removing pollutants from indoor air, or from the outdoor air as it enters a building. Particle air cleaning removes particulate pollutants and gas-phase air cleaning removes gaseous pollutants. Most air cleaners use fans to move air through an air cleaning media that removes pollutants. The amount of pollutant removal depends on the air flow rate and on the fraction of pollutants removed as the air flows through the media. Technologies commonly used in air cleaners are described in the supporting information. This section of the web site addresses the relationship of air cleaning to health and perceived air quality, focusing on application of air cleaning to buildings outside of the health care and industrial sectors. iaqscience.lbl.gov/air-summary.html
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:00:00 +0000