Does the Air Filter in the HVAC System Provide Protection Against Coronavirus Indoors?
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems have never been the hottest conference or cocktail hour topic.
The sudden ventilation fascination comes from businesses and schools trying to operate while keeping indoor air as virus-free as possible. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, weighed in on this issue by saying that air filtration systems can reduce how much of the coronavirus is indoors. You can browse a range of new guides to the best and worst air purifiers on the market. But when it comes to a new filter actually catching viral particles, a lot more needs to happen besides swapping a dirty screen for a clean one.
MARKET DYNAMICS-
Increasing demand for HVAC systems and Growing awareness about indoor air quality are some of the major factors driving the growth of the HVAC filters market. Moreover, increasing investments in the construction sector are anticipated to boost the growth of the HVAC filters market.
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New Understanding Means New Interventions
Interest in HVAC systems is due in part to changing ideas about how the virus reaches new people. If the coronavirus was only dispersed by big spit droplets, no one would be talking about the efficacy of ventilation systems. Those globules would hit the ground long before a fan would suck them into a filter. But more scientists are agreeing that the virus moves through smaller particles, too — ones that float through the air and can get trapped by some filtration systems.
The question of how the virus spreads is complicated by conflicting definitions of “droplet” in the research community. When aerosol scientists talk about droplets, they mean pretty big globs. “Those are like, ballistic droplets that can land in your eye,” .. The particle size the WHO and CDC calls a droplet — a fleck 5 micrometers across — is small enough that capable offloating through the air. Though the WHO has yet to agree with the hundreds of other scientists that say the coronavirus spreads via smaller particles, what the organization considers a “droplet” already qualifies as an airborne fleck in the eyes of other professionals.
The good news is that ventilation, which means bringing fresh outdoor air indoors, can dilute concentrations of virus particles. There are also filters that trap some of the tiniest virus-carrying spit bits. One variety called a MERV-13 filter takes on the majority of particles between 0.3 and 1 micrometers in size. A more restrictive option, the HEPA filter, catches 99.97 percent of 0.3 micrometer particles. Offices, schools and restaurants may opt to install these filters in ventilation systems.
The Filter Is Only Half The Battle
Unfortunately, many buildings struggle to provide adequate ventilation and filtration.
Some of these issues might be due to insufficient expertise and oversight. Though the some industries has recommendations on how building ventilation should be maintained, individual state protocols decide how that happens. In some cities, the public schools are expected to do their own policing of their HVAC functionality. Installation and maintenance of HVAC systems is also a technical job. Organizations issue certifications to qualified repair people, and there are specific tools required.
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