Browse Publications Technical Papers 2021-26-0312
2021-09-22

Air Quality Improvement in Air Conditioner Bus Saloon Through Carbon Activated Filters for Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicles 2021-26-0312

The air purifier industry has seen a growth in terms of demand and sales lately. All credit goes to massive Industrialization in developing countries such as India. The most harmful of the pollutants are PM 2.5 articulates and NOx Emissions. This leads to the new trend of customers become health and comfort conscious and willing to pay more for better and improved transportation. To satisfy these demands, COEM’s are developing more numbers of Air conditioning buses. Although the OEM’s are meeting this demand of quantity, the quality of air from air conditioner is still suffer. One of the main reasons for this poor air quality is because of the ineffectiveness of conventional air conditioner air filters to control particulate materials i.e. PM2.5, biological pollutants i.e. microbes, bacteria, viruses, and gaseous pollutants i.e. CO, CO2, SO2, NOX, O3 & VOCs in air. As per various researches, health problems associated with bus occupant compartment air quality appear more frequently. This article presents a study of the current scenario of the problems of air pollution. Severity of the issue has been highlighted. A Compilation of the most common and significant methods of purifying air such as those employing the use of filters.

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