Home Air Purification System
vs.
Home Air Filtration

One of the larger issues for people
looking to purchase a air purifier for their home or office is the difference between home air purification and home air filtration.

A simple breakdown looks a like this.

Air filtration systems typically used a high porous filter called a HEPA filter to capture dust.
The HEPA filter is extremely efficient at capturing indoor air pollutants even as small as .03ppm.
But from there its gets a bit sticky for the average consumer. Maintenance and expense as well as noise are big points here.
HEPA filters are costly and must be replaced regularly to keep the unit working properly. Factor in the the amount of energy it takes to pull the air of an entire room through a filter over and over again makes a home air filtration system quite a substantial investment. Some HEPA air purifier companies advertise the units to have a blanket of white noise to calm sleeping babies to mask the amount of noise the units can make. A statement to the amount of noise you can expect. (But for anyone with a newborn or colicky baby that may be a good reason to buy one despite the air cleaning capacities!)
Another issue is that the filter does apsolutely nothing to destroy indoor air pollutants like bacteria or viruses, It can only filter them out. For that reason the filter can also become a breeding ground for bacteria. To remedy that problem some manufacturers include a UV light placed next to the filter to kill the trapped germs. A good solution, but one that adds to the maintenance and cost since UV bulbs generally last 8 or 9 months tops.

Contrastly a Home Air Purification System will not filter out or capture indoor air contaminants but will remove them completely through different methods like ionization, UV sterilization, and ozone oxidation.
Ionizers generally work by negatively charged plates that collect positive ions( air contaminants). The drawbacks are that the plates must be cleaned often and are only effective in small areas.
UV air purification units rely on ultraviolet light to destroy airborne microbes. But since UV is only effective in close range (4 to 6 inches) it also only works well in smaller areas. A yearly replacement of the lamp is also a concern.
Lastly ozone air purification systems use ozone gas to destroy indoor air pollution. The main issue involved is the safety of ozone in confined areas. Even though ozone is effective at oxidizing airborne viruses and bacteria, at too high of levels it can also oxidize the tissue of your lungs. That kind of defeats the purpose.

There is an alliterative you might not have heard of yet. It’s called AHPCO. This air purification system uses low ozone in concert with UV, moisture and a nano-catalyst to emulate the earths natural capacity to clean its own air.
Since AHPCO technology is more a air purification delivery system than a filtration system, one unit can cover up to 3000 sq. ft. The only maintenance involved is the replacement of the AHPCO cell once only every 3 years. Ozone levels never amount to over .02 ppm and that is directly over the air purifier.

Air Oasis AHPCO home air purification