TY - JOUR
T1 - Reactive Air Disinfection Technologies
T2 - Principles and Applications in Bioaerosol Removal
AU - Liu, Fangzhou
AU - Ma, Qingquan
AU - Marjub, Makid Maskawat
AU - Suthammanont, Ashley Kate
AU - Sun, Shaobin
AU - Yao, Hong
AU - Tao, Yi
AU - Zhang, Wen
N1 - Funding Information:
This review was partially supported by EPA P3 Phase II (SV84041901), NSF Molecular Separation (Award No. 2025374), New Jersey Health Foundation (Awards No. PC 27-23 and No. PC 55-23), 2022-2023 Undergraduate Research Innovation (URI) phase I and II grants at NJIT, the Beijing Outstanding Young Scientist Program (BJJWZYJH01201910004016), and Research Project from Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Council (JSGG20201102171401006). The authors thank Xi Chen from Fudan University for assistance in the literature survey.
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© 2023 American Chemical Society
PY - 2023/5/12
Y1 - 2023/5/12
N2 - As COVID-19 and other infectious diseases continue to spread globally, removing airborne pathogens from confined spaces such as buildings, transportation carriers, and stations is becoming increasingly crucial to curbing transmission and reducing human infection rates. Bioaerosols can act as vectors or media that could store and transport air pollutants and pathogens. To mitigate the adverse effects of bioaerosols and effectively control epidemics, this work reviews the current state-of-the-art air purification processes and technologies available on the market or demonstrated in laboratory and industrial settings, including ozone oxidation, UV disinfection, and photocatalysis. These reactive air purification processes can be used in conjunction with adsorption or filtration-based systems to enhance disinfection besides the physical capture of particulates or the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This review aims to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of various reactive air purification technologies. Their principles, applications, and limitations are briefly discussed to provide insight and guidelines for further development of new air purification processes to address emerging airborne contaminant issues.
AB - As COVID-19 and other infectious diseases continue to spread globally, removing airborne pathogens from confined spaces such as buildings, transportation carriers, and stations is becoming increasingly crucial to curbing transmission and reducing human infection rates. Bioaerosols can act as vectors or media that could store and transport air pollutants and pathogens. To mitigate the adverse effects of bioaerosols and effectively control epidemics, this work reviews the current state-of-the-art air purification processes and technologies available on the market or demonstrated in laboratory and industrial settings, including ozone oxidation, UV disinfection, and photocatalysis. These reactive air purification processes can be used in conjunction with adsorption or filtration-based systems to enhance disinfection besides the physical capture of particulates or the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This review aims to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of various reactive air purification technologies. Their principles, applications, and limitations are briefly discussed to provide insight and guidelines for further development of new air purification processes to address emerging airborne contaminant issues.
KW - Air disinfection
KW - Bioaerosol
KW - COVID-19
KW - Catalytic filtration
KW - Viral inactivation
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U2 - 10.1021/acsestengg.3c00016
DO - 10.1021/acsestengg.3c00016
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85152200586
SN - 2690-0645
VL - 3
SP - 602
EP - 615
JO - ACS ES and T Engineering
JF - ACS ES and T Engineering
IS - 5
ER -