What is Airocide®?
Airocide® offers peerless air purification for a large variety of applications. Our air purification units are capable to work in a multitude of environments, including smaller rooms, medium sized spaces and large warehouses or venues.
How it works
The Airocide Air Purification technology relies on the following 5 stages of air purification:
- Each Airocide product is equipped with a fan that draws in the surrounding air containing organic pathogens, allergens, mold spores, smoke and VOCs from your environment into the unit.
- Inside the reaction chamber the air is slowly pushed across hollow glass tubes coated with a material called titanium dioxide.
- These tubes are irradiated with a special UV light acting as a catalyst, and so ultra-reactive hydroxyl radicals are formed.
- As aerosolized compounds come into contact with these hydroxyl radicals, the compounds immediately break apart at a molecular level. Hydroxyl radicals literally tear the compounds apart through oxidation. This process destroys even the smallest contaminants, like a virus. The process is safe, effective and has no harmful by-products.
- The end result is clean and pure air.
The origins of this revolutionary technology
This technology was originally developed for NASA in the 1990s to facilitate growing live plants in space.
NASA was looking for a solution to successfully grow gardens in space as a sustainable way to feed a crew headed to Mars. However, they had to contain the naturally ocurring Ethylene gas emitted by most fruit and vegetable bearing plants. This gas simply dissipates into the atmosphere here on Earth, but in a sealed spacecraft like the shuttle or the space station, its concentrated presence causes fruits and vegetables to ripen too quickly and spoil before they can be consumed.
Their challenge was complicated by the fact that these VOC gas molecules are too small to be filtered. So small that they would pass through hospital HEPA grade filters essentially unimpeded.
3 requirements that the unit had to meet:
- First, NASA needed something that could clean the air even from the tiniest particles like Ethylene.
- The second requirement was that they needed their invention to consume very little power.
- The third requirement was to be virtually maintenance-free and produce no harmful by-products like Ozone.
Bringing NASA Technology Down To Earth
The solution was elegant, met all three requirements and it is the technology inside every Airocide air purification unit.
Contaminants that get into the Airocide PCO chamber cannot escape and are destroyed completely.
NASA’s photo-catalytic oxidation (PCO) invention found commercial applications for eliminating Ethylene gas.
More importantly, following the 2001 anthrax attacks, NASA’s laboratories confirmed that Airocide units can kill 99.9% of anthrax spores.
Further tests made it clear that Airocide can eliminate any kind of organic compound ranging from viruses, bacteria, mold spores, VOCs to mycotoxins.
Commercial line
Since 1998 the commercial uses for Airocide technology have rapidly expanded.
Read moreWhy Choose Airocide® Over Other Air Purification Methods?
- Eliminates Ultra-Small Microorganisms – Unlike conventional air purifiers, Airocide® removes airborne pathogens smaller than 0.3 microns, including viruses.
- Zero Harmful By-Products – Unlike ozone generators, which release ozone that can be hazardous even in small amounts, Airocide® purifies without producing any harmful emissions.
- Safe UV-Free Disinfection – While UV-C disinfectants kill microorganisms, they generate ozone and expose users to harmful radiation. Airocide® ensures safe purification within sealed reaction chambers.
- Low Maintenance & Cost-Effective – Unlike electrostatic air cleaners, which require frequent and expensive upkeep, Airocide® offers hassle-free, efficient air purification.