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Estimating aerosol particle removal in indoor air by ion-enhanced deposition

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2023
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Kolarž, Predrag
Ilić, Anđelija Ž.
Janković, Marko
Janićijević, Aco
Trbovich, Alexander M.
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Abstract
Small air ions have the ability to charge airborne particles, thereby increasing their accumulation on surfaces. Indoor air purification by applying ionization uses electrostatic particle deposition. Respiratory pathogens, including viruses and respiratory droplets carrying viruses or other pathogens, represent bioaerosols, whose particle size distributions contain increasingly larger proportion of fine and ultrafine particles, as the evaporation process proceeds. We have generated two model aerosols: the nebulized NaCl solution, resembling human saliva, and the cigarette smoke, having relatively low water content. We have conducted real life experiments of such surrogate aerosol particle deposition without ionization, using bipolar ionization, as well as using unipolar negative air ions. Particle number concentrations have been measured in the 10 nm–10 μm particle size range. The calculated deposition rates and aerosol particle half-life times were correlated with bioaerosol pathogens... based on the core pathogen sizes. Bipolar ionizers emitting equal concentrations of positive and negative ions had low impact to the particle concentration decrease. Intense negative air ionization resulted in pronounced deposition rate increases, particularly in the particle size range of viruses including the SARS-CoV-2. The impact of negative air ionization was most pronounced in the same size range where the deposition rates without ionization were the lowest. Therefore, the results are very promising from the standpoint of air purification and bioaerosol pathogen removal, bearing in mind that the effect of ions will be most pronounced if the unipolar ion rich air stream is directed towards the breathing zone.

Keywords:
Airborne viruses and SARS-CoV-2 / Bioaerosol pathogens / Breathing zone / Indoor air / Removal / Small air ions
Source:
Journal of Aerosol Science, 09-2023, 173, 106199-
Publisher:
  • Elsevier Ltd
Funding / projects:
  • idCOVID – Continuous inactivation and removal of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor air by ionization (RS-7552286)

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106199

ISSN: 0021-8502

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85159378692
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AU  - Trbovich, Alexander M.
PY  - 2023-09
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6417
AB  - Small air ions have the ability to charge airborne particles, thereby increasing their accumulation on surfaces. Indoor air purification by applying ionization uses electrostatic particle deposition. Respiratory pathogens, including viruses and respiratory droplets carrying viruses or other pathogens, represent bioaerosols, whose particle size distributions contain increasingly larger proportion of fine and ultrafine particles, as the evaporation process proceeds. We have generated two model aerosols: the nebulized NaCl solution, resembling human saliva, and the cigarette smoke, having relatively low water content. We have conducted real life experiments of such surrogate aerosol particle deposition without ionization, using bipolar ionization, as well as using unipolar negative air ions. Particle number concentrations have been measured in the 10 nm–10 μm particle size range. The calculated deposition rates and aerosol particle half-life times were correlated with bioaerosol pathogens based on the core pathogen sizes. Bipolar ionizers emitting equal concentrations of positive and negative ions had low impact to the particle concentration decrease. Intense negative air ionization resulted in pronounced deposition rate increases, particularly in the particle size range of viruses including the SARS-CoV-2. The impact of negative air ionization was most pronounced in the same size range where the deposition rates without ionization were the lowest. Therefore, the results are very promising from the standpoint of air purification and bioaerosol pathogen removal, bearing in mind that the effect of ions will be most pronounced if the unipolar ion rich air stream is directed towards the breathing zone.
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@article{
author = "Kolarž, Predrag and Ilić, Anđelija Ž. and Janković, Marko and Janićijević, Aco and Trbovich, Alexander M.",
year = "2023-09",
abstract = "Small air ions have the ability to charge airborne particles, thereby increasing their accumulation on surfaces. Indoor air purification by applying ionization uses electrostatic particle deposition. Respiratory pathogens, including viruses and respiratory droplets carrying viruses or other pathogens, represent bioaerosols, whose particle size distributions contain increasingly larger proportion of fine and ultrafine particles, as the evaporation process proceeds. We have generated two model aerosols: the nebulized NaCl solution, resembling human saliva, and the cigarette smoke, having relatively low water content. We have conducted real life experiments of such surrogate aerosol particle deposition without ionization, using bipolar ionization, as well as using unipolar negative air ions. Particle number concentrations have been measured in the 10 nm–10 μm particle size range. The calculated deposition rates and aerosol particle half-life times were correlated with bioaerosol pathogens based on the core pathogen sizes. Bipolar ionizers emitting equal concentrations of positive and negative ions had low impact to the particle concentration decrease. Intense negative air ionization resulted in pronounced deposition rate increases, particularly in the particle size range of viruses including the SARS-CoV-2. The impact of negative air ionization was most pronounced in the same size range where the deposition rates without ionization were the lowest. Therefore, the results are very promising from the standpoint of air purification and bioaerosol pathogen removal, bearing in mind that the effect of ions will be most pronounced if the unipolar ion rich air stream is directed towards the breathing zone.",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
journal = "Journal of Aerosol Science",
title = "Estimating aerosol particle removal in indoor air by ion-enhanced deposition",
pages = "106199",
volume = "173",
doi = "10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106199"
}
Kolarž, P., Ilić, A. Ž., Janković, M., Janićijević, A.,& Trbovich, A. M.. (2023-09). Estimating aerosol particle removal in indoor air by ion-enhanced deposition. in Journal of Aerosol Science
Elsevier Ltd., 173, 106199.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106199
Kolarž P, Ilić AŽ, Janković M, Janićijević A, Trbovich AM. Estimating aerosol particle removal in indoor air by ion-enhanced deposition. in Journal of Aerosol Science. 2023;173:106199.
doi:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106199 .
Kolarž, Predrag, Ilić, Anđelija Ž., Janković, Marko, Janićijević, Aco, Trbovich, Alexander M., "Estimating aerosol particle removal in indoor air by ion-enhanced deposition" in Journal of Aerosol Science, 173 (2023-09):106199,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106199 . .

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