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An air purifier in an important device to have around the home, they can make a significant difference to the quality of air you are breathing. A HEPA air purifier can help enormously if someone in your family has a respiratory condition or suffers from certain allergies. This article aims to discuss the benefits of installing a HEPA air purifier and how the air filter actually works.

HEPA is an abbreviation to describe a “High Efficiency Particulate Arresting” purifier, originally designed in the 1940s by the US military to prevent the spread of airborne radioactive particles. HEPA air purifiers are now commercially available for the home, but the same technology is used for high-spec industrial air purifiers where high quality, pure air is essential in various industries such as pharmaceuticals, computer chip manufacture and hospitals. One common application of the HEPA air purifier is in the domestic vacuum cleaner. To avoid the release of unhealthy dust and other particles into the air during operation, almost every vacuum cleaner on the market today has a small built-in air purifier.

The HEPA air purifier filter is also very large, but folded many times, like a concertina, so that it fits nicely within a small container. The large size of the filter means that far larger amounts of air can be processed simultaneously, meaning that, for you, your air becomes cleaner at a very fast rate.

The efficiency of HEPA air purifiers - it is claimed to remove 99.7 percent of air particles - makes it the most popular choice in allergy relief air purifiers. Any allergy sufferer knows all too well the agonising discomfort that can be caused by pollen or pet hairs and a HEPA air purifier can eliminate these and other harmful substances from the air. Most doctors recommend HEPA as the most effective technology available for allergy relief air purifiers.

HEPA purifiers, however, are not air odor cleaners. While the 0.3 microns filter holes ensure the entrapment of many airborne particles, the molecular structure of chemicals and odors means that they will still be able to pass through. Many HEPA manufacturers eliminate this problem by combining air odor cleaner technology in their HEPA units, ensuring for you the best of both worlds.

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