| Title: | The surface emissions trap: a new approach in indoor air purification |
| Address: | "Lund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical Microbiology, Solvegatan 23, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.08.019 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1872-8359 (Electronic) 0167-7012 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A new device for stopping or reducing potentially irritating or harmful emissions from surfaces indoors is described. The device is a surface emissions trap prototype and consists of an adsorbent sheet with a semipermeable barrier surrounded by two thin nonwoven layers. The trap may be applied directly at the source of the emissions e.g. at moisture-affected floors and walls, surfaces contaminated by chemical spills etc. This results in an immediate stop or reduction of the emitting pollutants. The trap has a very low water vapor resistance thus allowing drying of wet surfaces. In laboratory experiments typically 98% reduction of air concentrations of volatile organic compounds and a virtually total reduction of mold particle-associated mycotoxins was observed. The surface emissions trap may represent a convenient and efficient way of restoring indoor environments polluted by microbial and other moisture-associated emissions" |
| Keywords: | "Adsorption *Air Filters Air Pollution, Indoor/*prevention & control Volatile Organic Compounds/isolation & purification;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMarkowicz, Pawel Larsson, Lennart eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2012/09/15 J Microbiol Methods. 2012 Nov; 91(2):290-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.08.019. Epub 2012 Sep 5" |
