DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AIR PURIFIER SYSTEM FOR CLOSED ROOM WITH CIRCULATED CONDITIONED AIR

Abstract

Started in December 2019 in Wuhan of China, The World Health Organization declared the pandemic on 11 March 2020. The impact is huge in many sectors, and forced people to change their behavior and lifestyle to adjust with new normal condition, hoping to live side by side with current pandemic. Air conditioning system is one of the device that should be look carefully into. As the virus is strongly believed as airborne type, the air might carry out the virus, hence a close room with circulated air from air conditioning system is prone to spreading. This study develops an air purifier system that is aided by polymeric membrane to prevent particles loaded with coronavirus and other harmful agents in the air. The fabricated air purifier system was tested for air flow and the air filter used was found to have Bacterial Filtration Efficiency up to 99%, hence the system can be used in a closed room with circulated-conditioned air.