Cigarette Smoke Smell Test

  • According to World Health Organization, tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 known chemicals, with at least 40 that cause cancer. It also includes large quantities of carbon monoxide, a gas that hinders the blood’s ability to carry oxygen to vital organs such as the heart and brain, and substances that contribute to heart disease and stroke.
  • Long-term exposure to second-hand smoke causes lung cancer, coronary heart disease and cardiac death. The risk of coronary heart disease is increased by 25%–30% and lung cancer by 20%–30%.

 

Objective:  Test the bipolar ionization (BPI) effect in removing cigarette smoke and smell in comparing with another IAQ device

TEST SETUP

Mechanism:

  • Installed Monitair bipolar ionizer and negative ions device in rooms A and B, respectively, installed air quality monitors to detect the changes of air quality in the two rooms
  • Smoke one cigarette in Room A and B respectively, the cigarette using in the experiment is normal cigarette
  • Compare the air quality (PM 2.5 and TVOC) changes in Room A and B before and after smoking                                    

FINDINGS

(1) Ions Level (Data Support)

  • In the room with bipolar ionizer, ions level increased by 10 times
  • The ions concentration reach 7000 ions or above have sterilization and pollutant treatment effects.                

 

(2) PM 2.5  (Data support)

  • In Room A, after adoption of bipolar ionizer device, PM 2.5 dropped 77% after 100 minutes and returned to the level before smoking
  • High airflow is necessary to bring ions around the indoor space when using bipolar ionizer
  • Bipolar ionizer does not release ozone, having low power consumption and easy installation   
  • In Room B, after using the Negative Ions device, PM2.5 dropped 81% after 55 minutes and returned to the level before smoking
  • Negative Ions device included a built-in fan
  • However, Negative Ions device releases harmful by-product: ozone. Installation is more complicated as it is using three-phase electrical power supply 

(3) TVOC  (Data support)

  • In Room A, since the entire space has been filled with ions, it can provide immediate protection and remove TVOC, maintained TVOC at normal level
  • TVOC level during the entire period before smoking to after smoking are within normal levels. 
  • In Room B, TVOC increased rapidly after smoking and significantly improved after using Negative Ions device. 
  • However, TVOC level during the entire period before and after smoking cannot within normal levels.  

(4) Comparison of Bipolar Ionizer and Negative Ions device

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