Āera Induct is a sanitizing device that can be installed in the all-air ventilation systems. It eliminates microbial agents (bacteria, viruses, molds, spores) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) located in the air and surfaces, neutralizing allergens and odours.
Thanks to its PCO technology (Photocatalytic Oxidation) and to its ozone UV lamp, Āera Induct also enables the aeraulic system ducts sanitization, limiting the accumulation of dust and polluting agents and consequently reducing maintenance and cleaning costs.
Āera Induct is available in different versions, based on their technologies (PCO, PCO+ionization, PCO+ozone, PCO+ionizator+ozone) and sized accordingly to the technical characteristics of the system.
Photocatalytic oxidation is a candidate process technology for
use in high volumetric flow rate trace contaminant control
applications in sealed environments.
How works Āera INDUCT?
Āera Induct is an all-air systems device (HVAC) connectable to a 220V mains electricity. It usesPCO technology, a powerful germicidal lamp capable of generating ozone and an efficient ionizer. The air is sanitized thanks to the PCO cell inserted inside the duct or the Air Treatment Unit (AHU).The cell is made up of metal honeycomb walls coated with titanium dioxide able to treat the incoming air flow without slowing it down. Inside the cell there is a quartz coated UV lamp capable of emitting two different ultraviolet radiations wavelengths: the first allows the emission of ozone, the second is absorbed by the titanium dioxide to generate oxidizing radicals and hydrogen peroxide at high germicidal effect.The ionizer allows to charge the air particles in order to act on the pathogens found on surfaces, avoiding their accumulation. The sanitized air operates actively in the duct and in the rooms served. Your sanitation system will be designed according to the existing HVAC system layout, in order to obtain the maximum benefits from the technology; it will also be tailored according to the air flow in each section of the system as well as to the sizes of the duct.
Inside Āera INDUCT
Āera Induct’s PCO technology is enclosed in the PCO cell in which a UV lamp is inserted. The cell is made up of thin aluminium honeycomb walls lated in titanium dioxide.
This conformation enables the air flow through the cell without slowing it down. The air volume inside the cell undergoes the photocatalysis process and continues its route sanitizing ducts and environments used by the all-air ventilation system.
PCO Tecnology
The PCO technology (Photocatalyc Oxidation) has been developed by NASA in 1995 to preserve a harvest of potato plants aboard a shuttle space and to limit the natural ethylene production which stimulates its ripening.
This technology became much more effective than the original target: it was discovered that photocatalytic oxidation was also capable to eliminate all types of unwanted organic particles from the air such as bacteria, viruses, molds and even bad smells.
The PCO technology reproduces what happens in nature through photocatalysis: thanks to the combined action of the sun UV radiation and some metals found in nature, the process of photocatalysis spreads highly reactive oxidizing ions in the air that are able to decompose most pollutants and toxic substances particularly bacteria, viruses, molds, allergens and odors.