Clean air: the U-earth system purifies air from smog, cigarette smoke, viruses, and bacteria (photo)

AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS

Thousands of microscopic particles, like smoke from cigarettes, smog, viruses and bacteria make the air we breathe every day unhealthy in the environments where we spend most of our day. To solve the problem, AMade in Italy company, U-earth, has invented an air purification system that captures and demolishes all those components of airborne pollution that normal filtration and extraction systems are unable to capture.

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U-EARTH

Pollution is attracted by the movement of bacteria that oxidize it, transforming it into water, carbon dioxide, and waste. This is the mechanism followed by the technology designed by the company: U-earth, not being affected by air flows, can be used both inside and outside of buildings, with the ability to isolate odors by containing them at the production site, avoiding olfactory impacts in the vicinity of the plants.

HOW THE DEVICE WORKS

The machine is characterized by two main aspects: technological e mechanical. As for the mechanical aspect, it is quite simple to understand: the machine has a touchscreen where you can check all the information regarding operation, maintenance time and the insertion of the biomass inside.

Two other important components are a small ceiling fan which serves to oxygenate the system, under which the biomasses are inserted, and a pump which sucks in the water and puts it into circulation, making it descend into the oxidizing part where there are biomasses that destroy pollution.

The secret of this machine, however, lies in the fact that water is an electric dipole, and therefore, as long as it is clean, it creates a charge-neutral bubble within the machine itself. This allows surface-charged pollutants to migrate toward the machine through the phenomenon of charge diffusion, and are captured by the water. By causing them to flow along the surface, the water allows the bacterial colonies to oxidize all the substances passing through.

The project is competing for the 2018 edition of the Non Sprecare Award. To learn more about the competition and participate, go to here!

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