Conceptual Design of a UVC-LED Air Purifier to Reduce Airborne Pathogen Transmission—A Feasibility Study

Existing indoor closed ultraviolet-C (UVC) air purifiers (UVC in a box) have faced technological challenges during the COVID-19 breakout, owing to demands of low energy consumption, high flow rates, and high kill rates at the same time. A new conceptual design of a novel UVC-LED (light-emitting diod...

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Published in:	Fluids
Main Authors:	Saket Kapse, Dena Rahman, Eldad J. Avital, Nithya Venkatesan, Taylor Smith, Lidia Cantero-Garcia, Fariborz Motallebi, Abdus Samad, Clive B. Beggs
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Subjects:	air purifier UVC disinfection fluid dynamics airborne disease
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/8/4/111