UA Researchers Build DIY Air Purifiers to Remove COVID Particles

by Paul Gatling (pgatling@nwabj.com)

University of Arkansas researcher and physics professor Hugh Churchill is creating and testing portable air filters that help remove infectious airborne particles — including respiratory droplets that carry coronavirus — from interior environments using simple, inexpensive supplies available at any general department or home improvement store.

And he wants to teach you how to make your own. Duct tape, a basic box fan and commercially available air filters are all you’ll need.

“While masks and vaccines are polarizing topics, there shouldn’t be anything controversial about clean air,” Churchill said in a UA news release. “These devices facilitate that. They provide an additional layer of protection that could be widely deployed to make our K-12 and university indoor spaces healthier during this wave of the pandemic. And they’re easy and inexpensive to build. My 9-year-old built one.”

https://talkbusiness.net/2021/09/ua-researchers-build-diy-air-purifiers-to-remove-covid-particles/

Left to right, Douglas Hutchings with Arkansas Research Alliance, Caleb Talley with Startup Junkie, Hugh Churchill, and graduate students Jeb Stacy and Shiva Davari. (Photo by Chieko Hara).

Left to right, Douglas Hutchings with Arkansas Research Alliance, Caleb Talley with Startup Junkie, Hugh Churchill, and graduate students Jeb Stacy and Shiva Davari. (Photo by Chieko Hara).