Air Cleaners for VOC's and other contaminants
PCI is developing air cleaning technologies focused on control of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) and other air pollutants.  Microlith® catalytic air cleaners offer several advantageous performance features and benefits over other alternative technologies:
  • Direct electrical heating of the substrate utilizing low power resulting in shorter start-up time
  • Reduced weight and smaller size
  • High energy and conversion efficiency
  • Reduced maintenance and power requirements
  • Improved durability for long term reliable operation

Air Cleaner

PCI advanced Microlith® - based catalytic oxidizers for trace air contaminants control (TCCS) aboard the International Space Station have been provided under contract to NASA for qualification testing, offering substantial weight savings in a compact space. Other benefits include the ability to target individual species for cleanup and ready integration with existing systems.

This technology has been successfully tested for oxidizing trace amounts of space station air contaminants e.g. isopropanol, butanol, acetone, toluene, methane, 2-ethoxyethanol, octaflouropropane and sulfur hexaflouride.  Duration testing of the prototype unit has been performed resulting in over 16,000 hours of cumulative operation without degradation in methane oxidation efficiency (~98%). 

Additional information can be obtained from the papers listed below.

“Unique Metal Monolith Catalytic Reactor for Destruction of Airborne Trace Contaminants.” SAE 972432.

“Demonstration of an Ultra-Short Channel Metal Monolith Catalytic Reactor for Trace Contaminant Control Applications.” SAE 1999-01-2112.

“Performance Characterization of a Prototype Ultra-Short Channel Monolith Catalytic Reactor for Air Quality Control Applications.” SAE 2005-01-2868.

Contact PCI to learn more about how our solutions may be adapted for your needs.

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