The makers of Nanoclean AC filters said it can purify a room up to 90% in just an hour of operation

NEW DELHI: A startup floated by IIT Delhi alumni in collaboration with professors of the institute on Monday launched a fix for indoor air pollution . Called Nanoclean AC filters, the innovators claimed these would “turn an AC into an air purifier”.

“We spend most of our time indoors. With our technology, ACs can act like air purifiers without affecting power consumption or performance. Nanoclean AC filters can purify a room up to 90% in just 1 hour of its functioning in an AC without putting additional load on it. This is a ‘do it yourself’ product and can easily be placed in a split as well as window AC. This can be purchased from the company’s website nasofilters.com, Amazon and Apollo Pharmacy stores,” said Prateek Sharma, a co-founder.

According to the other co-founders, Tushar Vyas and Jatin Kewlani, it is a specially designed non-woven structure that can retain pollutants (PM2.5) because of its high dust holding capacity.

“AC filters are much smaller than those used in room air purifiers. Also, unlike cartridges used in air purifiers which have many components, Nanoclean AC filters are made of pure polypropylene that can be recycled into other products. These can be melted and reconverted to other products. So, this is an environmentally friendly technology compared to other marketed products,” Vyas said.

“Inadequate ventilation can increase indoor pollutant levels by not bringing in enough outdoor air to dilute emissions from indoor sources and by not carrying indoor air pollutants out of home. High temperature and humidity levels can also increase concentrations of some pollutants,” Kewlani said, adding that by breathing clean healthier air inside, one can reduce the daily average exposure level.

