Full Scale Test Method for Gas Contaminant Removal Device

Activated carbon filters have been used forpurification of air and water in industrialapplications. However these technologies have notbeen applied to the non-industrial builtenvironment in general and there is no standard toquantify or to classify the performance of thesesystems for in-duct mechanical systemapplication. The development of a standard testingprocedure and design tool are a very timely effort,since it would create a benchmark for evaluatingthe contaminant reduction and energy savings ofthese systems.This paper first describes the experimental setupfor testing for in-duct air cleaner systemapplications, and then presents the experimentalresults of three different kinds of activated carbonfilters