INTRODUCING ABOUT BIOZONE AIR PURIFIERS

Creating a Cleaner and Safer Environment

BACKGROUND

Biozone Air Purifiers have found wide applications in buildings, ranging from eliminating nuisances to taking out bacteria, virus and molds and maintaining excellent Indoor Air Quality. Biozone Air Purifiers are also used in many healthcare facilities worldwide, in clinics and hospitals, for minimizing the spread of pathogens through the ventilation system, reducing health risk exposure of the workers, or as part of the preparedness plan in the anticipation of epidemic.

The Competitive Strength of BioZone as compared with Others: Recent and most advanced technology 2000 times faster than Ozone & 180 times more effective than UV Killing of surface virus, bacteria and contamination Certified ability of killing 99,9998% H1N1 and H5N1 avian flu virus in 0.44 seconds and many others Filter-free, maintenance-free Low electricity consumption; safe working voltage 12VDC

PRICIPLE OF OPERATION

The major technology in the Biozone Air Purifier Unit is Photoplasma Plasma of the atmospheric air, a collection of highly energized air molecules, is present in our atmospheric environment naturally, particularly in the event of lightning and under very strong sunlight SOLID LIQUID GAS PLASMA

There are two ways of producing Plasma of the atmospheric air: (a) by Corona Discharge; industry refers Plasma creating this way as hot Plasma. (b) by Photo-ionization using a bundle of UV frequencies; industry refers Plasma producing this way as cold Plasma or Photoplasma . Some scientists called it Cold Oxygen Plasma ( COP) The easiest way of explaining to engineers or technical persons How PhotoPlasma works? is to make reference to processes of UV germicidal light and Photo-Catalytic Oxidation (PCO) which are well-founded technologies. In simple words, UV in germicidal frequencies of sufficient intensity is capable imparting photon energy to bacteria and virus in close range, breaking the chemical bonding of and causing damage/destruction to their DNA. In PCO, with UV incidents on TiO2 surface (as catalyst), abundant hydroxyl radicles are produced from the moisture in atmospheric air. These hydroxyl radicles are very good cleaning agents capable of breaking the carbon-carbon bonds of simple organic impurities and thus having the ability of eliminating them. PCO action is limited to within the catalyst surface as hydroxyl radicles are short-lived and is only sustained in the vicinity of the catalyst (which however can be covered with dusts and poisoned by them )

In PhotoPlasma, atmospheric air is energized into Plasma stae by photo-excitation using a spectrum of UV frequencies. Oxygen and hydroxyl radicles are formed as part of the Plasma. Constituents in the plasma state are sustaining the present of oxygen and hydroxyl radicles in the air for a few minutes which is sufficient for the air purification action. The action of Plasma is about 200 times better than UV germicidal light and 2000 times better than Ozone.

Efficacy of Biozone Air Purifier

The study of Terriers et al (Appendix J) is a good illustration of the efficacy of Biozone Air Purifiers. It demonstrated that PhotoPlasma could effectively take out 99.999% of H5N1 virus in just 0.44s in a laboratory environment. Further illustrations were shown in the validation section. In principle, PhotoPlasma is effective on all bacteria, virus, pathogens or similar simple microorganisms. Appedix C shows a list of known bacteria and virus that could be effectively taken out by PhotoPlasma. Morever, nearly all other air purifiers are passive type and therefore incapable of killing virus or other contaminations adhered on surface of an object as the purification actions are all taking place inside their reaction chambers. Biozone Air Purification System is of the active type and its cleaning action goes with the circulating air movement to reach every room corner. On the same principle, one would find that the Biozones air purification action is instant and complete, while most other air purifiers take a much longer time to achieve the same effect. Biozone air purifier units are almost maintenance free. They are not equipped with filters; therefore no additional maintenance work is needed to clean the filters. Biozones philosophy is that in normal indoor environments, the sizeable RSPs will be taken care of by other devices such as the airconditioning or ventilation system, and that when filters are not timely cleaned it will be a pollution or contamination source of its own.

VALIDATIONS PAPERS AND TEST REPORTS BY INDEPENDENT LABORATORIES

There were numerous studies and tests done in various installations for demonstrating the effectiveness of Biozone Air Purifiers in removing virus , bacteria and pathogens. Some of them are outlined below. More reports could be made available on request. 1. Biozone Air Purifiers have been tested in one of the Bio Safety Level 3 laboratories under World Health Organization that it was capable of killing 99.9998% of H1N1 and H5N1 virus in just 0.44s ( Appendices E and F refers ) 2. Dr Howard Fisher, in his paper and his book The Air that I breathe, the immunological significance of breathing purified air (2006) [Appendix G page 6],compared the various available air purification technologies to date and recommended air purifiers using PhotoPlasma 3. Dr Crawford, Dr Samways and Dr Fisher have all used Biozone products for their medical treatments. They have discussed the effectiveness and safety issues of using Plasma in air purification. Please see Appendices H and I. 4. Terrier O, et al have tested the efficiency of Biozone Air Purifiers against different airborne respiratory viruses [Appendix] and compared the performance with Germicidal UV light device. [ Note: Terrier O, et al referred Biozone Air Purifiers as Biozone COP device. ] Results have shown that Biozone COP device achieved an efficiency of > 99.99% against H5N2 and hPIV-3 virus and 99.98% against RSV. Terrier O, et al concluded that Biozone COP could be used to control the air-borne transmission of virus in high-risks setting such as hospital wards, and that the Biozone COP technology could constituent a precious tool for the reduction of influenza transmission in the various consultation settings implemented for the management of cases during a pandemic. 5. NIOSH Malaysia has studied the performance of Biozone air purifier against bacteria, fungi and TVOC in real-life environment over a period of 54 days and found that it could achieve a reduction of 92.8% for bacteria, and 88.9% for fungi. The TVOC concentration fluctuated at first and then reduced consistently to zero. Suhaily A and Norhafsham M, et al have analyzed the data sets statistically and found that the concentration of the bacteria, fungi and TVOC were in good negative correlation with the duration of application of the Biozone units. The coefficient of correlation is -0.989 and -0.922 for bacteria, -0.875 for fungi and -0.897 and -0.838 for TVOC. The study was presented in the Scientific Conference on Occupational Safety and Health 2011. (Please refer to separate list in Appendix K for the summary of selected validations of Biozone Air Purifiers)

THE ISSUE OF OZONE SAFETY

Biozone equipment, being in the class of UV device, also emits a small amount of Ozone as a by-product in the course of generating cold atmospheric plasma. The plasma tube and its control mechanism are specifically designed to keep the emission of Ozone to the minimum in the photo excitation process. This is done by destroying the excess Ozone. 1. In the paper by Wim Meijer and Jennifer Croke (2006) Ozone Generation by Biozone Scientific Air Purifiers... [Appendix K], Professor Meijer has shown that the ozone as generated by the Biozone equipment at maximum setting in a passively ventilated room is much lower than the ozone concentration in the ambient. In most scenarios under the test, the Ozone increment was only 0.011 ppm. Only in one scenario the maximum Ozone increment was 0.022 ppm. The two (Ozone generated by Biozone and that in the ambient) added together were still significantly less than 0.05 ppm the maximum limit recommended by the California EPA and ARB for residential air purifiers. 2. All Biozne AC products are certified to a number of standards, including IEC 60335 (Safety of Electrical Household Appilances) in fulfilling the essential safety requirements to CE conformity marking. IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Standard 60355 includes section 60335-2-65, C1,which requires that the ozone concentration produced by ionization is not excessive and shall not exceed 50 ppb. Biozone AC products passed this requirement as certified by SGS and National Certification Body of Finland.

COMMERCIAL BIOZONE AIR PURIFIER MODELS

Biozone is one of the few manufacturers in the world which supplies a full range of air purification solutions from domestic to commercial to customized engineering applications. The common models used for various general healthcare applications are:

(a) Induct ID (Designed to be incorporated into ventilation (HVAC) systems for central air purification)

(b) PR (for home and light commercial use: office, clinic, school, ...)

(c) Excel EZ (for lift, toilet ... )

(d) Aircare AC (for public section: corridor, restaurant, bar, lounge, retails, manufacture)

(e) Powerzone - PZ/ Minipowerzone - MPZ (for heavily polluted area: refuse collected room, )

(f) Mobilezone MPZ (for small vehicles)

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Viet Nam: Fortuna Hotel(Ha Noi) British Ambassador Villa (Ha Noi) Inter-Continental Hotel(Ho Chi Minh city) Grand Hyatt Hotel (Ho Chi Minh city) Office Building Metropolitan (Ho Chi Minh city) Landmark apartment (Ho Chi Minh city) Hewlet Parckard Office (Ho Chi Minh city) UOB Bank Office(Ho Chi Minh city)

Hospital customers list: USA: - Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Air Medic - Allergy & Asthma Center - Lung Guard Foundation - Family Healthcare Network - Trinity Healthcare - Chiropratic Center Annapolis Advanced Well Care Group - Boston Spine Clinics - Rhode Island Hospital - Kindred Hospital - Larned State Hospital - VA Medical Center West Haven - Biolife Plasma Service France: - Val dOr Surgery Hospital Saint Cloud - Hopitaux de Paris - Centre Hospitalier Specialise Georges Mazurelle - SOSMain au Diaconat, Strasbourg - Institut Jean Paoli Calmettes Centre Regional De Lutte Contre Le Cancer PACA, Marseille - Polyclinique de lAnjou Hong Kong: - HK Baptist Hospital - St. Paul Hospital - St. Paul Hospital Eye Operation Room - Precious Blood Hospital Operation Room - Well Loyal Chinese Medicine Clinic - Luen Wah Medicine Ltd - HK Central Dental Lab

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