While both air sanitizers and air purifiers can improve indoor air quality to a certain extent, they differ in their working principles and main functions. Here are the differences:
Working Principle
Air sterilizers use ultraviolet light, ozone or electrolysis to produce active substances with bactericidal and disinfectant effects to remove bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms from the indoor air to achieve disinfecting, deodorizing and other effects.
Air purifiers, on the other hand, capture, decompose, and adsorb pollutants such as bacteria, smoke, odor, and PM2.5 in the indoor air by means of filters, electronic electrostatics, and photocatalysts, so as to purify the air and improve the indoor air environment.
Main function
The main function of the air disinfector is to kill bacteria, viruses and other harmful microorganisms in the indoor air, so as to achieve the effect of disinfection, deodorization and so on. It is suitable for hospitals, nursing homes, kindergartens and other high-risk places, as well as personal family health protection.
And the main function of the air purifier is to purify and improve the indoor air environment, removing fine particles, dust, formaldehyde and other harmful substances in the indoor air, so as to achieve the effect of purifying the air and improving the indoor air environment. It is suitable for home, office, classroom and other places that need to purify air.
Product design
Air sterilizers usually use technologies such as ultraviolet light and ozone, and are relatively small and lightweight, easy to carry and move.
Air purifiers, on the other hand, require the use of electricity or batteries for power, are usually larger than air sanitizers, take up a certain amount of space, and are often equipped with multiple filters for better purification.
Application Scenarios
Air sterilizers are mainly used in hospitals, nursing homes, kindergartens and other high-risk places, as well as for personal hygiene protection at home.
And air purifiers are mainly applied to homes, offices, classrooms and other densely populated places with more sources of pollution.
In short, air sterilizers and air purifiers are very different in terms of working principle, main functions, product design and application scenarios. When choosing to buy, you need to make comprehensive consideration according to the actual needs, and pay attention to choose regular products in order to better improve indoor air quality.