CosaTron

01/13/2023

Having Doubts about Your Electronic Air Cleaner Selection

CosaTron has been providing Electronic Air Cleaning Equipment for over 6-decades. If you are having doubts about your technology selection, contact CosaTron at [email protected] or go to our website at WWW.cosatron.com. We are here to help you make the best selection for your project. , , , ,

We’ll work with you to develop a custom system for your location to ensure that you have the finest indoor air quality possible

01/04/2023

So What Now?

Many Electronic Air Cleaning Technologies have been tested and found not to perform as marketed or have been found to cause nondisclosed issues. The results should make everyone question the use of the technologies as several have potentially harmful impacts on the occupants that are supposedly being protected.

Buying without researching the technology that you are planning to purchase is a bad idea. Current litigation in the industry appears to be broadening the scope of who may be responsible for selling of the technology in question; manufacturer/ manufacturer's representative. Will the arm of litigation go further and encompass Owners, Specifying Engineers, and Customers who have the technology installed? Only time will tell.

The most important thing you can do today to protect the building occupants and potentially yourself is to thoroughly research the technology that you are intending to use. If the technology is under scrutiny or has has negative test results presented, you may what to reconsider the use.

01/03/2023

CosaTron - A Safe and Simple Way to Clean the Air You Breathe

12/30/2022

Study Finds UVGI Technology Provides a Trade Off - Disinfect Air and Create Harmful By-Products

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-germicidal-uv-lamps-trade-off-disinfection.html

In defense of COVID, we choose to rethink past views on specific technologies. We choose to ignore what we knew to protect against what we were encountering. But did we choose the greater good?

UVc/UVGI technologies have been around for a long time. Prior to COIVID they were primarily used to disinfect surfaces. This was easy as to be effective the light must shine for a specific time; dwell time. Typical installation were used to keep biological growth off of moist surfaces such as coils and drain pans. The implementation worked well for its intended use.

During COVID, a heighten effort was put forth to increase/justify the technology's use for disinfecting air. Designers were to use a specific wavelength and intensity; see ASHRAE recommendations as listed in Details on the UV Dose Recommendation for SAR-CoV-2. Installations were to be performed after "seeking consultation with a reputable UVGI manufacturer or an experienced UVGI system designer prior to installing UVGI Systems."

Today, after assumingly, following the recommendations, we are learning that UVGI systems could potentially transform airborne compounds into harmful substances. Is this information surprising? We knew sunlight which has a UV component breaks down surfaces; i.e. plastics, coverings, etc.; creating byproducts.

Will more tests show that implementation of UVGI systems cause additional issues; possibly. How many experienced manufacturers/designers were there prior to COVID? Were they the only ones consulted?

Disinfecting air against COVID is great but creating a poor indoor air quality environment as a result is not.

When winter chill strikes, people stay indoors more often, giving airborne pathogens—such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza—prime opportunities to spread. Germicidal ultraviolet (GUV) lamps can help disinfect circulating air, but their UVC wavelengths could also transform airborne compounds into poten...

12/29/2022

CosaTron's Excitation Technology

A Subtractive Air Cleaning Technology that allows more contaminants to be removed from the Occupied Space. A technology that increases contaminant transport into the controlled return airstream for removal at the standard mechanical filters.

Simple and Safe

12/28/2022

3rd Party Independent Testing versus IAQM in situ Monitoring

You will be surprised by the number of companies that pay for 3rd Party Independent Testing. Likewise, you should understand if a company pays for the testing it is difficult to say it is independent. One company's information was recently disclosed that makes the issue even more convoluted. A test was paid for and the result were not favorable, therefore the information was not made public. 3rd Party Independent Testing may not be the best avenue for acquiring data.

Indoor Air Quality Monitors (IAQMs) have risen in popularity and some actually work well. In Situ Monitoring provides data based on the monitors measurement abilities. IAQMs must be selected based on the applications contaminants to be monitored. Monitors that have integral fans will provide better sampling of the environment than those that do not. Monitors placed close to return grilles in the breathing zone will provide better results regarding the air in the environment than those placed closer to the supply registers. Good monitors can provide good data if they are installed appropriately.

The differences between 3rd Party Independent Testing and In Situ Monitoring are numerous. Both techniques can work to help inform if the information regarding how the testing was contracted, the accuracy of the IAQMs sensors, the testing scenarios and details, the installation of the IAQM, etc. is provided then people can determine the validity of the information.

12/28/2022

Examples of Misleading Marketing Using an Electronic Air Cleaning Technology

One manufacturer marketed their technology did not need filters to work and showed a video to reinforce their statement. They then stated they enhanced filter performance and printed marketing literature showing by how much; this was recently contradicted by test data. The manufacturer stated their technology created harmless byproducts such as Oxygen, Nitrogen, Water V***r and Carbon Dioxide. They printed reports showing the level of one not exceeding an ASHRAE recommendation that was never made. Now, they have removed the byproduct they stated they made as it is of concern; CO2.

Misleading marketing always seems to change and people must keep up. Providing Clean Air is and should always be a necessity. The manufacturers, who are paid to do so and do not, should make amends to those who purchased their products. They should market truthfully in order for buyers to understand what they are purchasing and what they should expect

12/27/2022

A Year in Review

The age of testing continues with many technologies being exposed for misleading results and marketing. Class action law suites have begun, products have been disconnected and removed, technologies have been found to create unhealthy air with multiple byproducts, etc. The "dirty secrets" in air cleaning have been uncovered and more will follow.

Misleading marketing will continue, until increased litigation pulls in every avenue to seek compensation, which will make those who select the technology think twice as they may be held responsible for the results. People will choose not to read, to listen and to understand the evidence presented. They will continue to see the bright lights of marketing which mask the reality of poor performance. They will continue to not pay attention to the changes in marketing, which sidetracks the current issues being exposed. People will continue to be mislead.

The upcoming year will disclose more information and manufacturers will continue to try and side step the negative. People must choose to protect themselves by taking the time to learn about the available options and choose the correct one for their use.

11/24/2022

CosaTron hopes all have a great Thanksgiving.

11/07/2022

http://ow.ly/YjiS50Lwhhv

The above link was presented to provide more information on the ongoing discussions between Marwa Zaatari and GPSair "formerly Global Plasma Solutions". Regardless of your stance on the issue, it is important to keep informed as the outcome will impact the Electronic Air Cleaning Industry.

*Not a typical LinkedIn Post* Global Plasma Solutions (GPS), armed with all their ill-gotten COVID profits, is suing me for $180 millions for defamation... 15 comments on LinkedIn

04/20/2022

Better Air Quality Goes Beyond ASHRAE/CDC Recommendations.

Better air quality includes a means to remove more contaminants from the space without introducing more into it. Increased Ventilation, Increased Filtration and UVGI is 3 steps a minimum 4 step process.

CosaTron's technology increases the amount of contaminants removed from the air within the space. It actively forces particles to collide and grow in size allowing them to become entrained in to the " Controlled Airstream".

A simple concept that organizations fail to grasp. If you wait for the contaminants to become air entrained you may will be waiting a very long time. Likewise treating the contaminants that actually become air entrained is only treating a fraction of them. By actively forcing them to collide, stick together and grow in size; conglomerate, more will be removed from the air and filtered out, providing cleaner air and a better environment.

Why would organizations not promote the cleanest air?; no idea. I promote cleaner air through CosaTron because it works and it is the right thing to do.

02/16/2022

As many technologies change their marketing to reflect new avenues, their efficacies will be tested and compared with the marketed values.

Ionization used to market smoke removal without filters; YouTube has several videos. They changed their marketing to emphasize agglomeration. The two theories seem conflicting however independently they look good on face value.

Today we test to prove any technologies efficacy. Larger and larger test chambers are used for more realistic representation of the volumes in which we live and work. The new test results are compared to the current marketing values as a means of checks and balances.

The best test is in the in situ environment where life is lived; which happens to be in accordance with the CDC recommendations. If you want to know how your selected technology works; measure the air in the space that it serves and/or is installed.

Bipolar ionization has seen a rapid increase in use for indoor air cleaning, although data on its efficacy and potential for chemical byproduct format…