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IIT Ropar’s Startup Company Creates World's First Plant-based Smart Air Purifier

Make A Difference With Sustainable Living
By The United Indian • Published Apr 28, 2023 • 1 min read
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IIT Ropar's startup Urban Air Laboratory, in collaboration with Delhi University, has created a plant-based indoor air purifier called Ubreathe Life. 

IIT Ropar’s startup company, Urban Air Laboratory, which has developed the product claims it to be the world’s first, state-of-the-art ‘Smart Bio-Filter’ that can make breathing fresh.

How does a plant-based air purifier work?

  1. The technology works through the air-purifying natural leafy plant.
  2. After installing the device in a room, the air in the room comes in contact with the leaves of the plant and goes to the soil-root zone where maximum pollutants are purified. 
  3. There is a centrifugal fan that creates a suction pressure inside the purifier, and releases purified air, formed at the roots, through the outlet in a 360degree direction. 
  4. IIT, Ropar, Professor Rajeev Ahuja claimed that the AQI (Air Quality Index) for a room size of 150sq.ft. drops from 311 to 39 in 15 minutes after using ‘Ubreathe Life’ air purifier.
  5. Air quality has become one of the most crucial aspects of healthy living, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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