PORTABLE SMOKE FILTRATIONFine particulate matter (PM2.5), a major pollutant found in wildfire smoke, can harm respiratory and cardiovascular health, especially in people who already have asthma or cardiovascular disease. Stay indoors, preferably in a "clean room" with filtered air, close windows and doors, and limit physical exertion during wildfires, according to current public health advice. Owning and maintaining air purifiers on the market today is unaffordable for many people who are at risk of health effects from wildfire smoke exposure. Furthermore, wildfires frequently occur in the summer and early fall in areas where many homes do not have air conditioning, so closing windows can result in extremely high indoor temperatures.The purpose of this project is to develop a low-cost method for removing fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) from indoor air. Aside from affordability and particulate matter removal, your design must be able to cool the filtered air and function during a power outage. The HVAC and filtration systems are designed by each design team. The design must be scalable to accommodate varying cooling temperatures, flow rates, room sizes, and run times. The system should allow a member of the design team to submit a set of requirements into software that will do all of the necessary technical calculations to resize the device.
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