- Develop test methods for evaluating the performance of various stand-alone and in-duct air cleaning technologies and products
- Develop model-based experimental methods for accelerated evaluation of sorption/filtration media
- Develop models and simulation tools for optimal design of air cleaners that are customized to the environment of interest such as office and residential buildings, printing/copying shops, health care facilities and the industrial workplace
- Develop and optimize air cleaning technologies including combinatorial sorption/filtration, UV-PCO, Vis-PCO, non-thermal plasma and bio-filtration
- Develop a database of air cleaner performance for use in the CHAMP simulation environment
Our Research Facilities
- A 6-channel filtration media testing facility built in accordance with the ASHRAE Standard 145
- Two mid-scale and two full-scale environmental chambers for air cleaner testing and evaluation
- Precision microbalance for the study of the sorption and desorption characteristics of sorption media
- FTIR for measuring the material properties of catalytic surfaces
- Micromeritics ASAP2020 Apparatus for measuring the surface area of sorption media
- Small-scale environmental chambers and reactors for evaluating UV-PCO and Vis-PCO technologies
The Research Team
- Dr. Jensen Zhang (Team Leader)
- Ms. Beverly Guo
- Mr. Zhenlei Liu
- Mr. Jialei Shen
Other active collaborating faculty and researchers:
- Dr. Bing Dong, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
- Dr. Dacheng Ren, Professor, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University
- Dr. Larry Tavlerides, Research Professor, Department of biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University
Active Projects
- Development of a comprehensive method for testing and evaluating the performance and efficacy of various air cleaning technologies
- Formaldehyde removal technology development and evaluation
- O3 removal technology development and evaluation
- Botanical air cleaning technology development, evaluation and demonstration
- Comparison of sorbent media performance under high and low concentration conditions
Past Projects
- ACT-IAQ Air cleaning technology for indoor air quality (J. Zhang)
- UV-PCO Optimal design of UV-PCO based air cleaners (W. Chen)
- Vis-PCO Development of visible light-PCO based air cleaning technology (Z. Zhang)
- ACT Evaluation 2 – Performance of air cleaners for particulates and VOCs removal (W. chen)
- ACT Evaluation 1 – Performance of air cleaners for VOC removal (W. Chen)