imansyah@eng.ui.ac.id
1993 – Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Indonesia
2000 – Mechanical Engineering, University of Kyushu, Japan
2012 – Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Indonesia
This innovation works wonders in the air treatment. However, the most important thing that we should do is spread awareness about air quality management. Thus, the air around us will always be clean to maintain the quality of our health.
Everybody needs quality clean air, especially indoor air. The Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that indoor air proved to be 2-5 times as toxic as outdoor air. This will undoubtedly cause air-transmitted diseases to become more widely spread. To improve this condition, a micron-sized particulate capture device based on thermophoresis known as a Thermal Precipitator was built. We certainly expect this device to improve indoor, clean air quality.
Thermophoresis is a simple phenomenon. When two plates have different temperatures, a force between these two plates resulting from the temperature difference will arise. The particles between the two plates will move towards the plate with the lower temperature. This phenomenon is then used in air quality research within a room. An example of such application is the cleanroom in a hospital.
Thermophoresis theory can be applied to capture a microscopic particulate which sizes under 1 micron, such as a particle of cigarette smoke, viruses, bacteria that permanently float in the air. The air around us is full of fine dirt not visible to the eyes. Thus, how can we clean the air? A thermal precipitator device works based on thermophoresis. This device is classified to capture under-one-micron particles using thermophoresis technology. It is easy to clean this Thermal Precipitator device without replacing it with a new device.
It is well regarded that the Thermal Precipitator technology has already been patented and can be combined with an air conditioner to make it work more optimal to generate cleaner air. We are now synergizing ideas and collaborating with the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. Currently, we are targeting to install this device at hospitals where this device can effectively work, capturing bacteria in hospital rooms using a bacterial detection analysis made by the team from the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia.
