The RenewAires energy-transfer core is designed to transfer some water vapor. Does that mean it will transfer other pollutants as well?
The core in RenewAire was designed to transfer an optimum amount of water vapor (in the gas state) and a minimum amount of other gases. The RenewAire core has low levels of transfer of other gases, and excellent separation of the two airstreams themselves. The transfer levels are documented for a number of gases of interest; for example, the transfer rate for carbon dioxide is about 3%, that for gases in smoke is less than 2%. This is far better than any competitors’ residential-scale enthalpic transfer systems. RenewAire is not designed for the removal of toxic or highly dangerous vapors, as might be found in a laboratory. It is designed to reduce and control the concentration of typical pollutants already found in the home, using a dilution strategy. So a low level of transfer of some of the exhausted pollutants poses no problem in almost all cases. In unusual instances where a specific gas pollutant is of interest, we may be able to provide data on recapture behavior.
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