Catching and killing of airborne SARS-CoV-2 to control spread of COVID-19 by a heated air disinfection system

L. Yu; G. K. Peel; F. H. Cheema; W. S. Lawrence; N. Bukreyeva; C. W. Jinks; J. E. Peel; Johnny Peterson; S. Paessler; M. Hourani; Z. Ren

doi:10.1016/j.mtphys.2020.100249

Catching and killing of airborne SARS-CoV-2 to control spread of COVID-19 by a heated air disinfection system

L. Yu, G. K. Peel, F. H. Cheema, W. S. Lawrence, N. Bukreyeva, C. W. Jinks, J. E. Peel, Johnny Peterson, S. Paessler, M. Hourani, Z. Ren

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Airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) via air-conditioning systems poses a significant threat for the continued escalation of the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Considering that SARS-CoV-2 cannot tolerate temperatures above 70 °C, here we designed and fabricated efficient filters based on heated nickel (Ni) foam to catch and kill SARS-CoV-2. Virus test results revealed that 99.8% of the aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 was caught and killed by a single pass through a novel Ni-foam–based filter when heated up to 200 °C. In addition, the same filter was also used to catch and kill 99.9% of Bacillus anthracis, an airborne spore. This study paves the way for preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other highly infectious airborne agents in closed environments.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	100249
Journal	Materials Today Physics
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2020.100249
State	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

Bacillus anthracis
COVID-19
Heated Ni-foam–based filter
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission

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General Materials Science
Energy (miscellaneous)
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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