Ford DIY COVID Air Filtration Kit Validated by Scientific Research Journal
Ford DIY COVID Air Filtration Kit Validated by Scientific Research Journal
Ford Motor Co.’s do-it-yourself Scrappy Filtration kit designed to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 virus particle concentration in the air is featured this month in the scientific journal Physics of Fluids.
Ford Motor Co’s do-it-yourself Scrappy Filtration system can be put together by students in school. // Photo courtesy of Ford
Ford Motor Co.’s do-it-yourself Scrappy Filtration kit designed to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 virus particle concentration in the air is featured this month in the scientific journal
The engineers at Ford’s Project Apollo team have found a cheap way to help mitigate the risks of Covid-19 transmission in indoor spaces. The “Scrappy Filtration” system just got the seal of approval in the scientific journal Physics of Fluids.
The air purifier uses just a few parts and has been designed as a low-cost way to help people who need to be indoors, like school children. The system requires just a 20-inch box fan, a filter (one that is 4-inches thick and has a minimum efficiency reporting value of 13), and some cardboard.
It’s a kit that, by design, can be assembled cheaply and easily. To ensure that underserved communities can make use of the air filter, though, Ford is donating 20,000 of them to school districts in Los Angeles, New York, and throughout southwest Michigan.
The car maker is donating 20,000 Scrappy Filtration kits to underserved communities.
May 12th, 2021
Industrial Media Staff
Ford DIY air filtration system, co-developed with Lasko, enables easy mitigation of risk of airborne spread of COVID-19 in enclosed spaces like classrooms with poor ventilation.
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Ford’s latest innovation in the fight against COVID-19 is an air filtration kit, co-developed with Lasko, that can be assembled at home or in school – and the science behind it is backed up by a peer-reviewed research article appearing this month in a prominent scientific journal.
Ford and Lasko are donating 20,000 kits to underserved communities. Featuring an open-source design, the kit can be used by others interested in making their own to help reduce COVID-19 in rooms and other enclosed spaces.