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    Active Modular Photoremediation Wall System

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    The Active Modular Phytoremediation Wall System is a modular wall system consisting of pods housing hydroponic plants. The plants' roots are exposed to incoming air, rather than being buried in soil, which increases their air-cleaning capacity by 200-300%. Air flows through the pods directly over the root systems, allowing rhizomes on the roots to remove toxins from the air. The cleaned air is then returned to the indoor environment. These modular pods can be installed in both large commercial spaces or small residential settings to help purify the air.

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    Active Modular Photoremediation Wall System

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    The Active Modular Phytoremediation Wall System is a modular wall system consisting of pods housing hydroponic plants. The plants' roots are exposed to incoming air, rather than being buried in soil, which increases their air-cleaning capacity by 200-300%. Air flows through the pods directly over the root systems, allowing rhizomes on the roots to remove toxins from the air. The cleaned air is then returned to the indoor environment. These modular pods can be installed in both large commercial spaces or small residential settings to help purify the air.

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    The Active Modular Phytoremediation Wall System is a modular wall system consisting of pods housing hydroponic plants. The plants' roots are exposed to incoming air, rather than being buried in soil, which increases their air-cleaning capacity by 200-300%. Air flows through the pods directly over the root systems, allowing rhizomes on the roots to remove toxins from the air. The cleaned air is then returned to the indoor environment. These modular pods can be installed in both large commercial spaces or small residential settings to help purify the air.

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    Active Modular Photoremediation Wall System

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    Farnia Kabir
    The Active Modular Phytoremediation Wall System is a modular wall system consisting of pods housing hydroponic plants. The plants' roots are exposed to incoming air, rather than being buried in soil, which increases their air-cleaning capacity by 200-300%. Air flows through the pods directly over the root systems, allowing rhizomes on the roots to remove toxins from the air. The cleaned air is then returned to the indoor environment. These modular pods can be installed in both large commercial spaces or small residential settings to help purify the air.

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    Active modular phytoremediation wall system

    by the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology—a collaboration between Rensselaer
    Polytechnic Institute and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

    • created a new prototype that would work with a building’s existing HVAC system to reduce energy loads and improve indoor air
    quality
    • The Active Phytoremediation Wall System is a modular wall system of pods housing hydroponic plants
    • the plants’ roots are exposed, instead of being buried in soil, the plants’ air-cleaning capacity increases by 200 to 300 percent
    • Air moves through a perforated air intake duct—a series of mini-jets are being developed to encourage airflow—and directly
    over the root system. This allows the rhizomes on the roots to essentially digest airborne toxins—VOCs, particulate matter, and
    other biological and chemical pollutants—without the plant itself becoming toxic (which is what happens when the toxins are
    taken in solely through the leaves). The cleaned air then flows out of each pod through a series of clean air ducts and is
    reintroduced to the environment.
    • The pods themselves are made from vacuum-formed plastic, and the form allows the maximum amount of air to reach the root
    rhizomes while using the minimum amount of material. On top of that, it creates a beautiful base for the plants
    • The wall system can be installed in large commercial interiors
    • but works equally well in small settings—a four-module system in an apartment would have the impact of 800 to 1200 house
    plants

    • Its cheap and eco friendly


    • Giant Flower pot purifiers air
    • Plants definitely help to purify air ,but in a small area .They can not purify the air of a large area.
    • Rhizosphere which is located near near the roots of plant purifies the air wellat best is using thweAMP system
    • The AMP system is consisted of a perforated and irrigated sheet of plastic
    • This plastic sheet is absolutely vaccum molded
    • This sheet lets the users rising walls of hydrophonic plants in an open air
    • The plants are keept into the perforations where the plants roots are exposed to airborne toxins
    • The wall which is made by sheets guides the pollutanta to the roots where the rhizospheres can do their job
    • SOURCE :FASTCODESIGN
    • Way to harness the power og almighty rhizosphere
    • Researchers have been touting the air purifying benefits of indoor plants for ages
    • One problem regular old leaves arenot all that effective at scrubbing toxins
    • The part that’s really effective is the rhizosphere ,an area around a plants roots with a cleaning capacity that’s 200 times
    greater than that of roots pr leaves
    • But the rhizosphere is usually buried too deep in a flower pot to have much of an impact on air we breathe
    • The plants fit in holes,the holes expose the plants roots to airborne toxins
    • As the air passes over the roots microorganisms that live on the roots absorb volatile organic compounds(VOCs) and other
    pollutanta from the air break them down into harmless sustances .The filtered air passes through the AMP unit and
    circulates back to the indoor environment.
    • SOM claims that the AMP unit can trim VOC levels in a typical office by a whopping 80%That in turn reduces the need to
    pump fresh air into a building ,which can slash power consumption associated with mechanical ventilation systems by up to
    60%
    • Vexing problem of poor indoor air quality
    • Instead of buried in the ground ,plant roots are exposed ,which increases the air purification capacity by up tp 300%
    • The thin plastic material is used to ensure minimum use of material
    • The elastic nature of the material enables the pods to be streched forming a tensile relationship within the structure
    • Bio mechanical hybrid wall

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