Review of air purification methods in urban open spaces

Artur RUSOWICZ; Andrzej GRZEBIELEC; Adam RUCIŃSKI; Grzegorz NIEWIŃSKI; Rafał LASKOWSKI; Maciej JAWORSKI; Wojciech MIELEWCZYK; Krzysztof CAŁUN-NADULSKI

Artur RUSOWICZ Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7949-6907
Andrzej GRZEBIELEC Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3320-5929
Adam RUCIŃSKI Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-9865
Grzegorz NIEWIŃSKI Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3185-5250
Rafał LASKOWSKI Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0248-7866
Maciej JAWORSKI Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3534
Wojciech MIELEWCZYK Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland
Krzysztof CAŁUN-NADULSKI Klim-Spaw Sp. z o.o., Poland

Keywords: air pollution, air purification, air purification in public space

Abstract

Cities, but also villages around the world, are struggling with air pollution that can lead to illness and even death of citizens. This phenomenon causes that many local governments are going to build an air purification installations in public spaces. The article presents an analysis of air quality in the center of Polish cietes like Warsaw, Krakow and Zakopane for PM10 and PM2.5 dusts in December 2018. There are proposed ways to improve the air quality in open urban spaces.