Smog tower

Smog towers are structures designed as large-scale air purifiers to reduce air pollution particles, the prototype for which was built in 2017 by Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde, in Beijing.

Examples

Roosegaarde's 2017 prototype was later installed in Tianjin and Krakow.[1] In 2018, a 100-metre (330 ft) tower has been built in Xi'an, Shaanxi to tackle the city's pollution. It is under testing by researchers at the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2]

In Delhi, Kurin Systems is developing a 12-metre (40 ft) tall smog tower, called the "Kurin City Cleaner".[3] It is claimed the tower will filter air for up to 75,000 people within a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) radius.[4] The Kurin City cleaner would be the strongest air purification tower, cleaning more than 32 million cubic meter of air every day.[5]

References
  1. Bürklein, Christiane (2018-02-27). "Smog Free Tower by Daan Roosegaarde in Krakow Poland". Floornature.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. Post, South China Morning. "China built a tower that acts like the world's biggest air purifier, and it actually works". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  3. Nov 5, PTI | Updated; 2018; Ist, 15:21. "Delhi air pollution: India's own 'smog tower' may help combat air pollution | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-11-18.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Made-in-India Smog Tower Spells Hope For Delhi, Can Clean 130 Crore Litres of Air Per Day!". The Better India. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  5. "This Made-in-India smog tower, dubbed 'world's largest', could save Delhi". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-18.


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