Briefing
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- Biggest Air Purifier – Institute of Earth Environment at Chinese Academy of Sciences currently testing viability of world’s biggest air purifier tower, standing 100 meters (328 feet) high, in Xian, China
- Improved Air Quality – Preliminary results show air purifier tower produced more than 10 million cubic meters (353 million cubic feet) of clean air per day from area of 10 square kilometers (3.86 square miles)
- How It Works – Polluted air goes through greenhouses and heated by solar energy, releasing hot air, which then passes multiple layers of cleaning filters
- Bigger Towers in Future – Research team plans to build bigger air purifier towers, with full size reaching 500 meters (1,640 feet) high, in other Chinese cities
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Organization
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Source
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Wang, B., "China completes 200 foot tall air purifier tower and future towers will be 1640 feet tall",
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Chen, S., "China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be working)",
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Lynch, P., "World's largest air purifier completes successful trial run in Xi'an, China",
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"World’s largest air purifier is undergoing testing and will soon start operating in China,"
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Original Publication Date
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March 16, 2018
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