A Review on Various Methodologies for AC Duct Cleaning
Keywords:
AC Duct, Robot, Indoor Air Quality, Sanitation, CleaningAbstract
Cleaning of the AC ducts is the need because it creates problems such as the bad indoor air quality which results in health issues and it also causes the large maintenance of the system. The uncleaned air ducts become home for fungi, dust and harmful microbial. The causes and
effects of this thing are mentioned following. The AC ducts can be cleaned through various methodologies i.e. conventional and by using robots. In the conventional system, there is manual cleaning by using some equipment. Cleaning the ducts by using robots would be a good solution for this. Different types of robot systems i.e. crawling robot, articulated robot and inspection robot are deployed for the application. There are different types of robots and their equipment according to size and type of duct. The cleaning of rectangular shape ducts is quite difficult than others. Finally, it results that cleaning ducts is the most important thing and using robots is the best methodology for it.
How to cite this article: Husainy ASN, Jamadar SA, Deshmukh HA et al. A Review on Various Methodologies for AC Duct Cleaning. J Adv Res Appl Mech Compu Fluid Dyna 2020; 7(3&4): 1-5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2349.7661.202003
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