Ingersoll-Rand EMS-3000 Series, User Manual

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Introducing EMS-3000 Series System
Current Technology
The EMS-3000 Series System draws in air from the environment. ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) are
created in the reaction chamber of the EMS-3000 Series System from some of the oxygen in the air. These
ROS significantly reduce carbon-based compounds including molds, bacteria, viruses, ethylene, odor
molecules, and other hydrocarbons.

The ROS include: Atomic Oxygen (O
1
), Superoxide (O
2
-), Singlet Oxygen (1O
2
), Peroxynitrite
(ONOO-), Hydrogen Peroxide (H
2
O
2
), Ozone (O
3
), and others.

Most ROS lasts for under 1 second and decays to common oxygen in the air. Hydrogen peroxide (H
2
O
2
)
and ozone (O
3
) last for minutes to hours and move out of the reaction chamber to accomplish surface
sanitation as well as further air sanitation.

Approximately 90% of all purification takes place in the air in the purification chamber.

10% of the purification takes place on surface and in the air in the treated environment.
Since the room air (enclosed or partially enclosed space) is circulated through the EMS-3000 Series System,
the short-lived ROS within the purification chamber are able to carry on their oxidizing benefits. This is a
unique quality of the patented EMS systems in that no other technology is capable of producing these
species within a purification chamber while creating the ROS from the very air it is cleaning.
As the air is drawn through the purification chamber, the ROS oxidize mold, bacteria, ethylene and other
contaminants. Longer-lived ROS work in the treated space to continue to clean the air and to clean facility
and produce surfaces. The purifier works continuously and quietly to circulate ROS through the treated
space.
Since many food borne pathogens are airborne and cross-contamination occurs through air circulation, this
system greatly reduces cross-contamination in the treated environment. It is also effective in reducing the
ethylene levels in the air by oxidizing the carbon double bond structure of ethylene thereby creating water
(H
2
O) and carbon dioxide (CO
2
).