Air filtration device

1. An air purifier comprising:

a. a housing having an inlet for receiving air and an outlet for exhausting air, the housing providing an air flow path for the flow of air in a downstream direction, from the inlet towards the outlet;

b. oxidizing and adsorbing VOC pre-filtration within the housing downstream from the inlet;

c. UV filtration within the housing downstream from the VOC pre-filtration; and

d. final particulate filtration within the housing downstream from the UV filtration.

2. The air purifier of claim 1 , further comprising particulate pre-filtration within the housing downstream from the inlet and upstream from the VOC pre-filtration.

3. The air purifier of claim 2 , wherein the particulate pre-filtration includes one or more filters having a MERV of 5 to 13 with an Average ASHRAE Dust Spot Efficiency (Standard 52.1) of 20% to 80%.

4. The air purifier of claim 1 , further comprising particulate post-filtration within the housing, downstream from the VOC pre-filtration and upstream from the UV filtration.

5. The air purifier of claim 4 , wherein the particulate post-filtration includes one or more filters having a MERV of 5 to 13 with an Average ASHRAE Dust Spot Efficiency (Standard 52.1) of 20% to 80%.

6. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein the VOC pre-filtration comprises bonded media.

7. The air purifier of claim 6 , wherein the bonded media includes bonded carbon.

8. The air purifier of claim 1 , further comprising oxidizing and adsorbing VOC post-filtration within the housing downstream from the UV filtration and upstream from the final particulate filtration.

9. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein the VOC pre-filtration comprises one or more filters containing blended carbon and KMnO 4 .

10. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the interior of the housing encasing the UV filtration has a coefficient of reflection of at least 60%.

11. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein the UV filtration comprises a UVC source adapted to generate radiation having a wavelength in a range of about 220 nm to about 288 nm.

12. The air purifier of claim 11 , wherein the UV filtration is capable of providing a total UVC output ranging from about 33,464 μJ/cm 2 to about 90,165 μJ/cm 2 .

13. The air purifier of claim 11 , wherein the UV filtration comprises a plurality of lamps extending longitudinally through the housing.

14. The air purifier of claim 11 , the UV filtration further comprising a vacuum UV source upstream from the UVC source, the vacuum UV source adapted to generate radiation having a wavelength of about 170 nm to about 220 nm.

15. The air purifier of claim 14 , wherein the UV filtration comprises a plurality of dual-zoned lamps, each lamp extending longitudinally through the housing and having an upstream vacuum UV source and a downstream UVC source.

16. The air purifier of claim 13 , further comprising a sensor coupled to each lamp, the sensor being adapted to detect information about the lamp to which it is coupled and transmit a signal representative of the information to a monitor, wherein the information includes whether the lamp to which the sensor is coupled is operating at a given time.

17. The air purifier of claim 1 , wherein the final particulate filtration includes one or more filters having a MERV of 13 or greater with an average ASHRAE Dust Spot Efficiency (Std. 52.1) of 80% or greater.

18. The air purifier of claim 17 , wherein the final particulate filtration includes one or more filters selected from the group consisting of HEPA filters and ULPA filters.

19. An air purifier comprising:

a. a housing having an inlet for receiving air and an outlet for exhausting air, the housing providing an air flow path for the flow of air in a downstream direction, from the inlet towards the outlet;

b. particulate pre-filtration within the housing downstream from the air inlet;

c. VOC pre-filtration within the housing downstream from the particulate pre-filtration;

d. UV filtration within the housing downstream from the VOC pre-filtration;

e. VOC post-filtration within the housing downstream from the UV filtration; and

f. final particulate filtration within the housing downstream from the VOC post-filtration.

20. The air purifier of claim 19 , further comprising particulate post-filtration within the housing downstream from the VOC pre-filtration and upstream from the UV filtration.

21. The air purifier of claim 20 , wherein the particulate pre-filtration and particulate post-filtration each include one or more filters having a MERV of 5 to 13 with an Average ASHRAE Dust Spot Efficiency (Standard 52.1) of 20% to 80%.

22. The air purifier of claim 19 , wherein both the VOC pre-filtration and VOC post-filtration oxidize and adsorb.

23. The air purifier of claim 19 , wherein both the VOC pre-filtration and VOC post-filtration comprise bonded media.

24. The air purifier of claim 23 , wherein the bonded media includes bonded carbon.

25. The air purifier of claim 19 , wherein both the VOC pre-filtration and VOC post-filtration comprise carbon and KMnO 4 .

26. The air purifier of claim 25 , wherein both the VOC pre-filtration and VOC post-filtration comprise one or more filters containing blended carbon and KMnO 4 .

27. The air purifier of claim 19 , wherein the UV filtration comprises a UVC source adapted to generate radiation having a wavelength in a range of about 220 nm to about 288 nm.

28. The air purifier of claim 19 , wherein the final particulate filtration includes one or more filters having a MERV of 13 or greater with an average ASHRAE Dust Spot Efficiency (Std. 52.1) of 80% or greater.

29. The air purifier of claim 28 , wherein the final particulate filtration includes one or more filters selected from the group consisting of HEPA filters and ULPA filters.