As a catering professional, you’re used to meeting strict hygiene and safety standards. The same applies to air quality in restaurants, which affects both kitchen teams and customers in the dining room. This is all the more essential since the global pandemic that has particularly affected restaurant operators.
Among the most popular solutions are professional-grade air purifiers. Designed to capture and eliminate pollutants from ambient air, these devices have other qualities too.
Advice and selection of the best air purifiers from OberA, air quality specialists.
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Restaurant: what pollutants are you and your customers exposed to?
Foodservice professionals are exposed to a number of pollutants that can affect health, food quality and the customer experience. These include :
- Air pollutants, such as cooking fumes and grease, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds (VOCs);
- Biological pollutants, such as viruses, allergens and bacteria, which can be spread on food;
- Olfactory nuisances that can irritate kitchen brigades and detract from the customer experience.
The quality of indoor air is of prime importance not only for the health and productivity of staff, but also for a better shopping experience. Bar and restaurant owners are choosing to install a professional air purifier to guarantee a constant flow of clean air, where air conditioning systems circulate poorly filtered air.
“However, it’s important to choose the right air purifier. Not all devices are certified to capture and eliminate the finest particles , which are the most harmful. Just as it’s essential to opt for a sanitizer powerful enough to cover the entire surface area of your restaurant. That’s why we offer a variety of purifiers with customizable filtration systems and different power ratings to cover surfaces ranging from 20m2 to over 1,000m2. “says Thibaut Samsel, General Manager of OberA and air treatment specialist for over 20 years.
Restaurant air purifiers: the most suitable filters for the tertiary sector
Air purification filter: activated carbon
Activated carbon is a porous material with a high absorption capacity. It is particularly effective at capturing gaseous pollutants and particles such as VOCs (components harmful to health), odorous gases and fine particles.
That’s why OberA air purifiers feature activated carbon filters to absorb odors. In addition, other filtration stages can be configured to meet your specific requirements.
HEPA-classified filter
A HEPA filter (high-efficiency air filter)eliminates fine molecules in the 0.1 micrometer range. These include viruses and bacteria, as is the case with the Covid to purify the air in your restaurant and prevent the spread of infections.
HEPA 14 filtration captures and eliminates up to 99.995% of viruses and bacteria.
Air filters F7, F8, F9, G3, M5, M6
Air filters are classifiedaccording to their efficiency in capturing airborne particles.
While G3 filters capture coarse particles (dust, lint), F7 to F9 filters capture fine particles and aerosols with a diameter of less than 2.5 microns (air pollution).
M5 and M6 classifications are dedicated to the filtration of pollutants such as pollen, mold spores and smoke.
Customized air purifiers: filter configuration by OberA
We support our restaurant and hotel customers in configuring their professional activated carbon air purifiers. Depending on the model chosen, up to 4 levels of filtration can be added to successively treat the different particle sizes present in the air. For restaurateurs, we generally configure purifiers to treat viruses and bacteria, smoke, odors and dust.
OberA tip: to make your air purifier more effective in treating the pollutants emitted by your restaurant, there’s another criterion to consider: its power. The equipment must have a flow rate powerful enough to cover the surface to be purified.
