Carbon scrubbing circulating air

[giroldo]

How effective would an in-room fan circulating air through a carbon scrubber work on eliminating odor. Would this method compromise security and would a scrubber be needed to have a designated exhaust to properly function?

 

[BettaBudda]

Assuming you are talking about an inline fan or something like that, I think as long as its filtering faster than your exhausting the air it would work fine. I considered doing the same thing, but dont want a big blower inside the room for noise reasons. Might not be a bad idea to start the filter fan a few minutes earlier than the exhaust fan if you ever have to restart the room (power outage or whatever).
I scrub the exhaust.

 

[forty]

scrubber good for sealed room or when room is not being exhausted. it will help kill odor inside the room. if you want to exhaust the room to outside, a carbon filter on the exhaust is a must if security is a priority.

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

I don't think a room fan will drive a scrubber like an inline, blower or ac/server axial-fan.

 

[giroldo]

i purchased a stanley blower and willl do my best to create somethig similar to :

 

[Rednick]

Minimum contact time.

That is your worry, with a big fan and small filter.
Check the labels of filters, they give min. carbon weight and min contact time and rec. cfm.

 

[Neo 420]

Sealed room. Fan sits directly on top of the scrubber. Works like a champ. Was changing the pre-filter for the next run. Also put a variable switch on it. Makes it so versatile!

 

[forty]

in-room fan circulating air through a carbon scrubber

i took this to mean in inline (axial) fan mounted to a carbon filter exchanging air "scrubbing" within the room. what type of fan were you referring to?