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Guardian Air Validation
RGF first developed its Advanced Oxidation Technology over 20
years ago. Over 1 million RGF Cells are in use around the world.
RGF has licensed its technology to many Fortune 500 companies
for use in the medical, food, military, residential, commercial, ma-
rine, hospitality and government, etc. RGF cells in various products
have been tested and approved/ registered by:
UL, ETL, TUV, EU, EPA & CSA
U.S. Military
Chinese Government
Japanese Government (TV commercials)
Canadian Government
U.S. Government GSA
European Union
In addition, RGF cells have been specified in the Norovirus / MRSA
protection plan of Americas largest restaurant chains, hotel chains,
theme parks, cruise lines, public schools and hospitals.
RGFs Aggressive Advanced Oxidizers travel
throughout the room aggressively
attacking pollutants
PHI
TM
is your answer to Indoor
Air Pollution
GASES & ODORS
Up to 99%
MICROBIALS
Up to 99.99%
To calculate CFM from tonnage rating:
As a general rule 400 CFM = 1 ton unit
Example: 5 ton x 400 = 2000 CFMs
SPECIFICATIONS
Advanced Oxidation Plasma
.
0 1 - . 0 2 p p m :
H y d r o - P e r o x i d e s
S u p e r O x i d e I o n s
H y d r o x i d e I o n s
D i s t r i b u t e d t h r o u g h a i r h a n d l e r
I n s t a l l e d i n h v a c d u c t , p l e n u m
E l e c t r i c a l
11 0 - 2 2 0 VA C 5 0 / 6 0 H z / 1 2 V D C
Warranty on parts 25,000 hrs* (3 Year)
(USA only) *Continuous Operation
HVAC Air
Blower Size
300 to 1,200 CFM
1,000 to 6,500 CFM
6,500 to 10,000 CFM
10,000 to 18,000 CFM
18,000 to 26,000 CFM
Watts*
13.3
13.3
21.6
19.2
32.4
Item #
HVAC-PHI-118-GA-VSF
HVAC-PHI-212-GA
HVAC-PHI-212HO-GA
HVAC-PHI-357-GA
HVAC-PHI-357HO-GA
Guardian Air
TM
sends Advanced Oxidants
throughout the room to kill microbials at the source.
Average sneeze microbial reduction: 78%
The Sneeze Test
Note: The RGF AOT Cell is not a medical device and no medical claims are made.
Microbial Reductions
Typical virus and bacteria killed
3
78% Reduction
SARS
Bird Flu
Norwalk
MRSA
Strep
Candida
Listeria
Bacillius sp
E.coli
Independently tested on surfaces and airborne
Simulated Sneeze Lab Test at three feet in a 250
cu ft Bio Test Chamber. An independent double blind
study.
PHI-Guardian Air
In HVAC Duct
RGFs PHI
TM
Technology
With a Guardian Air HVAC Cell Advanced Oxidation System, micro-organisms can be reduced by over 99%. Gases,
VOCs and odors can also be reduced significantly. Advanced Oxidation Plasma will be carried throughout the ducts
and rooms for a continuous purification process and a quick kill of newly introduced odors or microbials.
RGFS Guardian Air
TM
PHI Cell
PHI
TM
AC Duct
AC air handler
AGGRESSIVE
ADVANCED OXIDATION
PURIFIERS
Bacteria
Mold
Odors
Inactivated Pollutants
Virus
Smoke
VOCs
Super Oxide Ions
Hydroxides Ions
Hydro-peroxides
TM
12 VDC
Transformer
Guardian Air
PHI Cell
Aggressive Advanced
Oxidation Plasma
destroys airborne
and surface pollutants
*Professional installation required
110-220 VAC
50/60 Hz
Power
Supply
Safety
It is a normal reaction to question the long term safety of any
product that is effective and uses new or "breakthrough"
technology. This type of question has become common as
our litigious society has taught us to question things that sig-
nificantly outperform existing methods or products.
The breakthrough in the RGF advanced oxidation tech-
nologies is a group of oxidants known as Hydroperoxides.
Hydroperoxides have been a common part of our environ-
ment for over 3.5 billion years. Hydroperoxides are created
in our atmosphere whenever three components are present:
oxygen molecules, water vapor and energy (electro mag-
netic). PHI
TM
has the ability to create hydroperoxides.
Hydro-Peroxides are very effective at destroying harmful
microbials. As oxidants, they do this by either destroying
the microbe through a process known as cell lysing or by
changing its molecular structure and rendering it harmless
(which is the case in VOC's and odors). The amount of hy-
droperoxides required to accomplish this task in a condi-
tioned space is well below the level that is constantly in our
outside air. The Advanced Oxidation Technology found in
RGF's Guardian Air product family has brought the oxidants
found in the outside air into the conditioned space of your
home.
There is no known case of hydroperoxides ever creating a
health risk. Considering we have been exposed to hy-
droperoxides in nature since the day man stepped on the
planet, it is a reasonable assumption that hydroperoxides
do not constitute a health risk. Over the past 20 plus years
RGF has more than 1 million Advanced Oxidation products
successfully used worldwide without a safety problem.
RGFs Advanced Oxidation Test Results
An RGF PHI
TM
Technology
Professional installation required
Guardian Air
An RGF Residential / Commercial Product
The main advantage...
Guardian Air does not need the pollutants to travel to the air handler for UV treatment or filtration. Guardian Air is proactive and sends
ionized aggressive advanced oxidizers into the room to destroy the pollutants at the source, in the air and on surfaces, before they
can reach your family, clients or employees.
Samples of university & independent lab tests and major
corporation studies
4-log reduction (99.99%) surface bacteria/virus reduction
Over 80% VOC reduction
78% of microbes in human sneeze killed at 3 feet
97% airborne bacterial reduction
99% reductions of Ecoli, Listeria, Strep and Bird Flu
85% odor reduction
97% airborne mold reduction
US Military approved for mold protection in field
hospitals
Hospital approvals Infectious Diseases - U.S. and International
99% reduction of Staph (MRSA)
99% food surface microbial reduction
Major US city school reports 20% reduction in absenteeism
Tested and approved by the Chinese Government for
protection against the SARS virus
Approved by the USDA, FSIS and FDA for use in food
processing plants
Fox News three-part indoor air series featured RGF and
concluded substantial mold and bacteria reductions
RGF's technology has been featured on Fox, ABC, CBS and in
Popular Science Magazine
TM
A meeting was held at RGF after 9/11/01 with a team of PhDs
from Sandia National Lab who hold homeland security re-
sponsibility for microbials (bacteria/viruses) terrorist attacks.
The team headed by Dr. James Marsden, a distinguished
professor from Kansas State University, needed a method to
kill micro-organisms in a heating/air conditioning or ventila-
tion system. The scenario was: What if a terrorist aspirated
a deadly strain of bacteria or virus in a public area? No one
would know until people had dispersed all over the U.S.A.
and spread the disease into a pandemic. RGF scientists in-
terjected that if the kill was made in the heating, cooling or
ventilation system (HVAC), it is really too late as anyone in
the room when the terrorist aspirated the bacteria/virus would
already be exposed and moving around the country. RGF
proposed a proactive approach of airborne aggressive
friendly oxidizers such as hydro-peroxides. These could in-
tercept the aspirated bacteria/viruses within inches of the as-
piration and begin neutralizing the microbes immediately. We
used a sneeze as an example, such as: What if I sneeze right
now? Everyone around the table would be exposed to my
aspirated sneeze germs, and if the HVAC system had a san-
itizer, it would be of no help to those around the table. This,
of course, was of great interest to the Sandia team, but they
needed proof it worked. So, we needed a double-blind study
on RGFs PHI Advanced Oxidation Plasmas ability to de-
stroy sneeze germs. This required a bio-chamber and the
ability to accurately duplicate a sneeze, not an easy task.
A testing protocol concept was discussed and developed
which included a "Sneeze Simulation Machine" and
"Sneeze" chamber. A sneeze can travel at up to 100 mph,
so we had to consider lung capacity, sneeze pressure, and
liquid volume to properly simulate a human sneeze. RGF de-
signed and built the worlds first sneeze machine which in-
cluded an artificial lung, pressure, speed and volume
controls. The test proceeded with outstanding results. An av-
erage of 78% reduction of microbials was achieved in a dou-
ble blind test, at 3 feet from the sneeze source. This is clearly
not a medically supervised test or protocol. However, from a
practical point, it was definitely providing some kill at the
source and will provide some level of protection. The physics
of PHI as an air purifier is unique. A PHI System is not a filter,
a UV device or an ozone generator. It is a cell that radiates
friendly oxidizers. These oxidizers travel through a room or
home by Brownian Motion (natural air movement). One of
the four PHI oxidizers is hydro pero