As one of the most common solutions to eliminate smoke, odours and vapours when cooking in modern kitchens, the installation of acooker hood with an active charcoal filterallows you to cook whatever you want without leaving unpleasant odours behind, avoiding the harmful effects ofindoor pollutionin a highly exposed environment.
For this type of suction element to perform its function to the best of its ability, it is essential that it iscleaned periodically, both externally and internally, payingparticular attention to the active carbon filteras an essential step. By allowing all cooking vapours and fumes to be fully extracted, proper maintenance effectively blocks the proliferation of germs and harmful bacteria, ensuring that it is always at its most efficient.
In this article, we will take a closer look at the features and operation of this type of kitchen hood, focusing on the importance ofcleaning and maintaining activated charcoal filters,with some valuable tips on how to keep them in optimal condition.
Extractor or filtration hoods?
Removing the fumes and odours produced during meal preparation, hoods help to maintain aclean and comfortable kitchen environment.
However, they can be installed indifferent waysto achieve this purpose:
- Extraction mode -The hood expels exhausted fumes and vapours outside the house through a duct. It is the most common type of kitchen hood. It provides high performance, high extraction capacity and low noise levels; however, it requires good piping system design.
- Filtration Mode -In this case the recycling cooker hood removes odours thanks to aspecific charcoal filterand returns air to the kitchen environment. A suitable option when an external air outlet is not available: its advantages include ease of installation and the almost total absence of energy loss due to the discharge of hot internal air through the hood.
Integrated or wall-mounted,suspended or ceiling-mounted: the wide range ofFaber kitchen hoodscovers every specific consumer need, responding to different functional requirements as well as personal aesthetic preferences.
Activated carbon filters: characteristics and functions
Cleaning and deodorising the air is a crucial aspect when cooking - not only in our domestic environments, but above all in the case of catering businesses. However, what is the difference withactivated carboncooker hoods compared to conventional filter systems?
Activated charcoal filtersare a strategic choice for extractor hoods due to their ability to eliminate unwanted odours and cooking fumes in the kitchen. Consisting of a porousmaterial, such as activated charcoal, they havea high absorption capacitywhen it comes to odorous particles, which results infresh, cleaner air in your kitchen, making thecooking experiencemuch more pleasant and safe.
Activated carbon filters in kitchen hoods: maintenance
To ensure that your hood performs at its best and extracts properly every time it is used, it is important to clean it periodically and tomaintain all filterscorrectly, cleaning or replacing them as required. Neglecting its hygiene over time could lead to build-up that is difficult to remove and hinders the filter function: when saturated with particles, filters have a reduced ability to remove odours.
Just like with themaintenance of activated charcoal filters, it is important to distinguish between disposable filters and "long-lasting" regenerable filters. In fact, the former cannot be regenerated, but must be periodically replaced; they have a service life of ranging from3 months(in the case offilters with cylinders or charcoal flakeswith an efficiency of over 50%) to6 months(for thosewith textile carbon on polyurethanewith an efficiency of 90%), depending on theeffective use of the cooker hood, in terms of both the type and frequency of cooking. This replacement must be carried out before the filters become saturated: when they reach this stage they render the use of the kitchen hood futile, creating a sort of 'plug' that prevents the proper flow of cooking vapours.
However, exceptions to this rule include certain types of filters, those that are regenerable filters of activated carbon filters in Faber's kitchen hoods. In fact, Faber has developed a new activated carbon filter that can be used multiple times. Thanks to the multilayer technology, the long-lasting filter further increases filtration efficiency. In fact, the double layer, through an initial pre-filtering, captures the coarsest particles and with a second filtering at a higher concentration, ensures optimal air cleanliness. The filter is dishwasher-safe every 3-4 months, for a maximum service life of 3 years, and can be dried at room temperature by holding it upright, to facilitate the escape of water, or alternatively it can be placed in an oven at a temperature of 50° C.
A solution that, once again, proves to be perfectly responsive to the needs of practicality and efficiency in our daily domestic life.