Discover the History Behind Humidifiers: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Technology

A humidifier is a household appliance that improves the indoor environment by adjusting the indoor humidity. It increases the moisture content in the air, thus solving problems such as dry air. With the continuous improvement of the quality of life of modern people, the functions and functions of humidifiers are becoming more and more diverse.
In ancient times, the main way people increased the humidity of the air in a room was by putting a boiling water pot on a fire and pouring hot water into the pot to fill the room with steam. Although this method is simple and feasible, it also has obvious limitations: first, when the temperature is low, the steam pot generated by boiling water cannot fully increase the humidity of the room; second, it needs to continuously heat the water, so this method also has potential safety hazards .

In the 1930s, evaporative humidifiers began to appear and become popular. An evaporative humidifier is one that releases water into the air. Its basic components include the water tank, wick and fan. When working, the water in the water tank is guided into the wick, and the steam is released through natural evaporation, and blown into the air by the fan, and now the ultrasonic technology is being introduced into the humidifier. Compared with steam humidifiers, ultrasonic humidifiers have small size, low energy consumption, low noise, and are not easy to breed bacteria. Ultrasonic humidifiers use a ceramic oscillator to generate high-frequency mechanical vibrations that release water into the air.