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2022 Quarter 1

Focus on Healthcare/UV Disinfection: Science Says UV Fights COVID-19 and Helps Save Lives. Why Are We Waiting?

By Troy Cowan, IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group Facilitator COVID-19 is worldwide, mutating and becoming more infectious with each new variant, such as Omicron (Variant BA.1) and its “sister” (Variant BA.2), spreading several times faster than the original or the Delta strains.1 As highlighted in a recent World Health Organization (WHO) webinar, COVID-19 is spread from anyone … [Read more...] about Focus on Healthcare/UV Disinfection: Science Says UV Fights COVID-19 and Helps Save Lives. Why Are We Waiting?

Innovation Column: POU Water Disinfection with SoLED

By Liz Stevens, writer, UV Solutions Professor Hadas Mamane, head of the Environmental Engineering Program and the Water-Energy (WE) lab at Tel Aviv University, Israel, along with Ph.D. candidate Dana Pousty at the university, were recipients of the IUVA 2021 RadLaunch Award for SoLED, a UV-LED water disinfection device. Mamane and Pousty share a vision to prevent mortality … [Read more...] about Innovation Column: POU Water Disinfection with SoLED

2022 State of the Industry: UV-C LEDs and Their Applications

By Rich Simons, Ph.D.; Oliver Lawal; and Jennifer Pagán, Ph.D., AquiSense Technologies This article presents a view of the UV-C LED device and systems market from a system manufacturer perspective and includes current deployment of the technology that may not be presently in the public sphere. The intent is to state plainly, and without hyperbole, what is visible to an active … [Read more...] about 2022 State of the Industry: UV-C LEDs and Their Applications

Technology Highlight: Deep Light Photonics Introduces High-Efficiency, Hg-Free UV-C Light Source

By Liz Stevens, writer, UV Solutions Deep Light Photonics, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and founded by CEO Michael D. Tiberi, has developed and begun manufacture of a novel, high-power polychromatic, pulsed light source that is mercury-free. The eUV® uses an electron beam in an evacuated glass envelope to excite proprietary phosphors, producing UV-C emission … [Read more...] about Technology Highlight: Deep Light Photonics Introduces High-Efficiency, Hg-Free UV-C Light Source

Beyond Microbial Testing: Bringing Light to Irrigation Water Quality in Leafy Green Production

By Keith Warriner, Lara Jane Warriner and Mahdiyek Hasani, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Corresponding author: kwarrine@uoguelph.ca I recall sitting in the office one day in the fall of 2018 when I received a call from a reporter who informed me that there had been a further outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to romaine lettuce. After an … [Read more...] about Beyond Microbial Testing: Bringing Light to Irrigation Water Quality in Leafy Green Production

Far UV-C Germicidal Sources: Measurement Challenges and Solutions

By M. Clark, R. Zuber and M. Ribnitzky, Gigahertz-Optik The potential of UV-C ultraviolet light in combating the spread of COVID-19 has resulted in an increase in demand for conventional technologies, such as low-pressure Hg lamps (254 nm), as well as many rapid developments in UV-C LED (260 to 280 nm) devices and products. A significant limitation is that UV radiation is both … [Read more...] about Far UV-C Germicidal Sources: Measurement Challenges and Solutions

2022 IUVA Research Innovation Symposium: Boulder, Colorado, May 23-25

The International Ultraviolet Association has announced the 2022 IUVA Research Innovation Symposium. This will be an in-person conference taking place at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, USA, from May 23-25, 2022. UV radiation has been applied in engineering systems for roughly 100 years; today, UV-based systems provide critical functions in a wide range of … [Read more...] about 2022 IUVA Research Innovation Symposium: Boulder, Colorado, May 23-25

Operator’s Corner | UV Disinfection Systems: Challenges and Solutions

Compiled by Castine Bernardy, Nicola Elardo and James P. Malley Jr., Ph.D.; University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire Editor’s Note: Owners and operators of UV technology are an important stakeholder group; these professionals have limited time and often prefer to remain anonymous when providing feedback. As a result, UV Solutions now builds this column from responses … [Read more...] about Operator’s Corner | UV Disinfection Systems: Challenges and Solutions