Disinfectant on demand

按需消毒

• 批准号: 55269
• 金额: $ 6.32万
• 依托单位: ARVIA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=55269
• 关键词: Disinfectant; demand

The Covid19 crisis has increased significantly the need for organisations to provide deep cleaning of premises and surfaces to minimise the potential spread of the virus. This has led to shortages of suitable disinfectants, in medical establishments and public/private organisations, increasing the potential spread of this virus. Arvia believe that their existing electrochemical water treatment technology could be re-purposed for the production of a suitable disinfectant when required. This would be produced from a solution containing common salt, producing disinfectant at the required strength for destroying the Covid19 virus.Arvia have an electrochemical product that is used in the water industry to oxidise organic compounds in water. Instead of treating wastewaters, a brine solution is electrochemically oxidised to produce a sodium hypochlorite disinfectant. Using just electricity and sodium chloride it would be possible to produce this disinfectant on demand. This is significant in the current crisis as there have been shortages of disinfectants.The key output of this project will be the production of a prototype unit to prove the concept of "on-demand" disinfectant production. Whilst a simple "on-demand" system is proposed to meet the immediate needs of the Covid19 crisis, a range of future products could be produced from the research undertaken.A potential further vector of transmission of the Coronaviruses is via effluents treated in sewage works. Andrew Singer (Senior Scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) has noted that Coronaviruses have been recovered in faeces and have been shown to be infectious" and it is believed that they can survive is sewage for weeks, passing through existing sewage treatment plants. As the number of infectious people grow, the potential of this vector could grow. This research will allow Arvia to continue development of a process for the disinfection of treated sewage effluent.

2019冠状病毒病危机显著增加了组织对场所和表面进行深度清洁的需求，以最大限度地减少病毒的潜在传播。这导致医疗机构和公共/私人组织缺乏合适的消毒剂，增加了这种病毒传播的可能性。Arvia认为，他们现有的电化学水处理技术可以在需要时重新用于生产合适的消毒剂。这将是从含有食盐的溶液中产生的，产生的消毒剂在所需的强度摧毁Covid 19病毒。Arvia有一种电化学产品，用于水工业氧化水中的有机化合物。代替处理废水，盐水溶液被电化学氧化以产生次氯酸钠消毒剂。仅仅使用电力和氯化钠就可以按需生产这种消毒剂。这在当前危机中意义重大，因为消毒剂短缺，该项目的主要产出将是生产一个原型装置，以证明“按需”生产消毒剂的概念。虽然提出了一个简单的“按需”系统来满足Covid 19危机的迫切需要，但研究表明，未来可以生产一系列产品。冠状病毒的潜在传播媒介是通过污水处理厂处理的污水。安德鲁·辛格（英国生态和水文中心的高级科学家）指出，冠状病毒已在粪便中发现，并已被证明具有传染性，“据信它们可以在污水中存活数周，通过现有的污水处理厂。随着感染人数的增加，这种媒介的潜力可能会增加。这项研究将使阿维亚继续开发一种处理污水的消毒工艺。