Development of novel UV reactors operating with microplasma technology for water treatment

这项研究计划应用了一种新兴的技术机会来解决与清洁饮用水相关的重要健康/环境挑战。微腔等离子体或微等离子体照明技术是一种新的光源，能够以细长而平坦的形式产生不同波长的紫外线辐射。这项技术为基于UV的新型净水器的开发创造了机会，从而扩大了UV技术的覆盖范围和适用性，在过去几年中，UV技术已被认为是最好的水净化替代品之一。**在拟议的研究计划中，我们计划调查如何利用微等离子体UV的某些独特功能来显著改善水净化。我们将研究微等离子体紫外光用于水处理的基本原理及其在开发新型紫外光反应器中的应用。此外，我们将研究微等离子体紫外线的几个独特特性的影响，这些特性可能导致更有效的水净化方法。此外，我们将模拟、设计和制造原始的微等离子体UV反应器原型，以确定这一新兴技术在净水方面的能力及其新的潜在应用。**我们的团队在工业、学术界和社区中拥有超过30年的紫外光反应堆开发和应用经验。我们与三家加拿大UV公司建立了强有力的支持和合作伙伴关系，这些公司贡献了行业专业知识，并为该技术的商业化提供了一条潜在的途径。我们的国际合作伙伴是世界领先的紫外线微等离子体辐照器制造商。**我们预计这一项目将导致开发出具有特殊功能的新一代高效紫外光反应堆，并有望在该项目完成后的短短几年内投放市场。潜在达数百万美元的经济利益可能会被在全球销售可观的紫外线反应堆的加拿大制造商所利用。

This research program applies an emerging technological opportunity to address an important health/environmental challenge associated with clean drinking water. Microcavity plasma or "microplasma" lighting technology is a new light source capable of generating ultraviolet (UV) radiation of different wavelengths in a slim and flat form. This technology creates the opportunity for the development of novel UV-based water purifiers, thereby expanding the reach and applicability of UV technology, which has come to be considered one of the best water purification alternatives in the last few years.** In the proposed research program, we plan to investigate how certain distinctive features of microplasma UV can be utilized to significantly improve water purification. We will study the fundamentals of microplasma UV for water treatment and its application in the development of novel UV reactors. Further, we will investigate the impact of several unique characteristics of microplasma UV, which are likely to result in much more efficient methods of water purification. Furthermore, we will simulate, design, and fabricate original microplasma UV reactor prototypes to identify the capabilities of this emerging technology for water purification as well as its new potential applications. ** Collectively, our team has over 30 years of experience in industry, academia, and communities on the development and application of UV reactors. We have strong support and partnership with three Canadian UV companies that contribute industrial expertise and provide a potential pathway to commercialization of the technology. Our international collaborator is a world-leading manufacturer of UV microplasma irradiators. ** We expect this project to result in the development of a new generation of highly efficient UV photoreactors with special features, which could potentially be marketed within a short few years of the completion of the project. The financial benefits, potentially amounting to millions of dollars, will likely be capitalized upon by Canadian manufacturers of UV reactors with substantial global sales.****