A UV disinfection system is used to treat unwanted microorganisms, primarily in water or air. I'll briefly describe the difference in how to two setups would operate and then cover the common ground between them. 

UV technology

UV systems have been known about and commercially viable for a good few decades now. We use Mercury vapour lamps to give off UV-C light at 254 Nm and the amount of UV power given off from the lamp is around a third of the total lamp output (the rest of the energy is used to produce heat and non-useful light). This type of light works against organic material because it disrupts a cells natural reproductive system. To explain it simply, where a cell will divide to reproduce, UV...

This guide is to help you keep your UV system in tiptop condition. It’s aimed at our domestic audience but is equally as valid for commercial systems as well.

UV systems and the technology behind them have been around for many years now, but as people look to answer the question "are UV systems environmentally friendly?" we check how UV systems vs Chlorine and other traditional disinfection methods stack up.

UV light covers a large range of the electromagnetic spectrum but the part that we use is in the UV-C band at 254 nm. At this wavelength bacteria, viruses, algae, moulds and many other microorganisms have their ability to reproduce massively diminished when receiving a high enough dose of UV-C light.  

 

Chemical Free

Public demand for less environmentally impactful options has been seen to a large degree...