NON-CHEMICAL BACTERIA CONTROL

ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT DISINFECTION SYSTEMS

UV Disinfection - General UV energy levels at 254 nanometer units wavelength required for 99.9% destruction of various organisms.

Microwatt-seconds per square centimeter. Copyright Wyckomar Inc. 1999.

 
UV Disinfection - Technical Discussion

UV Inactivation Chart

Recommended Installation Residential

Recommended Installation Commercial & Industrial

 Bacterial Organisms
Agrobacterium tumefaciens 8,500
Bacillus anthracis 8,700
B.megaterium (vegetable) 2,500
B.megaterium (spores) 52,000
B.paratyphosus 6,100
B.subtilis (vegetable) 11,000
B.subtilis (spores) 22,000

Residential UV Systems

Commercial & Industrial UV Systems

 

 Clostridium tetani 22,000
Corynebacterium diptheriae 6,500
Eberthella typhosa 4,100
Escherichia coli 6,600
Legionella bozemanii 3,500
L.dumoffii 5,500
L.gormanii 4,900
L.longbeachae 2,900
L.micdadel 3,100
L.pneumophila 3,800
Leptospira interrogans (;aundice) 6,000
Micrococcus candidus 12,300
M.sphaeroides 15,400
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 10,000
Neiseria catarrhalis 8,500
Phytomonas tumefaciens 8,500
Proteus vulgaris 6,600
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (lab) 3,900
P.aeroginosa (environmental) 10,500

 

 

Rhodospirillium rubrum 6,200
Salmonella enteritidis 7,600
S.paratyphi (enteric fever) 6,100
S.typhimurium 15,200
Sarcina lutea 26,400
Serratia marcescens 6,200
Shigella dysenteriae (dysentery) 4,200
S.flexneri (dysentery) 3,400
Shigella sonnei 7,000
Staphylococcus aureus 7,000
S.epidermidis 5,800
S.faecalis 10,000
Streptoccoccus hemolyticus 5,500
S. lactis 8,800
S.viridans 3,800
Vibrio cholerae (cholera) 6,500


Mold Spores
Aspergillus flavus (yellow green) 99,000
A.glaucus (blue green) 88,000
A.niger (black) 330,000
Mucor racemosus A (white gray) 35,200
Oospora lactis (white) 11,000
Penicillum digitatum (olive) 88,000
P.expensum (olive) 22,000
P.roqueforti (green) 26,400
Rhizopus nigricans (black) 220,000

Protozoa
Chlorella vulgaris (algae) 22,000
Nematode eggs 92,000
Paramecium 220,000

Virus
Coliphage 6,600
Hepatitus virus (infectious) 8,000
Influenza virus 6,600
Poliomyelitis (polio virus) 21,000
Rotavirus 24,000
Tobacco mosaic virus 440,000

Yeast
Baker's yeast 8,800
Brewer's yeast 6,600
Common yeast cake 13,200
Saccharomyces var. ellipsoideus 13,200
Saccharomyces sp. 13,200
S.typhosa (typhoid fever) 6,000
 

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