Open Channel Uv Disinfection System
The wedeco tak 55 uv system was the first open channel wastewater uv system that has not only been validated according to the nwri guidelines but also in line with the uvdgm.
Open channel uv disinfection system. The disadvantages of open channel disinfection include the danger of personnel being exposed to uv light. Newland create a new conception of uv open channel system developed to be able to offer our customers the best solution to their problems. The openline is an open channel disinfection unit which uses low pressure high output uv lamps to destroy microorganisms reproductive abilities on a cellular level. Ultraaqua uv open channel uv system series offers environmentally friendly and chemical free disinfection of wastewater for municipalities and industries.
The cloacina open channel uv treatment system consists of a stainless steel framework referred to as a uv rack that supports the uv lamps vertically in an open channel. Open channel systems are available for vertical inclined and wall mounted installations making it a perfect solution for retrofit installation into existing chlorine contact tanks. The duron system is designed for new plant installations or retrofits into existing chlorine contact channels and provides ideal disinfection for mid. Germs that cannot reproduce cannot infect and are therefore rendered harmless.
Uv is part of electromagnetic spectrum its wavelength locates between 100nm and 400nm sterilization wavelength locates at spectral region from 200nm to 310nm uvc wavelength locates between 200nm and 280nm uvc also be called as germicidal uv. The aquaray horizontal lamp system hls open channel uv disinfection system is designed to provide low cost wastewater disinfection for treatment plants with flows up to 2 mgd learn more about aquaray hls uv disinfection systems. Additionally it has also received california s title 22 approval to meet the stringent rules for water reuse applications. Associated problems with open channel uv systems.
And the difficulty of cleaning the lamps which have to be either cleaned manually a laborious procedure or physically lifted and moved to an acid bath. The uv racks are available in a 12 lamp 400mm wide 16 configuration or a 24 lamp 600mm wide 24 configuration. The growth of algae in the open channels. Cold weather maintenance considerations design engineers often don t consider that whilst the waste stream will not freeze the air above the waste stream can be well below freezing consequently uv racks that are removed for maintenance in colder climates such as northern us states or canada will freeze in the frigid air making.
Exposure to uv c light breaks down the dna rna which prevents the microorganism from reproducing.