Industrial Automation Magazine India

ALFAA UVs air disinfectant Ultracoil and UltraDuct UVGI helps combat Covid-19

Published on : Monday 24-08-2020

August 2020 – As the Covid-19 pandemic till date grapples the world, prevention practices like social distancing, donning a mask and religiously sanitising high-touch surfaces and oneself when outdoors have only helped.

Moreover, the purview of systemic cleaning of in-door ventilation systems, which was erstwhile shied away, has become a pivotal concern in the wake of the spread of the contagion through the air. In view to integrally address the current needs and the challenges of capital and labour intensive traditional maintenance practices of the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, UltraCoil™ and UltraDuct™ UVGI air disinfection modules by ALFAA UV – a market-leading UV solutions provider with 20 years of experience, have witnessed a spike in both the interest and demand from HVAC professionals.

In an HVAC system, the AHU cooling coils and the air conveying ducts are largely susceptible to becoming grounds for mould, pathogens and fungi to settle on. These micro-organisms, in turn, form a biofilm on these surfaces, hence leading to the system's energy-inefficient output and in extreme cases, breakdown. A poorly maintained HVAC system subsequently keeps the occupants' respiratory health at large risk, hence prompting their periodic cleaning drives.

Applying the cleaner and cost-efficient Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) technique, each ALFAA UV  UltraCoil™ and UltraDuct™ UVGI air disinfection module comes equipped with high-efficiency UltraCoil™ UV lamps (from the USA); well-engineered UV UltraCoil™ parabolic reflector technology – to arrest wastage of the UV light; UL-approved UltraCoil™ ballasts – to ensure high lamp performance rate and longevity, and a NIST-calibrated UV Irradiance sensor and monitor to check UV irradiance output from the lamp. With an array of the aforementioned features, the modules ensure fool-proof efficient cleansing of the target surface without harming the UV-sensitive material like cables, gaskets, rubber material, etc., on the HVAC system. Furthermore, the UltraCoil™ and UltraDuct™ UVGI air disinfection module also exhibits an integrated lamp, reflector, ballast design, hence ticking the box of coherent space management.

In the words of Ankur Parikh, CEO at ALFAA UV, "The world has woken up to the realisation that the spread of Covid-19 can be arrested with the proper disinfection of air-conditioned spaces as the novel coronavirus is now linked to air in the new research. With two decades of expertise in UV technology, we at ALFAA UV welcome this opportunity to offer our UVGI systems for HVAC applications in a bid to fight this dreaded pandemic."