Food & Drink Processing & Packaging Issue 48 2023 | Seite 5

Intense UV pulses fully sterilize clear-packed clear liquids

as proven on our PUV system by Baxter Corp . with UV resistant spores of B . Pumilos .
Pulsed UV light becomes very efficient only with substantial increases of pulse power from identical to the continuous UVC light by low pressure Mercury vapor lamps to turning on accelerated DNA damages possible only for more and more intense UV pulses . Further increases of pulse power in w / cm ² enters the PUVD region where the joint power of UV and also of the visible light pulses physically disintegrate all bacteria and spores . For this process to happen , these pulses have to be very short , intense and rapid . It makes it possible to sterilize vaccines in vials , clear-packed food items , etc . first identified in peer-reviewed articles by Dr . A . Wekhof in 1990`s ., linked here
Our works on PUV are the base for the absolute (= 6 logs ) sterilization of packages and various food staffs including those inside clear PE packs .
To reach your objectives we offer to select optimal parameters for your application with these two systems . Or to sell you those . The tests results will also to design and to construct full-scale production PL sterilization tunnels or systems also for other usages
R & D UV system for powders in a flow-through sanitation or its photo-chemical modifications ( e . g . by UVB enriching the D2 vitamin in mushroom powders ) is designed for up to 100kg / h and for further adjustments as per data from your powder evaluation on our Vortex >
We offer evaluation tests at our place or can sell such Vortex . It allows a cost-effectively to reduce micro-organisms at 1-2 logs & more . < in Vortex powders are moved around a UVC lamp by a forced air flow with the Oxygen being replaced with the Nitrogen gas . Wek-tec e . K . looks for a capable partner to mutually benefit from our IP and suppliers .
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