Technology:
TheH2OElement, is a patented ultraviolet (UVC)/ light emitting diode (LED) technology for "point-of-use" safe drinking water, with other patents pending.
The Technology entails years of research and development pioneered by Damien Lieggi. Many tests have been conducted, and samples tested at an EPA certified lab, for water quality. Effluent samples were taken from a wastewater treatment facility, in Salem Ohio, right after the clarification process, and prior to chlorination. During the development process, of this revolutionary technology, we have discovered many things. The right mix of light frequencies, the power inputs and outputs necessary to handle multiple flow rates, and the concerns over turbidity. Effectiveness and efficiency of deactivation of microorganisms occurs at different light frequencies x Time exposed. (UV Dose Rate) Each type of microorganism requires a specific UVC radiation exposure rate to successfully complete the disinfection process. Which happens quickly at the peak germicidal wavelength. Another factor we have addressed is shadowing and/or green water, as it is a main concern, in UV water treatment, with the development of the TheH2OElement and its unique patent pending exposure design.
In the development process, we have consulted with NASA turbine experts to help optimize the self-powering aspect of the technology, which utilizes the energy of the flowing water it is purifying. The technology can also be used with any means for electrically interconnecting said ultraviolet radiation generating LED's to a source of electrical power. This can include, but is not limited to solar power, battery, windmill, fuel cell technology or electrical outlet.
UV is the only known pathogen rendering water technology that involves no hazardous material handling and creates no harmful chemical by-products.
TheH2OElement utilizes progressive UVC LED technology, a compact portable design and a self-powered, state-of-the-art turbine to generator design. TheH2OElement will continue to make water safe, with an anticipated 10-year lifetime, with little to no maintenance or supplied power. The result is a safe water system designed to complement a domestic market segment comprised of largely aesthetic products, which have traditionally addressed only taste, odor, and hardness.
With this technology, there is no longer a need for brushes, wipers, or chemicals to clean quartz tubes or windows that biofoul. Changing light bulbs every six months is no longer a cost factor or a necessity. Ensuring you dispose of the old mercury bulbs properly, in order to prevent an environmental mercury hazard, is no longer a concern. Even though mercury bulbs may use a drop of mercury, disposal of them adds up over time. Say No to Mercury!
The EPA states that, "Through the natural water cycle, the earth has recycled and reused water for millions of years." If we stop and think about this statement, then every chemical or chemical process used by cars, industries and modern societies ,as a whole, eventually ends up in our drinking water supply.
The average person uses the water faucet about 3-4 hours a day and in six months the consumer would have to change the mercury bulb.
Take back your peace of mind with TheH2OElement!
In addition, TheH2OElement provides value to the developing economies where pathogens are ever-present and power is unreliable. We can partner with busiensses that who either service domestic or international markets with established distribution networks.
About The Technology: UVC Light using Light Emitting Diodes (UVC LED's)
Visible light can be seen, by the naked eye, in the 400-700 nanometer (nm) wavelength range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Ultraviolet (UV) is shorter than about 400 nm. Deep UVC range is less than approximately 280 nm.
UV radiation is measured in the units of microwatt sec per square centimeter,which is energy per square centimeter received per second.
UV light is chemically active and has precise spatial resolution. Therefore, a compact and efficient UV light source will provide a variety of applications in the fields of chemistry, biology, environmental science, and optics. Sandia National Laboratories (2003)say "Operating at the shorter UV wavelengths makes it possible to build miniaturized devices that can detect biological agents, perform non-line-of-sight (NLOS) covert communications, purify water, cure polymers and other chemicals, and decontaminate equipment." However, present UV light sources are power consumptive and quite large in size. Semiconductor UV light sources, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), represent a solution to this problem.
What?
Conventional UV sources are mercury vapor and other types of discharge lamps, which are bulky, heavy, and power hungry. Low-pressure lamps typically run on low-input power currents of 220 to 1,500 mA and operate at temperatures between 100 and 200 ºF . They have a useful life of up to10,000 hours depending on the operating current of the lamp. Medium/high-pressure lamps typically run on high-input power currents of 2,100 to 10,320 mA and operate at temperatures between 900 and 1,100 ºF. They have a useful life of only up to 2,000 hours depending on the lamp's operating current. Low-Pressure UV lamps convert approximately 36-40% of their input watts into UVC output watts while the medium-pressure UV lamps convert 6-10%. They are hazardous should they break. UV LEDs have a tunable,constant emission wavelength, the ability to convert the input current into higher percentage of peak germicidal UVC output, all at a lower operating temperature. Therefor making them more effective, and efficient than the conventional mercury vapor lamp.
