Sunlight-mediated inactivation of health-relevant microorganisms in water: a review of mechanisms and modeling approaches

KL Nelson, AB Boehm, RJ Davies-Colley… - … Science: Processes & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Health-relevant microorganisms present in natural surface waters and engineered treatment
systems that are exposed to sunlight can be inactivated by a complex set of interacting …

Recent advances on the application of UV‐LED technology for microbial inactivation: Progress and mechanism

Y Kebbi, AI Muhammad, AS Sant'Ana… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional technologies for the inactivation of microorganisms in food products have their
limitations, especially changes in quality attributes that have led to quality deterioration, low …

Evaluating UV-C LED disinfection performance and investigating potential dual-wavelength synergy

SE Beck, H Ryu, LA Boczek, JL Cashdollar, KM Jeanis… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract A dual-wavelength UV-C LED unit, emitting at peaks of 260 nm, 280 nm, and the
combination of 260| 280 nm together was evaluated for its inactivation efficacy and energy …

Tailored hybrid microbial water disinfection system using sequentially assembled microbial fuel cells and an ultraviolet C light-emitting diode

Y Yoon, B Kim, M Cho - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
An integrated ultraviolet C light-emitting diode (UV-C LED) water disinfection system
activated by microbial fuel cells (MFCs) was developed, and optimized via electric circuit …

[HTML][HTML] Porphyrins and flavins as endogenous acceptors of optical radiation of blue spectral region determining photoinactivation of microbial cells

VY Plavskii, AV Mikulich, AI Tretyakova… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
It is shown that exposure of suspensions of gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, gram-
negative Escherichia coli and yeast-like fungi Candida albicans to laser radiation of blue …

Principles and mechanisms of ultraviolet light emitting diode technology for food industry applications

LM Hinds, CP O'Donnell, M Akhter, BK Tiwari - Innovative Food Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of ultraviolet (UV) light to water, food contact surfaces and medical
equipment for microbial inactivation is widely employed. To date, UV disinfection sources …

Photoinactivation of bacteria by endogenous photosensitizers and exposure to visible light of different wavelengths–a review on existing data

M Hessling, B Spellerberg, K Hoenes - Microbiology Letters, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Visible light has strong disinfectant properties, a fact that is not well known in comparison to
the antibacterial properties of UV light. This review compiles the published data on bacterial …

Application of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LED) to full-scale drinking-water disinfection

P Jarvis, O Autin, EH Goslan, F Hassard - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) have recently emerged as a viable technology for
water disinfection. However, the performance of the technology in full-scale drinking-water …

Solar water disinfection to produce safe drinking water: a review of parameters, enhancements, and modelling approaches to make SODIS faster and safer

Á García-Gil, RA García-Muñoz, KG McGuigan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Solar water disinfection (SODIS) is one the cheapest and most suitable treatments to
produce safe drinking water at the household level in resource-poor settings. This review …

Applications of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in food processing and water treatment

A Prasad, L Du, M Zubair, S Subedi, A Ullah… - Food Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
Light-emitting diode (LED) technology is an emerging nonthermal food processing
technique that utilizes light energy with wavelengths ranging from 200 to 780 nm …