公开(公告)号：US4156652A

公开(公告)日：1979-05-29

申请号：US819890

申请日：1977-07-28

Applicant: Reiner Wiest

Inventor： Reiner Wiest

IPC: A61L2/10 ,  A61L2/20 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F1/28 ,  C02F1/32 ,  C02F1/34 ,  C02F1/78 ,  C02B1/38 ,  C02B3/02 ,  C02B3/08

CPC classification number: C02F1/78 ,  A61L2/10 ,  A61L2/202 ,  C02F1/325 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/34 ,  C02F2201/328 ,  C02F2303/04

Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing fluids comprises a radiation chamber which comprises a source of ultraviolet radiation; a housing surrounding said source and including an inner casing permeable to ultraviolet radiation and bounding a channel with said source, and an outer casing surrounding said inner casing and forming a treating space therewith; a conduit for conducting a stream of gas containing molecular oxygen through said channel for exposure to said ultraviolet radiation to produce an ozone-enriched gas; a conduit for conducting a fluid through said treating space so as to become sterilized by the ultraviolet radiation; and a conduit for introducing at least a portion of said ozone-enriched gas from said channel into said treating space to become united with said fluid, whereby said introduced portion of ozone-enriched gas is again exposed to ultraviolet radiation in order to produce an increased content of ozone in said ozone-enriched gas and an additional sterilizing effect is produced in said fluid. A process for sterilizing fluid is also provided. According to this process, a fluid and a gas which contains molecular oxygen are irradiated with ultraviolet radiation and are then mixed together in order to produce an additional sterilizing effect.

Abstract translation: 用于灭菌流体的装置包括：辐射室，其包括紫外线辐射源; 围绕所述源并包括可透紫外线并且与所述源限定通道的内壳的壳体，以及围绕所述内壳并与其形成处理空间的外壳; 用于通过所述通道进行含有分子氧的气流，用于暴露于所述紫外线辐射以产生富含臭氧的气体的导管; 用于使流体通过所述处理空间以通过紫外线辐射灭菌的导管; 以及用于将来自所述通道的至少一部分所述富含臭氧的气体引入所述处理空间以与所述流体结合的导管，由此所述引入的臭氧富集气体部分再次暴露于紫外线辐射以产生增加的 所述臭氧富集气体中的臭氧含量和附加的灭菌效果在所述流体中产生。 还提供了灭菌流体的方法。 根据该方法，将含有分子氧的流体和气体用紫外线照射，然后混合在一起，以产生额外的杀菌效果。