Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0219628

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0219628

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Reduction of Legionnaires' Disease from Cooling Towers. Inhaled water droplets containing Legionella bacteria can cause potentially fatal Legionnaires? disease. Algae are the main source of organic matter in cooling towers on which Legionella feed. If droplets are prevented from leaving the tower they cannot cause disease. If no light enters a cooling tower no algae grow. This project aims to identify and develop designs and measurement methods for cooling towers which give low levels of droplets leaving and light entering. The new designs will reduce Legionnaires? disease infections by hundreds of times which eliminates a major urban hazard in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 25-11-2002

End Date: 24-05-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $67,635.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Respiratory system and diseases (incl. asthma) | Disease distribution and transmission | Machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Disease distribution and transmission | Machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified | Mechanical Engineering | Respiratory system and diseases (incl. asthma)

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