Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0348607

Funded Activity Summary

New ultraviolet light sources for the disinfection of drinking water and re-cycled waste-water. The disinfection of municipal drinking-water supplies and treatment of waste-water by exposure to high-power ultraviolet (UV) light is now a practical alternative to chlorination. UV light can kill or sterilize the micro-organisms that pose a health hazard through highly selective photo-biological reactions that disrupt the microbial DNA. The aim of this project is to research and develop new 'germicidal' UV light sources based on Barrier Discharge lamps, operating in novel excitation regimes, to yield high UV efficiency. Successful demonstration of the technology will provide solutions to the growing economic and environmental challenges relating to water conservation within Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2003

End Date: 30-06-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $270,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Technologies | Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Optical Physics Not Elsewhere Classified | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Water services and utilities | Prevention and treatment of pollution | Electricity, gas and water services and utilities |

Other Keywords

Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Electricity, gas and water services and utilities | Environmental Technologies | Optical Physics Not Elsewhere Classified | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges | Prevention and treatment of pollution | Water services and utilities

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