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Quantum Dose AIRcaire™ Generator Whole Building High Velocity Ultraviolet Air Disinfection
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Passing
(flowing) air over, by or under ceiling fixtures or boxed filter or
futuristic shaped devices containing ultraviolet lamps, filters, bars,
etc., either does not kill microorganisms – or does kill
a foolhardy-effort number
in comparison to microbe population in each square foot of indoor (or
airplane cabin) air. The airborne microbe is in number dispersed at a
rate moving about the hospital, commercial building, homes and
airplane cabins in the order of ten to over several hundred millions
times capture rate of these devices. The Billions upon billions of
microbes in the air do not dock around a device to suit the
imagination, or get ‘caught’ sufficiently to create
result in air disinfection required.
For any test as a room
device it is necessary to (A) seal the room and to (b) operate that
unit for hours, (C) without new microbe addition (with nobody present
in the test room). . That does not happen in real life
Partial
microbe-portion kill or filtering in an air duct (heating, cooling)
system cannot be considered “whole building” protection. Removing
some fish in the lake is far from rendering it fishless, and microbes
are billions more abundant. These efforts to affect microbe status in
the building do not, and cannot remove the microbe challenge with the
necessary second-to-second massive-kill performance mandated by the
rate of air movement, of consistent fresh microbe generation, their
resistance and multi-billion count presence.
Occupants
from a few persons to a building full generate fresh and oft infective
microbe content, including many billions of the inventive and equally
dominant virus – that cannot be caught by any air filter known to
man. Their threatening distribution is common to any enclosure from
the hospital to the airliner, other place of business or entertainment
or the home whenever persons are breathing. Many conceive of microbe
kill as a simple process: it is much more of a challenge than proposed
with most any method in the marketplace today. We stress that
millions become ill or die because of a lack of appreciation for this
statement,
especially in the healthcare arena. There is presently in the building
or airliner air system today, no objective method of kill-removing the
devastating microbe at terminal rate.
HEPA
filters of the ‘finest’ mesh cannot hold virus and smaller
cellular life, all of which are extremely pathogenic from the common
cold to any Flu variety. Filters
capture larger organisms (mold spore) and other microbes, and become
feed beds for all microbes, a culture fed by the air circulation
system.
This
is the primary source of hospital acquired airborne infection –
improper, not simply inadequate, but totally improper technology and
ancient outmoded as pre-Pasteur ‘prevention/cure of blood-letting..
Today in responsible hospitals rooms are wiped down daily with
anti-microbial solution – while the HEPA system spreads its
contaminate air death (MRSA< Etc.) and infection to
every nook and cranny thereof. Some
airlines do ‘cleaning’ of the interior on a trip basis, when
within seconds the ship interior is re-infected with new passenger
loading, e.g., to be breathed by the new passenger and to contaminate every
surface within seconds.
Products and programs: Background
International standards of microbe kill dose used in current devices and methods was established by Lambertian values and the Inverse Square Law of light intensity. [Physicist Lambert expressed light intensity and defined these values mathematically and geometrically.] Though physics principle, Lambertian dependency used throughout the world inventory of water and air ultraviolet ‘purification’ equipment, unavoidably includes fringe outcome as a result. This has incurred a world use of excess power use, and globally common discrepancies of microbe kill achieved by ultraviolet. Below left: The early (circa 1994) MolecuCare Ultraviolet (Ultra-high strength) Irradiation© Virucidal Chamber used in AIDS research and care, reagent sterilization, UV Cell Response (ultraviolet kill properties acclaimed by world tables found erroneous) studies by MolecuCare at the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry.
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The world’s only instant in-and-out, (6 second cycle) Sterilizer (above right) developed in ultraviolet research by MolecuCare, tested on dental prosthetics, and small articles (syringes, feminine hygiene, infant care). Extended tests at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry acclaimed as best sterilizer performance ever studied. Named “A-MOP”, renamed “PROSTHETIX”, trials were delayed by the FDA for unknown cause (never clarified or defined). FDA personnel could not ‘mechanically’ determine ‘their’ call from the earlier Virucidal Chamber hand device (left). MolecuCare moved away from FDA-oriented device product since, and is researching a market re-posturing for its use. A limited stock remains of this unit at $3100 (stand optional $300)
MolecuCare AIRcaire™ Generator Series Whole Building Ultraviolet Air Disinfection Models
| Model (CFM) | 500C | 900M | 1200C | 1500C | 2500C | 3500M | 5000M | 5500C |
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Dia., Length |
34 x 52" | 34 x 52" | 34 x 52" | 34 x 73" | 34 x 94" | 34 x 94" | 34 x 94" | 34 x 94" |
| Joules M3/sec | 80 2 lamps |
88 4 lamps |
99 6 lamps |
114 6 lamps |
89 6 lamps |
86 8 lamps |
106 6 lamps |
132 8 lamps |
| Amp | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| VAC | 115 | 115 | 115 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 220 |
| List | $1600 | $1950 | $2350 | $2720 | $3115 | $3275 | $4330 | $4525 |
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| Remote panel | $165 | $175 | $185 | $185 | $205 | $225 | $205 | $225 |
| One hundred percent building air microbe removal requires one AIRcaire Generator for each blower in the system; airflow protection is bi-directional. Quantum Dose AIRcaire Series: U.S. 115 or 220 VAC, 50/60 C. Vertical or horizontal mount; hinged cover requires 36" access space for maintenance. Installation by HVAC contractor. | ||||||||
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Above: First MolecuCare Developmental Models designated MRAD (Modular Return Air Disinfection) Circa 1998 leading to “AIRcaire” UV Generator series - safest breathing on or off the planet.
Our whole building Safe-air Generators are installed into your present or planned ductwork system at the furnace, or central AC coil location. The Generator unit-airflow (CFM) is installed to match your present system airflow rate, and/or, to the new system airflow designed by your HVAC engineering contractor or Architect, other building engineering services. MolecuCare units are placed at each fan (‘blower’). Multiple blower systems, typical in larger commercial buildings, require one MolecuCare unit at each blower. Our units operate “On” with the blower, in either cyclic operation, or remain ‘on’ if blower-“Fan” operation is set at “Continuous”. This setting is recommended for maximum Indoor air health if building is occupied.
MolecuCare air disinfection is instantaneous and will treat the total building air supply within twenty minutes, typically and dependent upon your system. As MolecuCare air disinfection is analog, disinfection is constant. Present dust filter location at the blower is moved to include our unit's (“upstream”) addition into the system. Duct generator selection irradiation power is fixed to maximum mold spore kill in all units. E.g., a hospital generator and any used in your building will have the same kill-power regardless of CFM rating. Hospital, public buildings, research centers, medical other building air quality is measured and certified by the Indoor Air Quality Engineer professional. Air quality achieved by MolecuCare units is measured through the engineering skills of the Indoor Air Quality firms in your area: contact MolecuCare for IAQ Engineering regional referral list. Prices from $2800 for the average home – standard CFM models to 5500 CFM. Please contact us for more order process information, 1 800 966 9853.
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Above: Excerpts from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tests of early MolecuCare "MRAD" Steady-State Ultraviolet Modules.
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