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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bart Andre Salters, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus Sempel, Waalre, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides an anti-fouling lighting system () configured for preventing or reducing biofouling on a fouling surface () of an object () that during use is at least temporarily exposed to a liquid, by providing an anti-fouling light () to said fouling surface (), the anti-fouling lighting system () comprising: —a lighting module () comprising a light source () configured to generate an anti-fouling light (); and —an energy system () configured to locally harvest energy and configured to provide electrical power to said light lighting module (), wherein the energy system () comprises (i) a sacrificial electrode (), and (ii) a second energy system electrode (), wherein the energy system () is configured to provide electrical power to the lighting module () when the sacrificial electrode () and the second energy system electrode () are in electrical contact with the liquid.