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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Biological Illumination, Llc, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Robert R. Soler, Cocoa Beach, FL (US);
Fredric S. Maxik, Indialantic, FL (US);
David E. Bartine, Cocoa, FL (US);
Valerie Ann Bastien, Melbourne, FL (US);
James Lynn Schellack, Cocoa Beach, FL (US);
Eliza Katar Grove, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Biological Illumination, LLC, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for the treatment and purification of fluids (e.g., water) using a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. In one embodiment, for example, there is provided a fluid flow conduit having an LED light source and a photo-catalytic material disposed therein. The LED light source emits ultraviolet light with a peak wavelength between about 265 nm and about 400 nm. In operation, the photo-catalytic material absorbs the ultraviolet light from the LED light source, and releases free radicals into the fluid. The free radicals then degrade organic substances (e.g., bacteria) in the fluid.