Anirban Basu,Stephen W. Bedell,Wilfried E. Haensch,Davood Shahrjerdi
申请号：
US13756734
公开号：
US09227855B2
申请日:
2013.02.01
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A system for disinfecting a water sample includes a pipe having an inlet for engaging a source of the water sample, a storage reservoir connected to an outlet of the pipe for holding the water sample, an array of photovoltaic cells coupled to the pipe for converting solar radiation into a current, and an array of light emitting diodes coupled to the pipe and powered by the current, wherein the array of light emitting diodes emits a germicidal wavelength of radiation. A method for disinfecting a fluent water sample includes generating a current using an array of photovoltaic cells, using the current to power an array of light emitting diodes, wherein the array of light emitting diodes emits a germicidal wavelength of radiation, and exposing the fluent water sample to the radiation while transporting the fluent water sample from a source to a storage reservoir.
