Five Factors That Will Help Determine A Uv Filtration Sterilizer

Here are five main factors that will help determine the ability of a UV sterilizer to achieve this desired effect.

1. What Type of Lamp?
There are two types of UV-lamps available: low-pressure or medium/high-pressure. As explained below, low-pressure lamps are much better in aquatic sterilizers.

2. The Length of the Lamp ...
being used; also known as ARC length.

3. The Physical Design ...
of the UV's water exposure chamber. The distance the UV has to travel from the surface of the lamp to the inner wall of the UV's water containment vessel is the primary design criteria that will determine the unit's "UV dose rate" at any given water flow rate.

4. The Condition of the Water ...
to be treated. The term used to express the ability of a body of water to be effectively treated by a UV light source is known as percent transmittance.
The higher the percent transmittance the higher the effectiveness of the UV sterilizer in treating the water.

5. Water Flow Rate ...
through the UV's contact chamber. The amount of water that is passed through the UV filter will ultimately determine the unit's actual UV dose rate, which is expressed in microwatts per second per square centimeter or (u-watts-sec/cm2.