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System Bacterial Protection Dispersive Chlorine Dioxide
Friday 14 March 2008
Chlorine Dioxide
Chlorine dioxide assists in protecting the environment from harmful chemicals, dangerous bacteria and by-products formed from other disinfection methods. Within certain industries chlorine dioxide has led to a significant improvement in the surrounding aquatic eco-system.
Advantages of using chlorine dioxide include;
- It is effective against a wide variety of bacteria, yeasts, viruses, fungi, protozoa, spores, moulds, mildews and other microbes. It is particularly effective at killing Giardia, Cryptosporidium and Legionella
- Chlorine dioxide is non-toxic, non-irritating and anti-inflammatory
- It exhibits rapid kill of target organisms, often in seconds
- Chlorine dioxide is effective over a wide pH range
- It specifically targets bonds that are only present in harmful or odorous molecules or species. None of it is used up in reactions with harmless substances. This means that it is highly effective as a biocide at very low concentrations
- It is effective over a wide range of temperatures, including waters of up to 80C
- Chlorine dioxide is biodegradable
- Unlike many other biocides, such as chlorine, it doesn't react with primary organics to form harmful trihalomethanes
- It eradicates biofilm. Regular dosing of chlorine dioxide can prevent recurrence of biofilms, which act as a breeding ground for harmful bacteria
Frequently asked questions with no-nonsense answers:
Is Chlorine dioxide the same as chlorine?
Chlorine dioxide's chemistry is radically different from that of chlorine. The addition of two oxygen atoms creates a totally different chemical with very different properties.
Where is chlorine dioxide most commonly used?
Worldwide! Chlorine dioxide is used principally as a primary disinfectant for surface waters with odour and taste problems. It has been disinfecting water streams for over seventy years. It is used in many large European cities such as Brussels, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Toulouse and Vienna. Toxicology studies have shown that chlorine dioxide disinfection poses no significant adverse risk to human health.
How does chlorine dioxide affect the environment?
Chlorine dioxide is 'environmentally friendly' and in fact is a pollution protection technology that protects the environment and human health from bacteria and by-products formed from other disinfection methods. For example, in the pulp and paper industry the use of chlorine dioxide has virtually eliminated dioxins in mill waste and has led to a significant improvement in the aquatic eco-system.
What other applications use chlorine dioxide?
Chlorine dioxide is widely used as a disinfecting agent in the food industry in fruit and vegetable washing, flume water disinfection, meat and poultry disinfection and odour control. In industrial processes, chlorine dioxide is used in industrial water treatment (cooling systems/towers), ammonia plants, pulp mills (slime control, paper machines), oil fields and the electronics industry. It is also widely used within oral healthcare products in everyday life.
Is chlorine dioxide expensive?
The cost of producing chlorine dioxide is dependant on two factors - the cost of the precursor chemical and the cost of the equipment used to deliver the generated chlorine dioxide at the correct rate. Catalytic chlorine dioxide generation is the most cost effective production and delivery mechanism available on the market. When the costs are offset against reduced maintenance, energy savings, monitoring¡¦..etc., combined with the improved water quality - chlorine dioxide offers the viable solution.
What organisms will chlorine dioxide eradicate?
Chlorine dioxide is a complete spectrum anti-microbial agent. In particular, it is effective against - Legionella, Pseudomonas, Listeria, E.coli and Coliforms, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, MRSA........etc.
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