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As we know, the UV industry is quite small, and everyone seems to know everyone.   Three weeks ago, my old friend Tom Ciurczak from Los Angeles asked me if our UV Consulting team would like [...]

Our UV expert team members at the Aquatech show in Amsterdam Nov. 5th to 7th – Karl Platzer, Oliver Lawal and Fred van Lierop – will be happy to meet you. Email platzer@uvlampconsulting.com to [...]

During my trip in Europe I took the chance visiting the well-known show GreenTech in Amsterdam, my focus was the lighting systems to support the growers and if UV plays a larger role in this [...]

We recently came across a published article and during our review; we identified a few statements that to an unfamiliar reader, could be misleading.  We considered this significant in terms of [...]

The UV Experts “a look inside a UVC system” Fred van Lierop and Rolf Sief discuss CFD and why it is must have? Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a known technology, but small and medium size [...]

The UV Expert Team is on tour again in Europe… a visit to one of the major special ballast manufacturers was on the schedule of Henry Kozlowski and Fred van Lierop. The high power medium pressure [...]

The UV Consulting Group made the most of the recent IUVA Conference, starting with a kickoff dinner on the 26th. It’s great for the UVC industry that the use of UV and UVC systems are still very [...]

Michael J. Santelli was leading a basic workshop meeting with Karl Platzer and their OEM customer – discussing the success of introducing proprietary UV lamp solutions in new OEM equipment. They [...]

The UV Consulting Expert Group from the lamp and ballast side visited main UV OEM suppliers throughout Europe. The objective of the UV Expert Team is to have the latest and greatest information [...]

Over the past several years, the Manufacturers’ Council of the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) has developed a protocol for testing of the UV efficiency of low-pressure and [...]

This protocol has been developed to present a consistent methodology for the determination and benchmarking of UV lamp output from monochromatic (254 nm) lamps operated by a corresponding power [...]

Water disinfection employing UV-C LEDs in lieu of mercury based technology has been heralded as a breakthrough poised on the brink of commercialization. Presented are results of an innovative UV [...]

Highlights Evaluated UV-C LED inactivation of E. coli, MS2, Adenovirus 2 and B. pumilus spores. Compared UV-C LEDs to LP and MP UV lamps for inactivation and energy efficiency. Confirmed absence [...]

Active patents: USA 6,193,939 Canada 2,364,613 Abstract A process is described, for treating liquids with radiation. One process involves passing the liquid over an ultraviolet lamp and ballast [...]

Michiel Van der Meer (Philips Lighting), Fred van Lierop (LSI/Lighttech), Dmitry Sokolov (LIT) Abstract Over the last 10-15 years the market of manufacturers of UV equipment for water, air and [...]