One of the many affected by the Covid-19 pandemic is public transport, which has noticed a decrease in traffic, and travellers avoid getting stuck close to each other, but French automaker Valeo Group says it has discovered a way to drastically reduce traffic. threat of infection on buses and coaches with what claims to be the “world’s toughest air sterilization system. “
What power?” We say we can kill more than 95% of viruses,” Guillaume Devauchelle, Valeo’s vice president of innovation and clinical progression, said in an interview. Among those viruses, he said, are also the Covid-19. such as bacteria or mold in the air circulating in the cabin.
Valeo’s claims, he said, are supported by evidence through the Institute of Medical Virology at Goethe University Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.
Devauchelle explains that the air sterilization formula that has already been installed on many buses in Brazil is not a new technology, but an adaptation and reuse of existing methods.
“This is already being used in hospitals in surgical rooms,” he said. “What was done is to adapt the existing physics to very expressive situations on the buses. “
This existing physics is due to the use of mild ultraviolet technology. Ultraviolet rays are used as a germicide and bactericide to kill microbes and pathogens and prevent them from spreading. It is an option for disinfectants and chemicals
Valeo games installed on buses can be a separate housing or incorporated into the bus’s air conditioning system. To protect passengers from UV exposure, Valeo has created what he calls a “light labyrinth” that prevents lightning from spreading out of the vents.
Devauchelle is very transparent and warns that the use of the Valeo formula cannot guarantee that passengers will be 100 percent opposed to the Covid-19 or any other virus, but this only increases the chances of doing so.
“The air quality on the bus is much higher than you can breathe outside the bus doors,” he said. “We assure other people that they are safer by taking the bus than walking outdoors.
But, no doubt, Devauchelle hopes that the prospect of breathing cleaner, safer air on buses will give passengers the confidence they want to return on board rather than driving their own vehicles.
“It will be a merit for the transport formula because other people will use buses a lot more,” he predicted. “Without the buses, the traffic will be much worse than it is today. “
Valeo plans to market its air sterilization formulas in the European, American and Asian markets. In addition to installation in newly built cars, Valeo’s formula will also be presented to car operators already on the road, as they can be adapted to existing or modernized ventilation formulas in cars without air conditioning. The company is also running in an edition for passenger cars.
Other than that, Valeo markets what he calls a kind of “car mask. “It is a passenger vehicle that goes beyond the most widely used clearings. The company claims that they consist of 3 layers of herbal coating curtains composed of vegetable polyphenols, fruits, vegetables and “good oxidizers” capable of blocking ultrafine particles, destructive gases, fungi, molds and certain viruses. Particles greater than 0. 0003 mm.
A medium-sized car cab can be purified in less than five minutes by turning on the vehicle’s air conditioning system, according to Valeo.
The company claims that two certification bodies, T-V Sud in Europe and CATARC (China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co. , Ltd. ) in China, have verified that filters block 96% of pollen allergens and 99. 8% of viruses, coronavirus.
Devauchelle says the purpose is “uncompromising blank air. “
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