CSIR – NCL has set up Mist Sanitizer System (MSS) in its campus.
Pune, 10 April 2020- CSIR – NCL has set up Mist Sanitizer System (MSS) in its campus. It is a Transportable System, to enable quick Sanitization of personnel – one person at a time – at a designated site / premises. The system includes Mist Generation System, Pumping assembly, Mist generation Nozzles, Piping Assembly, and Sanitizing Fluid Storage Tank. The person while walking through the system is subjected to the mist for 10-15 seconds. The mist is generated through 24 nozzles placed at two different heights for maximum exposure and across the 12 feet length of the tunnel to ensure full body coverage. Sodium hypochlorite solution of suitable concentration as suggested by WHO (0.5% in water equivalent to 5000 ppm) is used to create the disinfection mist in the chamber. The hypo mist smells like chlorinated water in a swimming pool. The ten second exposure to hypo mist is similar to swimming in a pool for about 10 minutes.
This unit is under testing for next few days and will be placed near the entrance of main gate for internal use of NCL as required. A team lead by Dr Mahesh Dharne and Dr Syed Dastger, microbiologists of CSIR-NCL are studying the antibacterial activities on surfaces before and after the exposure.
The unit is designed by L&T Defence and fabricated by a Pune-based vendor under supervision of L&T.
Institutions and organizations interested to see the working prototype of mist sanitization or companies wanting to test their own biocides/ bactericides may contact Dr. P. K. Ingle at [email protected].
