Vol. 4 No. 2 Suppl. 1 (2020) - About Water: Novel Technologies for the New Millennium
Special Issue Article

Very High Efficiency of Pathogen Inactivation by Body Temperature CO2 Bubbles: in Pursuit of Mechanism

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  • Adrian Garrido Sanchis,
  • Barry W. Ninham
Adrian Garrido Sanchis
School of Sciences, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Northcott Dr, Campbell ACT
Barry W. Ninham
Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physical Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1030

Published 2021-03-22

Keywords

  • E. Coli,
  • Water Reuse,
  • Carbon Dioxide,
  • Combustion Gas,
  • Alkalinity

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Garrido Sanchis, A., & Ninham, B. W. (2021). Very High Efficiency of Pathogen Inactivation by Body Temperature CO2 Bubbles: in Pursuit of Mechanism. Substantia, 57–67. https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1030

Copyright (c) 2020 Adrian Garrido Sanchis, Barry W. Ninham

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Abstract

A CO2 bubble column (CBC) has been developed as a body-temperature lab-scale water sterilization process for the inactivation of pathogens. Both CO2 and combustion gas bubbles inactivated Escherichia coli C-3000 (ATCC15597) with extraordinary efficiency in solutions with low alkalinity. The mechanisms of inactivation were not known. To characterise the phenomena a new first-order kinetic equation that correlates E.coli inactivation rates with a total alkalinity of the solutions has been developed as a first step towards understanding. This leads us to propose a new mechanism of inactivation.

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