Water disinfection

By using electrolysis for water disinfection, you will gain one of the most effective water disinfection technologies available.
In the BacTerminator, a powerful chamber disinfection combined with the residual effect of a low chlorine level provides primary and secondary disinfection in one unit. This type of disinfection is not matched by any other single water disinfection method available on the market.

Microorganisms will be killed in the disinfection chamber by:

• Cl₂, Chlorine gas - is produced electrochemically and is a highly biocidal disinfectant.

The gas is dissolved in water and reacts to form the following two disinfectants:

• HOCl^-, Hypochlorous acid - the primary disinfectant in the disinfection process – is neutrally charged and is 50-100 times as effective as hypochlorite. Hypochlorous acid penetrates cell membranes and destroys the cells’ metabolism.
• OCl^-, Hypochlorite - the secondary disinfectant in the process – is negatively charged and requires an ion channel to penetrate the cell membrane.

The big difference in pH values between the anode and the cathode destroys the bacterial cell wall and makes the oxidising processes more effective.
Surviving microorganisms are extremely stressed after the chamber and will soon be killed by the small amount of free chlorine in the water.

Compared with using hydrogen peroxide or chlorine added as hypochlorite or chlorine gas, the BacTerminator with 2-5x lower chlorine concentration will provide the same residual disinfection effect as if you added hydrogen peroxide or chlorine as a chemical.

The hypochlorus acid produced in the BacTerminator® Dental is very effective against Legionella.

Documentation

NOTE: Most manufactures of water disinfection equipment only show log reductions measured under laboratory conditions. Most of Adept’s data is live data measured on site in real processes.
You may well ask - why do BacTerminator’s competitors only show laboratory data?

BacTerminator has been tested on the following microorganisms:

• Total Viable Counts (TVC) at 22°
• Total Viable Counts (TVC) at 37°
• Mould
• Yeast
• Coliform bacteria
• E. coli
• Legionella
• Pseudomonas
• Bacteriophages

The BacTerminator® water disinfection system gives a Log 2 to Log 7 reduction.

All tests were analysed and verified by an externally accredited laboratory (Eurofins).

Please contact us if you have a special bacterium/microorganism for which you would like a disinfection guarantee. As a customer-oriented company, we're happy to tailor a test for you. One example of this is our bacteriophage guarantee which a Dairy customer required.