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Novel Multi-featured Disinfection (MFD) System for COVID-19 and Related Pandemics

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Society is under tremendous tension and pressure due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Coronavirus pandemic-2019 is a critical health emergency with respect to the international concern. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) disease first came in 2002 and then Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) affects us in 2012. SARS-CoV-2 is the third coronavirus to emerge in the past two decades, which are acting as a serious warning to humans. These pandemic presents major challenges to scientist and international medical agencies to save the earth by this global life-threatening pandemic. Fighting with these major issues, scientists and doctors pointed out the solutions for COVID and Related pandemics, in which the most populated solution, such as ultraviolet (UV)-based disinfection systems. This article is presenting a unique technology for the COVID-19 infected surfaces to either sides. The proposed research is the providing the solutions with the integration/merging of two different technologies in the portable form to provide a unique disinfection system to disinfect the infected/suspected surfaces by ‘Coronavirus disease’ from top and bottom side by exposing the specified samples like currencies/hand held devices/mobile phones/various types of cards, etc. According to the various literatures, ultraviolet-C light as well as 650 nm laser light has the power to destroy the COVID-19 and related viruses. The proposed system is developed to disinfect the above-mentioned items surfaces from COVID-19 like issues and has the ability to disinfect the items in few second (within 3–5 s). The proposed system has the capability to serve the nation at different level as it may be designed and developed in different sizes as per the application. This integrated technology can serve the society in most of the applications like, the major field for disinfection is food and agriculture sectors.

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The author is very thankful to, Director CSIR-CEERI, for providing all the support and facilities required to finalize this very essential disinfection system for the societal problem during COVID pandemic. The author is also thankful to all the R&D staff participant and institute workshop members for their time and efforts in the development of this proposed 'Multi-Featured Disinfection system' in time.

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    Santosh Kumar & Kota Solomon Raju

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  1. Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

    Gaurav Manik

  2. Department of Chemistry, Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Susheel Kalia

  3. Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Om Prakash Verma

  4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shobhit University, Gangoh, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Tarun K. Sharma

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Kumar, S., Raju, K.S. (2023). Novel Multi-featured Disinfection (MFD) System for COVID-19 and Related Pandemics. In: Manik, G., Kalia, S., Verma, O.P., Sharma, T.K. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2188-9_15

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