ALVIM Biofilm Monitoring Technology - Most common applications
The layer of bacteria (biofilm) that forms on surfaces in contact with water and other liquids is a major problem in many industrial applications. Indeed, it causes several issues:
- microbial corrosion (MIC);
- decreased efficiency and lifetime of heat exchangers (loss of 30% and more);
- decreased efficiency and lifetime of membranes;
- proliferation of pathogens (90% of bacteria live in biofilms);
- many many more.
The ALVIM Biofilm Monitoring System is able to detect bacterial settlement since its first phases and, based on these data, to manually or automatically adjust and optimize biocide / sanitation treatments (in industrial water systems, pure water lines, etc.) allowing to check, at the same time, the efficacy of the cleaning.
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