• ALVIM Srl fournit des solutions innovantes high-tech pour le monitorage du biofilm dans différentes applications
  • Les traitements biocides et d'assainissement appliqués lors des premières phases de développement du biofilm donnent les meilleurs résultats
  • ALVIM sensors monitor bacterial biofilm, not generic deposit (fouling) as other devices do
  • Le Capteur de Biofilm ALVIM est capable de contrôler l'apparition des bactéries dès les stades initiaux
  • In order to prevent outbreaks of legionella and other harmful bacteria, biofilm growth should be kept under control

 

What is biofilm? Short video

 

  When some of the bacteria free in the water settle on surfaces in contact with the, liquid, they start to duplicate, forming a layer usually known as biofilm. Free-floating bacteria represent just 10% of the total number of bacteria in a piping system. Indeed, 90% of microorganisms live in biofilm, not free in the liquid. When biofilm is mature parts of it can detach, cross-contaminating other points of the piping system. Biofilm causes many different issues:
  • A 20-micron thick biofilm reduces thermal efficiency by 30% and more.
  • Biofilm causes MIC (Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion).
  • Biofilm is the ideal environment for the survival and proliferation of pathogens.

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