Last Updated on July 31, 2022 by The Health Master
New technology that deactivates COVID-19 virus in just 1 minute
A startup incubated at the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur – AiRTH has developed a technology called “Anti Microbial Air Purification Technology”, which can deactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus with an efficiency of 99.9% within just 1 minute.
The technology validated to be able to deactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus after being tested at CSIR-IMTECH has been developed jointly at IIT Kanpur and IIT Bombay.
This proven path-breaking innovation against both air pollutants and the coronavirus is named “Anti-Microbial Air Purification Technology”.
Not only does it purify the air but it also helps to destroy germs, as well, thus ensuring complete protection.
Air pollution combined with COVID-19 is much more severe and dangerous, according to research from top universities around the world, according to a formal statement released by IIT Kanpur.
While he was pursuing his Masters’s in Environmental Engineering at IIT Bombay, Ravi Kaushik, the CEO and Founder of AiRTH, realized the limitations of the existing purification technologies.
And that is how AiRTH was born. And with guidance and support from Prof Amitabha Bandopadhyay, Professor-in-charge of the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur, AiRTH was incubated.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), played a very important role in testing the prototypes and with validation from trusted and respected laboratories—CSIR-CDRI, and CSIR-NPL, amongst others.
More about AiRTH novel technology
According to the IIT Kanpur statement, the new technology from AiRTH makes sure that the germs are deactivated. This is possible due to UV irradiation; it’s a plant-based coating on the filters, and OH (Hydroxyl) radicals, which work on a D-C-D (Deactivate-Capture-Deactivate) mechanism.
This can have up to 8000 times better disinfection efficiency when compared to conventional UV-based air purifiers.
AiRTH technology helps in deactivating airborne pathogens and viruses via in-flight deactivation, giving sufficient residence time to the contaminated air particles before optimizing the filtration and then disinfecting them.
This innovation was recently selected for product launch among the 75 products in an event which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark ten successful years of BIRAC.
It has also been awarded the Nexus Start-up Development Grant which is an initiative by the US Embassy.
AiRTH has received seed funding under the ‘Nidhi4covid2.0’, a special drive initiated by the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) to provide support in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
AiRTH Anti Microbial Air Purifiers are being used in hospitals and helping in giving protection to immuno-compromised cancer patients.
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