Antiviral and antibacterial disinfection aero-solution using edible food dyes
A whole-body or whole-room voluminous antiviral and antibacterial airborne disinfection system is disclosed which includes a sterilization chamber, including a nozzle disposed in the sterilization chamber, a tank disposed outside the sterilization chamber, the tank is adapted to hold a photosensitizer fluid of edible food dyes, a light source within the sterilization chamber adapted to flood the sterilization chamber with light; and a nozzle adapted to release the photosensitizer fluid aerosols and generate reactive oxygen species in a fog-like dispersion.
1. A whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system, consisting of:
a sterilization chamber adapted to allow one or more persons to stand therein, including
a nozzle disposed in the sterilization chamber in a location proximate a lower corner of the sterilization chamber wherein fluid ejected from said nozzle avoids direct contact with eyes or face of the one or more persons;
a tank at least partially filled with an edible photosensitizer fluid disposed outside the sterilization chamber, wherein photosensitizer aerosols are converted to reactive oxygen species (ROS) when illuminated with visible light; and
a visible light source within the sterilization chamber adapted to flood the sterilization chamber with light.
2. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 1 , wherein the photosensitizer aerosols are released by pressure.
3. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 2 , wherein the pressure is generated by a compressor.
4. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 2 , wherein the photosensitizer fluid is under pressure in the tank.
5. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 1 wherein the ROS is singlet oxygen (O 2 ( 1 Δ g )).
6. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 5 , wherein the ROS is generated from aerosols of food dye.
7. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 1 , wherein the light source is one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs).
8. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 1 , wherein the sterilization chamber is a room configured to have individuals dispersed therein.
9. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 1 , wherein the sterilization chamber is a building configured to have individuals dispersed therein.
10. The whole-body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 1 , wherein the edible photosensitizer fluid is selected from the group consisting of ZnTPP, TMPyP, TPPS4, Phloxine B, Indigo Carmine, Eosin B, Eosin Y, Methylene blue, Fluorescein, and a combination thereof.
11. The Whole body voluminous antiviral and antibacterial disinfection system of claim 1 , wherein the nozzle adapted to release the photosensitizer fluid in a fog-like dispersion inside the sterilization chamber to thereby generate reactive oxygen species.