Technology Information Booklet

During the Covid-19 pandemic as people bring home fruits, vegetable, mutton, and fish. The fear of contracting corona virus from the same also looms large. To ensure food safety, when we buy such commodities from the vendors and bring home is cause of concern, a suitable gadget with standard protocol is urgently required to ensure complete safety of commodities at home. Thus, such a handy, smart and efficient system is needed to disinfect edible items, in reducing the risk of infection among people. Unlike chemical disinfectant Ozo-C does not leave a residue.This portable system is an excellent ozonator which removes pesticides, bacteria, viruses and harmful chemical from the surface of fruits and vegetable, sea foods and meat making them hygiene. The system works on principle of silent “corona discharge method”. It uses electric discharge to produce ozone by splitting the normal oxygen molecules in the air into single atoms. These atoms recombine with air (i.e O2) to form ozone (O3). The developed system is portable and cost-effective which can be installed in and easy to use in every kitchen, hotels, small-scale fruit vegetable processors and vendors where it can play a vital role in reducing the risk of infection especially during this pandemic period. A smart, compact and portable surface disinfection system to help fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The system is named as UViC which is a Portable Smart UV-C Disinfection System that can be used to disinfect personal items and office stationery. In general, it is not feasible to disinfect each paper, file and similar items using the alcohol-based sanitizing gel. Thus, such a compact, smart and efficient system is needed to disinfect such items, in reducing the risk of infection among people. Unlike chemical sanitizers, UV-C does not leave a residue and does not require extensive safety equipment. It works as a mode of surface sterilization by destroying nucleic acid and disrupting the DNA of microorganisms. Single-stranded RNA viruses, such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), are generally inactivated by UVGI exposure of 2-5 mJ/cm2. Thus, in this study, the chosen UV-C exposure of 1.22 J/cm2 (total dose) exceeds well above the amount of exposure needed to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 which is in line with the recent report of Nebraska Medicine (2020).The working capacity of the unit in terms of the total surface area of the objects to be treated/exposed is 25 × 25 cm2. The estimated cost of the unit is approximately Rs. 1500. A sensor-based smart, touch-free, low cost, and portable device for the automatic dispensing of sanitizer solution. This smart device comprises of two parts viz. hardware and software. Hardware includes a microcontroller, proximity sensor based on IR light, pump, a plastic tank that is rated as compatible for storage of alcohol-based sanitizer, wiring, power source, and an outer casing made up of stainless steel. The software component includes integrated development environment (IDE) that provides comprehensive facilities to programming for software development. An IDE normally consists of a source code editor, debugger, and facility to upload the code on the hardware component. All the components are easily available in the market.During the Covid-19 pandemic ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana developed three enduring technologies viz. a Portable Fruits and Vegetable Washer-Cum-Purifier (Ozo-C) based on Ozone, Portable Smart Ultraviolet-C Disinfection System (UViC) technology and No-Touch Automatic Dispenser for hand sanitization.Not Availabl