Projects
Development of a plasma device for rapid disinfection of contaminated hospital materials: Hospital‐Use Plasma Unit (HUP‐Unit). University of Antwerp
Protocols of disinfection against regulated viruses and viroids, such as ToBRFV and PSTVd Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The DISVIR project, now completed, has delivered important work for the greenhouse horticulture sector on controlling and preventing two highly transmissible and persistent plant viruses: tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). After initial study, disinfection of tools and of entire greenhouse surfaces appears to be effective in controlling the spread ...
Sustainable alternatives to chemical soil disinfection Inagro vzw
Uncovering the truth and myth about the correlation between the disinfection efficiency of food-associated microorganisms and the oxidation-reduction potential of the aqueous medium Ghent University
For decades now, there has been the assumption that the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) can be used as a single value assessment of the quantity of antimicrobial potential of a chemical oxidant in water, not in the least by the post-harvest processing industry. This has predominately been stated for the chemical oxidant chlorine, but has by extension been supposed by some companies to be valid for some other chemical oxidants, such as ...
Model Based Control and Disinfection of Hot Water Systems Ghent University
The aim of this project is to make an important contribution to reduce the energy use, cost and infection risk during production, storage and distribution of domestic hot water. This is done by lowering the production temperature of domestic hot water, while the Legionella pneumophila risk is kept under control by means of a heat shock regime. It is the ambition within this spin-off mandate to tackle the scientific challenges that will enable ...
Nanomaterial-modified oxidation-assisted electroporation technology for pathogen disinfection and chemical degradation in wastewater. KU Leuven
Optimization of cleaning and disinfection protocols in animal farming Ghent University
The main purpose of the CLEANDESOPT-project is to set up and test optimized and alternative cleaning and disinfection (C&D) protocols in hen houses, pig barns and dairy barns. Furthermore, an optimized measurement tool will be designed to evaluate the effectiveness of these C&D protocols.
Optimization of cleaning and disinfection protocols in animal farming Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The main purpose of this project is to set up and test optimized and alternative protocols for cleaning and disinfection (C&D) in hen houses, pig barns and dairy barns. Furthermore, an optimized measurement tool is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of these protocols. Cleaning and disinfection (C&D) of the stables is associated with a good hygiene management on the farm. The ultimate ...
control of biofilm formation in the production environment to ensure a longer shelf-life Ghent University
KILL KILL MOVIE FILM: control of biofilm formation in the production environment to ensure a longer shelf-life. IWT - VIS - 130 495 + Flanders Food The ability of many microorganisms to fix on a surface and thereby form a biofilm creates in many industries, and also in the food industry, the necessary microbial problems. Growth of pathogens and bederftlora on walls of processing equipment in the form of biofilrnen can lead to persistent ...