Killing airborne bacteria and viruses in pig barns with plasma device

Researchers at the University of Michigan are testing a prototype device designed to filter the air of a pig barn at a pork production farm by using nonthermal plasma to inactivate airborne pathogens to prevent the spread of disease.
The research team has previously demonstrated that a lab-scale device can achieve greater than 99% inactivation of an airborne viral surrogate, MS2 phage, a virus that infects E.coli bacteria. This new field prototype will test the system’s capabilities in a real farm environment.
The team is led by Herek Clack, a research associate professor in civil and environmental engineering: clacklab.engin.umich.edu/
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[@TheNailLounge46]

Contact the governments around the world we might need this soon ..!

[@beamboy420]

TheNailLounge46 an Indian company did this much better. Approved by fda. Kills 99 percent virus in the Air.

[@feirox-dot-comwholesame-do3]

@@beamboy420 what is the company name and its product?

[@andrewa.garshong3198]

someone has definately improved this and is using this against corona as we speak

[@beamboy420]

Yes from India. It’s now approved by FDA

[@cheryldeboissiere7824]

Thanks, guys!

[@cathie9614]

We need this now

[@mathildarose157]

Factory farming involves raising livestock in densely populated environments often called ‘concentrated animal feeding operations’. Common practices include packing pregnant pigs into gestation crates so small they cannot turn around, placing egg-laying hens in cages stacked on top of one another in massive enclosed buildings and raising cows on feedlots rather than the grass pastures many of us associate with ruminants.

[@eloimumford5247]

When you say plasma , do you mean the arc produced by high voltage , the process gives off ozone which is used in water purification ?

[@baguazhang2]

I had the same idea to make a wearable device using nonthermal plasma to kill viruses. As usual, someone has already thought of it. That's why I'm watching this now :/

[@2ndhandanxiety719]

Seems like a U-Haul ad

[@attariqnovemberiandi6778]

does anyone know how to detect viruses in open nature ?

[@cbagchi453]

Or large scale air filter in urban areas?

[@Archin-dn4bp]

Cool

[@frankcrawford416]

It's incredible how many things are possible today. Thanks for the vid.

[@fillinman1]

Interesting, but couldn't filtering of inlet air accomplish the same thing.? Of course, you can't really do much to the air in a space by filtering like a room air purifier does.. Gotta be a convection current to affect the whole volume of air.

[@anonymousgaming3443]

Hopefully this can help Corana Virus

[@socialbutterfly5694]

Hi there Herek :)

[@phillippaprice2481]

Nice x

[@sahirygnobehi6448]

This... 👍👍👍👍

[@trafalgar5300]

Watch out! There are good bacterias too!

[@zes3813]

no such thign as geniux or not

[@PattPlays]

Getting in on the ground floor of this Signal Boost, thnx reddit.

[@WM-sn7cq]

How is that different from an air ionizer?

[@xmnemonic]

my thought. this seems like existing tech.

[@thecooljohn100]

Holy shit

[@canemcave]

another hot air device...

[@Henry-vu7rk]

China needs a few of those

[@putrinana0697]

Some air conditioners has plasma inside it so I think it can reduce the virus spreading to the air

[@DBuilder1977]

It is a pity this thing produces ozone and nitric acid, otherwise electrostatic methods are wonderful

[@petersigma]

So many words and so little information.

[@shogun8391]

So uh...you done yet?

[@KermitFrazierdotcom]

Pure Pink Comedy!
That tiny filter at a massive Pig Farm!
Might help inside the Van?
Won't do anything else.
Mmmmm.... B.A.C.O.N.!!!

[@sigglass2183]

This may slow COVID 19 down.

[@TheBrisa99]

Uh wuhan lets get this machines

[@LWJCarroll]

Fyi we stopped eating bacon last year now mock meat or vegan instead...regards Laurie and Mum NZ

[@StefTom]

I like good mask.

[@acapwilcha8326]

Uneatable to me even if it's clean no harm or any bacteria . Bcuz our God command us to not eat those . So just respect the religion . I eat beef , fish , chicken just don't condem the meat consumer . To people out there especially vegetarian .

[@illaudatus]

From beef you risk e. coli and BSE infection, poultry have a high risk salmonella, scrapie from lamb and mutton. Any meat can be dangerous if there is poor higiene, clostridium botulinum or listeria monocytogenes. It is not the meat... is matters how you grow it, prepare it and cook it. Most cases of food intoxications come from canned fish...