Biofilm Removal
Biofilm is bacteria that grows wherever there is water. In addition to polluting water sources and several chemical processes, biofilm is linked to waterborne diseases in medical industries, making it a contaminant that cannot be ignored. Although current chemical treatments—consisting of increased concentrations of chlorine and monochloramine—are ineffective, cost-effective biofilm solutions are limited. Proprietary chemical treatments may be effective, but are uneconomic for continual use.
A Fortune 400 company purchased and tested the SpiroFlo device in removing both fast- and slow-growing biofilm. Without using any chemicals, the patented SpiroFlo device took the biofilm content in the water from "too many to count" to less than 100 parts per million, a number which means statistically zero. This dramatic biofilm count reduction was achieved in a period of hours, not days.
Although the SpiroFlo device is a key part of the solution, this now free-floating biofilm will need to be flushed out or neutralized (with options like ozone or UV sterilization) before it reattaches downstream, but free-floating bacteria is far easier to treat.