Minsk, Belarus
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" … Energy saving has recently become an important issue, however power consumption of ultraviolet lamps is very high especially when used for swimming pools (despite assurance of its’ manufacturers and distributors).
– The level of organic substances in the pool’s water is closer to well-treated wastewater than to drinking water. It should be remembered that during swimming people sweat (and not only!) which results in organic impurities. At higher consistence of organic impurities higher doses of ultraviolet are required which in it’s turn leads to very high power input!
If swimming pools’ management is convinced by ultraviolet lamps distributors, it is after a certain time only that they will discover that they were misinformed (to put it mildly). At that they should save energy. Therefore energy will be saved at the expense of disinfection quality. Thus healthy life-style may lead to health hazard. " – Michael Smirnov says
Speaking of "AQUACHLOR" devices, the oxidants solution produced in AQUACHLORs consists of ozone, highly active short-living hydroperoxide radicals, chlorine dioxide and other chlorine-oxygen compounds. Water is disinfected by ozone and hydroperoxides. Active chlorine compounds are markers of foolproof disinfection. Simply speaking those microbes that will not be killed by ozone, will be destroyed by active chlorine. And the result is as follows: highly effective disinfection, on-line control of it’s effectiveness and no smell of chlorine! Possibility of getting infections in such swimming pool is tiny.
What can you say about AQUACHLORs operation in terms of cost efficiency and energy saving? – Two years ago it cost to Kid’s Sports School "Yantar" not little (about 30 million rubles) but during three years AQUACHLOR waso completely repaid. If we had been using hypochlorite during these three years, we would have spent the same amount a the price of AQUACHLOR-100 "chief engineer of "Yantar" swimming pool Vladimir Shitnikov explained.
It is worth noting the energy consumption of AQUACHLOR device is 600 Wt per hour maximum and in fact it makes 350 only. Whereas majority of swimming pools are now equipped with the devices that consume up to 8 kWt per hour for production of 1 kg of chlorine, more to add they are taking too much space. Besides big swimming pools spend 1000 dollars per month in average for water disinfection if they purchase and use hypochlorite. “Yantar” swimming pool spends 4-5 kg of salt. At the the swimming pool does not operate in circulation mode i.e. only 10% of water is daily renewed. Water is completely changed twice per year. Pure and clear water. With no tiny smell of chlorine.
So why all our swimming pools are not equipped in the same way? Obviously majority of pools’ managers will answer: "We don’t have money for such equipment". Will they not? However they do have money to pay for water disinfection with controversial result. But is this a problem for those who got used to live for a moment, to pay not from one’s own pocket and to busy themselves with demography problems and population health by word of mouth?"
Igor Moskalenko
Express news
