Ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system and method based on conveyor belt
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of laser biology, and particularly relates to an ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system and method based on a conveyor belt.
Background
Because the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) has the characteristics of strong infectious capacity, long latency period and the like, the survival time on the upper surface of an object can reach several days especially under the conditions of proper temperature and humidity, and the epidemic prevention difficulty is increased sharply. At the present stage, a novel disinfection and killing technology aiming at bacteria and viruses on the surface of an object is needed to carry out scientific epidemic prevention and disease prevention, improve the intrinsic safety of the national public health and defend the health and safety of the national people.
Aiming at public occasions such as customhouse ports, frontier defense docks, logistics centers, fresh markets, large supermarkets and the like, viruses can be attached to the surfaces of objects such as packages, express delivery, fresh foods, commodities and the like to realize diffusion and transmission, and the health of people is threatened, the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection method based on the conveyor belt is adopted to sterilize and disinfect the surfaces of the objects in the occasions, so that the virus transmission path can be effectively cut off, and the cross infection of personnel can be reduced.
In the field of sterilization and disinfection of the surface of an existing object, conventional modes such as chemical sterilization and ultraviolet lamp sterilization are mainly adopted, the chemical sterilization and disinfection modes mainly comprise alcohol sterilization and chlorine-containing sterilization and disinfection modes, and although the alcohol sterilization and disinfection can be used for quickly sterilizing and disinfecting a large area, the alcohol sterilization and disinfection modes are volatile and have potential safety hazards in storage; the chlorine-containing disinfection mode has chemical residues, and has great influence on human health and environment. The ultraviolet lamp has a large divergence angle, and the energy distribution of light spots is uneven, so that the local killing effect is poor, and objects carrying bacterial viruses cannot be rapidly and effectively killed. In the prior art CN104368020A patent "ultraviolet laser sterilization system", an ultraviolet laser sterilization system is disclosed, in which a scanning module comprises a plurality of reflectors for receiving the ultraviolet laser and a controller for controlling the rotation of each reflector to adjust the exit angle of the ultraviolet laser, so as to allow the ultraviolet laser to enter the controllerSterilization work on the surface of the target is performed. Ultraviolet laser only 1mm2~4mm2The irradiation area and the peak power of 5kW, the sterilization area is small, the time is long, the efficiency is low, only one surface of the object can be sterilized, the full-coverage irradiation sterilization of each surface of the object cannot be realized, and a plurality of defects exist in specific application and actual operation.
Based on the defects, the field needs to further improve the design of the existing conveyor belt ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device, construct the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device with good light beam directivity and high power density, and solve the problems of the existing conveyor belt ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects or the improvement requirements of the prior art, the invention provides a conveyor belt-based ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system and a conveyor belt-based ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection method, wherein the conveyor belt-based ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system is correspondingly designed by combining the characteristics of ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection and the process characteristics of conveying articles by a conveyor belt, the structures of key components of the conveyor belt-based ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system, such as an ultraviolet laser, a beam expanding and turning light path, a beam shaper and a conveyor belt device, and the specific arrangement mode of the structures are researched and designed, so that the problem that the laser irradiation area and the peak power in the existing ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system are only 1mm can be effectively2~4mm25kW, small sterilization area, long sterilization time and low efficiency. After laser passes through the beam expanding and turning light path and the beam shaper, light spots are expanded and shaped into line stripes with the width of 8-16 mm, the peak power reaches MW level, and the complete killing of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and the like on the surface of an object can be realized at second level. By optimizing the quantity of the ultraviolet laser, the ultraviolet laser sources are respectively arranged at two opposite angles and the bottom of the system, so that the high-efficiency thorough full-coverage and dead-angle-free killing of each surface of an object can be realized.
In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a conveyor belt-based ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system, comprising a conveyor belt device and an ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device, wherein,
the conveyor belt device comprises two conveyor belts which are arranged at intervals and used for conveying the objects to be sterilized and disinfected;
the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device comprises ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged above conveyor belts and ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged below the gaps between the two conveyor belts, wherein each ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection module comprises an ultraviolet laser, a beam expanding and turning light path and a beam shaper, the ultraviolet laser is used for emitting ultraviolet laser, the beam expanding and turning light path is used for expanding the light spot of the ultraviolet laser into 6-12 mm, the center of the expanded ultraviolet laser is positioned at the center of the beam shaper, the incident angle is 45 degrees, the beam shaper is used for shaping the expanded ultraviolet laser into a linear ultraviolet laser beam with a specified angle, the linear ultraviolet laser beam irradiates the surface of a sterilized article to be sterilized, and the sterilized article to be sterilized is sterilized and disinfected.
As a further preferred option, two uv laser sterilization modules are provided above the conveyor belt, and the two uv laser sterilization modules are arranged symmetrically with respect to the conveyor belt.
More preferably, the ultraviolet laser emits ultraviolet laser light with a wave band of 200nm to 400nm, a pulse width of not more than 1ms, and a repetition frequency of not less than 100 Hz.
As a further preferred embodiment, the beam-expanding and turning optical path includes, but is not limited to, a beam-expanding and collimating module, a reflecting mirror, a beam splitter, and a light guide arm, and turns the emitted laser light of the ultraviolet laser to a beam shaping system.
More preferably, the beam shaping system includes, but is not limited to, a one-dimensional scanning galvanometer and a powell prism, and shapes the expanded ultraviolet laser beam into a linear shape.
Preferably, the one-dimensional scanning galvanometer comprises a rotating motor and a scanning galvanometer connected with a power output shaft of the rotating motor, and the scanning galvanometer changes an included angle between the expanded ultraviolet laser and the scanning galvanometer under the driving action of the rotating motor so as to change the emitting direction of the expanded ultraviolet laser, so that the expanded ultraviolet laser is shaped into a linear ultraviolet laser beam with a specified angle.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a method for sterilization using the above-mentioned conveyor belt-based uv laser sterilization system, comprising the steps of:
1) arranging a conveyor belt device and an ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device, wherein the conveyor belt device comprises two conveyor belts which are arranged at intervals and used for transporting objects to be sterilized and disinfected;
2) adjusting the position relation between the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device and the conveyor belts to ensure that linear ultraviolet laser beams emitted by the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged above the conveyor belts cover the outer surfaces of the objects to be sterilized and disinfected, which are not in contact with the conveyor belts, and simultaneously, when the objects to be sterilized and disinfected pass through the interval between the two conveyor belts, the linear ultraviolet laser beams emitted by the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged below the gap between the two conveyor belts cover the lower surfaces of the objects to be sterilized and disinfected;
3) opening a conveyor belt device and an ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device, wherein an ultraviolet laser is used for emitting ultraviolet laser, a beam expanding turning light path is used for expanding the light spot of the ultraviolet laser into 6-12 mm, the center of the expanded ultraviolet laser is positioned at the center of a beam shaper, the incident angle is 45 degrees, the beam shaper is used for shaping the expanded ultraviolet laser into a linear ultraviolet laser beam with a specified angle, and the linear ultraviolet laser beam irradiates the surface of a disinfection object to be sterilized and disinfects the disinfection object to be sterilized.
As a further preferred option, two uv laser sterilization modules are provided above the conveyor belt, and the two uv laser sterilization modules are arranged symmetrically with respect to the conveyor belt.
More preferably, the ultraviolet laser emits ultraviolet laser light with a wave band of 200nm to 400nm, a pulse width of not more than 1ms, and a repetition frequency of not less than 100 Hz.
More preferably, the specific method of shaping the expanded ultraviolet laser into a linear ultraviolet laser beam of a predetermined angle is: the power output shaft of the rotating motor is connected with the scanning galvanometer, and the scanning galvanometer changes the included angle between the expanded ultraviolet laser and the scanning galvanometer under the driving action of the rotating motor, so that the emitting direction of the expanded ultraviolet laser is changed, and in this way, the expanded ultraviolet laser is shaped into a linear ultraviolet laser beam with a specified angle.
Generally, compared with the prior art, the above technical solution conceived by the present invention mainly has the following technical advantages:
1. the system improves the safety of ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection, the laser irradiation area is positioned in the closed space, and no ultraviolet laser irradiates the human body, thereby avoiding the pathological changes of skin aging, canceration and the like caused by long-term exposure under ultraviolet light; and the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection mode can not generate harmful residues on the surface of the object.
2. After the laser passes through the beam expanding and turning light path and the beam shaper, the light spot is expanded and shaped into a line stripe with the width of 8 mm-16 mm, the peak power reaches MW level, and the complete killing of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and the like on the surface of an object can be realized at second level. By optimizing the quantity of the ultraviolet laser, the ultraviolet laser sources are respectively arranged at two opposite angles and the bottom of the system, so that the high-efficiency thorough full-coverage and dead-angle-free killing of each surface of an object can be realized.
3. The invention uses ultraviolet laser, whose high energy laser photon is absorbed by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) of bacteria and virus to cause irreversible structural damage of DNA and RNA, so that the bacteria and virus can not form protein, and the bacteria and virus can die immediately or lose reproduction ability.
4. The ultraviolet laser is shaped into a point-scanning linear beam by utilizing the collimation property and high power density of the ultraviolet laser and adopting the beam expanding turning light path and the beam shaper, so that the second-level rapid and efficient sterilization and killing of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and the like can be realized.
5. According to the invention, the object is placed on the conveyor belt, the object passes through the laser beam at a constant speed through the conveyor belt, and three ultraviolet laser sources are arranged at two opposite corners and the bottom of the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device, so that full-coverage contact disinfection and killing of the object can be automatically realized.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a conveyor belt-based ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a conveyor belt-based ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an expanded beam bending optical path according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In all the figures, the same reference numerals denote the same features, in particular: 1-ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device, 2-conveyer device, 3-object to be sterilized and disinfected, 4-linear ultraviolet laser beam, 11-ultraviolet laser, 12-beam expanding and turning optical path, 13-beam shaper, 131-scanning galvanometer and 132-rotating motor
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. In addition, the technical features involved in the embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
As shown in fig. 1, 2, and 3, in the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection system based on the conveyor belt according to the embodiment of the present invention, an object 3 to be sterilized is conveyed to an ultraviolet laser irradiation region through the conveyor belt, ultraviolet laser passes through a beam expanding and turning optical path to form a line light curtain, an omni-directional scanning region is constructed through three line light curtains, the ultraviolet laser is absorbed by microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, and genetic materials (DNA and RNA) are irreversibly broken, so that effective and thorough microbial sterilization and disinfection are achieved. The ultraviolet band laser has a great killing effect on microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and the like, and the sterilization principle is that high-energy laser photons are absorbed by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) of the bacteria and the viruses due to the chemical effect of the ultraviolet band laser, so that the DNA and the RNA are structurally damaged, the bacteria and the viruses cannot form protein, and the bacteria and the viruses die immediately or lose the reproductive capacity.
The system comprises a conveyor belt device 2 and an ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device 2, wherein the conveyor belt device 2 comprises two conveyor belts which are arranged at intervals and used for transporting objects to be sterilized and disinfected; the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device 1 comprises ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged above the conveyor belts and ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged below the gap between the two conveyor belts, each ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection module comprises an ultraviolet laser 11, a beam expanding and turning light path 12 and a beam shaper 13, the ultraviolet laser 11 is used for emitting ultraviolet laser, the beam expanding turning light path 12 is used for expanding the light spot of the ultraviolet laser to 6 mm-12 mm, and the center of the expanded ultraviolet laser is positioned at the center of the beam shaper 13, the incident angle is 45 degrees, the beam shaper 13 is used for shaping the expanded ultraviolet laser into a linear ultraviolet laser beam 4 with a specified angle, and the linear ultraviolet laser beam 4 irradiates the surface of the sterilized object 3 to be sterilized and sterilizes the sterilized object 3 to be sterilized.
The ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules are arranged above the conveyor belt, and the two ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules are symmetrically arranged on the conveyor belt.
The wave band of ultraviolet laser emitted by the ultraviolet laser 11 is 200 nm-400 nm, the pulse width is not more than 1ms, and the repetition frequency is not less than 100 Hz.
The beam expanding and turning light path comprises but is not limited to a beam expanding and collimating module, a reflector, a spectroscope and a light guide arm, and turns the emergent laser of the ultraviolet laser to a beam shaping system. The beam expanding and collimating module comprises a beam expanding lens and a collimating lens.
The beam shaping system comprises but is not limited to a one-dimensional scanning galvanometer and a Powell prism, and shapes the expanded ultraviolet laser beam into a linear shape. As shown in fig. 3, the one-dimensional scanning galvanometer includes a rotating motor 132 and a scanning galvanometer 131 connected to a power output shaft of the rotating motor 132, and the scanning galvanometer 131 changes an included angle between the expanded ultraviolet laser and the scanning galvanometer 131 under a driving action of the rotating motor 132, so as to change an emitting direction of the expanded ultraviolet laser, and in this way, the expanded ultraviolet laser is shaped into a linear ultraviolet laser beam with a specified angle.
The ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device of the system has the following working process: opening an ultraviolet laser to output ultraviolet laser, outputting line stripe light curtains at two opposite corners and the bottom, placing an object to be killed on a conveyor belt to pass through a laser irradiation area at a constant speed, so that the laser is fully contacted with the surface of the object, and the rapid, efficient and comprehensive killing of bacteria and viruses is realized. The method comprises the following specific steps:
1) arranging a conveyor belt device 2 and an ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device 1, wherein the conveyor belt device 2 comprises two conveyor belts which are arranged at intervals and used for transporting articles to be sterilized and disinfected;
2) adjusting the position relation between the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device 1 and the conveyor belts, so that linear ultraviolet laser beams emitted by the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged above the conveyor belts cover the outer surfaces of the objects to be sterilized and disinfected, which are not in contact with the conveyor belts, and meanwhile, when the objects to be sterilized and disinfected pass through the interval between the two conveyor belts, the linear ultraviolet laser beams emitted by the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection modules arranged below the gap between the two conveyor belts cover the lower surfaces of the objects to be sterilized and disinfected;
3) the conveyor belt device 2 and the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device 1 are started, wherein the ultraviolet laser 11 is used for emitting ultraviolet laser, the wave band of the ultraviolet laser emitted by the ultraviolet laser 11 is 200 nm-400 nm, the pulse width is not more than 1ms, and the repetition frequency is not less than 100 Hz. The beam expanding turning light path 12 is used for expanding the light spot of the ultraviolet laser into 6-12 mm, the center of the expanded ultraviolet laser is positioned at the center of the beam shaper 13, the incident angle is 45 degrees, the beam shaper 13 is used for shaping the expanded ultraviolet laser into a linear ultraviolet laser beam with a specified angle, and the linear ultraviolet laser beam irradiates the surface of the sterilized object to be sterilized and is used for sterilizing and disinfecting the sterilized object to be sterilized.
The specific method for shaping the expanded ultraviolet laser into the linear ultraviolet laser beam with the specified angle comprises the following steps: the power output shaft of the rotating motor is connected with the scanning galvanometer, and the scanning galvanometer changes the included angle between the expanded ultraviolet laser and the scanning galvanometer under the driving action of the rotating motor, so that the emitting direction of the expanded ultraviolet laser is changed, and in this way, the expanded ultraviolet laser is shaped into a linear ultraviolet laser beam with a specified angle.
The system mainly comprises an ultraviolet laser, a beam expanding and turning light path, a beam shaper and a conveyor belt; and the light beam of the ultraviolet laser passes through the beam expanding and turning light path and the beam shaper to form a linear laser beam, and the laser is contacted with the surface of an object to realize sterilization and disinfection. The invention utilizes the characteristics of high peak power, high efficiency, high speed and the like of the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection technology to solve the problems of safety of harmful residues in the existing chemical mode and long sterilization and disinfection time and low efficiency of the ultraviolet lamp, realizes the rapid and high-efficiency sterilization and disinfection of the surfaces of objects such as food, surgical instruments, luggage, goods, packages, mails and the like, and can be widely applied to places such as seafood markets, logistics centers, frontier ports, hospitals, security inspection ports and the like.
The system solves the problems of chemical residues generated by the traditional chemical disinfection, the defects of large virus killing divergence angle, long sterilization time (minute level), easy generation of ozone and the like of the outer lamp, and the problems of uneven irradiation area and incomplete sterilization effect of the manual scanning mechanism. Therefore, the invention has small divergence angle (mrad) of laser beam, large optical power density, can realize which is killed, is efficient, safe and effective, is non-contact light sterilization, does not have harmful residues, is safe and reliable, is conveyed to irradiate in multiple directions, and can automatically realize full-coverage sterilization on objects.
Example 1
The scheme of embodiment 1 of the invention is shown in fig. 2, and the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection method based on the conveyor belt comprises the following steps: the device comprises an ultraviolet laser 11, a beam expanding and turning light path 12, a beam shaper 13, a sterilized object 3 to be sterilized and a conveyor belt device 2. Ultraviolet laser emitted by the ultraviolet laser 11 passes through the beam expanding and turning light path 12 and then enters the beam shaper 13, the spot diameter of the ultraviolet laser entering the beam shaper 13 is 6-12 mm, and the incident angle is 45 degrees; after the ultraviolet laser is incident to the beam shaper 13, a linear ultraviolet laser beam is formed in a point scanning mode through the one-dimensional scanning galvanometer and is irradiated on the surface of the sterilized object 3 to be sterilized. The ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection devices 1 are respectively arranged at two opposite corners and the bottom of the conveyor belt device 2, so that the comprehensive disinfection and disinfection of all the surfaces of the object to be sterilized 3 are realized, the object to be sterilized 3 passes through the linear ultraviolet laser beam 4 on the conveyor belt device at a uniform speed, and the quick, efficient and safe disinfection and disinfection of bacteria and viruses on the surfaces of the object to be sterilized 3 are realized. The system also comprises a shell for integrating the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device 1, the shell is of a hollow structure, the hollow structure is arranged along the moving direction of the conveyor belt, and protective curtains are arranged at the inlet and the outlet of the conveyor belt on the shell, so that the ultraviolet laser can not irradiate the human body, and the skin aging, canceration and other pathological changes caused by long-term exposure to ultraviolet light are avoided.
In this embodiment, the ultraviolet laser 1 has an ultraviolet laser band of 250nm to 360nm, a pulse width of not more than 1ms, and a repetition frequency of not less than 100 Hz. The high-energy laser photons of the ultraviolet laser are absorbed by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) of bacteria and viruses to cause irreversible structural damage to the DNA and the RNA, so that the bacteria and the viruses cannot form protein, and the bacteria and the viruses immediately die or lose the reproductive capacity.
In this embodiment, after the ultraviolet laser emitted from the ultraviolet laser passes through the beam expander, the diameter of the light spot is expanded to 6 mm-12 mm, the expanded ultraviolet laser is guided into the beam shaper 13 through the turning light path, the center position of the ultraviolet laser beam is consistent with the center position of the one-dimensional scanning galvanometer in the beam shaper 13, the incident angle of the ultraviolet laser beam is 45 degrees, the one-dimensional scanning galvanometer rotates at a high speed in a single-axis direction through the driving device, the included angle between the incident ultraviolet laser and the one-dimensional scanning galvanometer is changed, the direction of the emitted ultraviolet laser is changed, a line is formed in a point scanning mode, and in this way, the ultraviolet laser is shaped into a linear laser beam.
In this embodiment, the ultraviolet laser 11, the beam expanding turning light path 12 and the beam shaper 13 are respectively installed at two opposite corners and the bottom of the ultraviolet laser sterilization and disinfection device, wherein the linear laser beams at the two opposite corners irradiate the upper surface, the front and back surfaces and the two side surfaces of the object, and the linear laser beams at the bottom irradiate the lower surface of the object, so that overall irradiation and disinfection of all the surfaces of the object are realized, and no dead angle in sterilization and disinfection is effectively achieved. The objects to be killed pass through the linear laser beams at a uniform speed on the conveyor belt, so that automatic killing is realized, manual operation procedures are reduced, and the safety of the device is improved.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the invention, and that any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.