A meeting was held at RGF after 9/11/01 with a team of PhDs
from Sandia National Lab who hold homeland security responsibility
for microbials (bacteria/viruses) terrorist attacks.
The team headed by Dr. James Marsden, a distinguished
professor from Kansas State University, needed a method to
kill micro-organisms in a heating/air conditioning or ventilation
system. The scenario was: What if a terrorist aspirated
a deadly strain of bacteria or virus in a public area? No one
would know until people had dispersed all over the U.S.A.
and spread the disease into a pandemic. RGF scientists interjected
that if the kill was made in the heating, cooling or
ventilation system (HVAC), it is really too late as anyone in
the room when the terrorist aspirated the bacteria/virus would
already be exposed and moving around the country. RGF
proposed a proactive approach of airborne aggressive
friendly oxidizers such as hydro-peroxides. These could intercept
the aspirated bacteria/viruses within inches of the aspiration
and begin neutralizing the microbes immediately. We
used a sneeze as an example, such as: What if I sneeze right
now? Everyone around the table would be exposed to my
aspirated sneeze germs, and if the HVAC system had a sanitizer,
it would be of no help to those around the table. This,
of course, was of great interest to the Sandia team, but they
needed proof it worked. So, we needed a double-blind study
on RGF’s PHI Advanced Oxidation Plasma’s ability to destroy
sneeze germs. This required a bio-chamber and the
ability to accurately duplicate a sneeze, not an easy task.
A testing protocol concept was discussed and developed
which included a "Sneeze Simulation Machine" and
"Sneeze" chamber. A sneeze can travel at up to 100 mph,
so we had to consider lung capacity, sneeze pressure, and
liquid volume to properly simulate a human sneeze. RGF designed
and built the world’s first sneeze machine which included
an artificial lung, pressure, speed and volume controls.
The test proceeded with outstanding results. An averageof 78%
reduction of microbials was achieved in a double
blind test, at 3 feet from the sneeze source. This is clearly
not a medically supervised test or protocol. However, from a
practical point, it was definitely providing some kill at the
source and will provide some level of protection. The physics
of PHI as an air purifier is unique. A PHI System is not a filter,
a UV device or an ozone generator. It is a cell that radiates
friendly oxidizers. These oxidizers travel through a room or
home by Brownian Motion (natural air movement). One of
the four PHI oxidizers is hydro peroxides. In layman's terms,
treating a room with hydro peroxides is like misting a room
with a weak hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) mist similar to the old homeopathic remedy for sick kids when you added a couple
of ounces of hydrogen peroxide to a vaporizer to disinfect
the room. Today sophisticated vaporized hydrogen peroxide
systems are used professionally to disinfect buildings for MRSA,
Anthrax and Norovirus.
Each time a hydrogen peroxide particle finds an airborne organic
contaminant it will oxidize or neutralize the contaminant, and in the
process kill itself.
The hydrogen peroxide particle (H2O2) will revert to water vapor (H2O). This will permit the next H2O2 particle to move a little further into the room until the entire area is purified. This is
the reason one small PHI unit can work on large areas up to
a 5,000 sq. ft. house. The factor is time. The more pollutants
or contaminants, the longer it may take to reach a 90%+ reduction
level.
