Storage device including ultraviolet illumination

• Main Authors: Shur, Michael, Agafonov, Igor, Dobrinsky, Alexander, Shatalov, Maxim S, Bettles, Timothy James, Smetona, Saulius, Bilenko, Yuri, Gaska, Remigijus
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2020
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; ICE-BOXES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEASURING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; TESTING; WEAPONS; WEIGHING

Ultraviolet radiation is directed within an area. Items located within the area and/or one or more conditions of the area are monitored over a period of time. Based on the monitoring, ultraviolet radiation sources are controlled by adjusting a direction, an intensity, a pattern, and/or a spectral power of the ultraviolet radiation generated by the ultraviolet radiation source. Adjustments to the ultraviolet radiation source(s) can correspond to one of a plurality of selectable operating configurations including a storage life preservation operating configuration, a disinfection operating configuration, and an ethylene decomposition operating configuration.