Gwangju City Promotes Development of 'Intelligent Sterilization System' to Prevent Infectious Disease Spread

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 22nd that it has been selected for the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's 2021 regional customized disaster safety problem-solving research and development project and will promote the "Development Project of a High-Efficiency Intelligent Sterilization System to Prevent the Spread of Infectious Diseases in Multi-Use Facilities."

This public contest was conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety targeting 17 metropolitan cities and provinces, allowing them to freely propose plans addressing regional disaster and safety issues and solutions.

Gwangju City was selected by proposing the "Development and Demonstration Project of a Pulse UV (Ultraviolet) Large-Area Space Disinfection System to Prevent the Spread of Infectious Diseases in Educational and Welfare Facilities," receiving 1.6 billion KRW in national funding out of a total project cost of 2.1 billion KRW by 2023.

In 2021, the project will develop high-energy pulse UV light sources and modules suitable for large areas, as well as 3D spatial mapping, object recognition, and monitoring systems.

Additionally, from 2022 for two years, the system will be demonstrated in multi-use facilities such as educational and welfare facilities, while collecting and processing disinfection monitoring data to develop and demonstrate big data-linked anomaly detection and prediction technologies.

The existing disinfection method using chemical spraying by personnel has significant drawbacks in safety and cost due to limitations on usage locations and frequency caused by odor, stains, and inhalation risks, as well as requiring considerable time and manpower.

The sterilization disinfection system proposed by Gwangju City is a "large-area space sterilization disinfection system" that can efficiently and precisely disinfect many wide spaces in a short time without environmental or spray contamination, receiving high praise from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Jung Min-gon, Director of the Citizen Safety Office of Gwangju City, said, "Through this project, we expect to secure a safe and smart high-efficiency disinfection system to enhance citizens' trust in responses to infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and to contribute to revitalizing the local economy by creating a green-disaster safety industry in the infectious disease field linked to the regionally specialized optical industry."

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