US 11,679,423 B2
Integrated system for real-time anti-fouling and biofouling monitoring
Elvira Johanna Maria Paulussen, Reppel-Bocholt (BE); Bart Andre Salters, Eindhoven (NL); Hermanus Johannes Borg, Eindhoven (NL); Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Utrecht (NL); and Eduard Matheus Johannes Niessen, Ittervoort (NL)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 16/89,467
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/056899
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/167629, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16163248 (EP), filed on Mar. 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0298292 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. B08B 17/02 (2006.01); B63B 59/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/33 (2006.01); G01N 21/49 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 17/02 (2013.01) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); B63B 59/04 (2013.01); G01N 21/3151 (2013.01); G01N 21/33 (2013.01); G01N 21/49 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01N 21/84 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3181 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8416 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-biofouling system comprising:
an UV-emitting element,
a light source, and
an optical sensor,
wherein the UV-emitting element comprises: a UV radiation exit window, wherein the UV-emitting element at least partly encloses the light source configured to provide UV radiation, wherein the UV radiation exit window is configured to transmit at least part of the UV radiation of the light source, wherein the UV radiation exit window comprises an upstream window side and a downstream window side, wherein the UV-emitting element also at least partly encloses the optical sensor configured to sense radiation emanating from the downstream window side and generated by the light source, and configured to provide a corresponding optical sensor signal, wherein the anti-biofouling system is further configured to provide said UV radiation in dependence of said optical sensor signal.