Itekhnoloji yokubulala iintsholongwane ye-Ultraviolet (UV) ibiyeyona nto ibalaseleyo kunyango lwamanzi nomoya kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini edlulileyo, ngenxa yokukwazi kwayo ukubonelela ngonyango ngaphandle kokusebenzisa iikhemikhali eziyingozi.

I-UV imele ubude be-wavelengths obuphakathi kokukhanya okubonakalayo kunye ne-x-ray kwi-electromagnetic spectrum. Uluhlu lwe-UV lunokwahlulwahlulwa lube yi-UV-A, i-UV-B, i-UV-C, kunye ne-Vacuum-UV. Inxalenye ye-UV-C imele ubude be-wavelengths obuvela kwi-200 nm ukuya kwi-280 nm, ubude be-wavelength obusetyenziswa kwiimveliso zethu zokubulala iintsholongwane ze-LED.
Iifotoni ze-UV-C zingena kwiiseli kwaye zonakalise i-nucleic acid, nto leyo eyenza ukuba zingakwazi ukuzala, okanye zingasebenzi kwi-microbiologically. Le nkqubo yenzeka kwindalo; ilanga likhupha imisebe ye-UV esebenza ngolu hlobo.

Kwindawo epholileyo, sisebenzisa iiLight Emitting Diodes (ii-LED) ukuvelisa amanqanaba aphezulu e-UV-C photons. Imitha ijoliswe kwiintsholongwane, iibhaktheriya kunye nezinye iintsholongwane emanzini nasemoyeni, okanye kwiindawo eziphezulu ukuze zenze ezo ntsholongwane zibe yingozi ngemizuzwana.

Ngendlela efanayo naleyo ii-LED ziye zaguqula ngayo amashishini okubonisa nokukhanyisa, itekhnoloji ye-UV-C LED imiselwe ukubonelela ngezisombululo ezintsha, eziphuculweyo, nezandisiweyo kunyango lomoya namanzi. Ukhuselo oluphindwe kabini, emva kokuhluzwa, ngoku luyafumaneka apho iinkqubo ezisekelwe kwi-mercury bezingenakucingelwa ngaphambili.

Ezi LED zinokudityaniswa kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo zokunyanga amanzi, umoya, kunye nomphezulu. Ezi nkqubo zikwasebenza nephakheji ye-LED ukusasaza ubushushu nokuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kwenkqubo yokubulala iintsholongwane.