April 16, 2024
Arctic Rays recently had the pleasure of deploying a UV lighting array with Severn Marine Technologies and Florida Institute of Technology's Center for Corrosion and Biofouling Control at the university's Mertens Marine Center. Building on CCBC's and Severn's biofouling research using UV, brushes and coatings, Arctic Rays built this UVC lighting to evaluate and develop solutions for optical biofouling through an Office of Naval Research program.
"The Arctic Rays UV system makes this practical — no others have the efficiency of this system," says Hank Lobe, president at Severn Marine Technologies. "Arctic Rays is in the business of putting things in the water that work. It's just perfect. It's the way you should do things."
Dirk Fieberg, general manager of Arctic Rays, explains that the array of lights offer a combination of 2 different UVC wavelengths, 2 types of optical distributions and power levels as well as coated and uncoated windows from Severn Marine Technologies. The Arctic Rays driver technology enables each LED combination to be tested at its maximum rated power level and provides a built-in microprocessor that can be customized to the scientist's desired operational duty cycle."Our goal is to determine the best combination that will have the most effect to combat biofouling," Dirk says.
Featured photo, left to right: Tim Patschorke, Dr. Geoffrey Swain, Dr. Kelli Hunsucker, Dylan Eggers, Abigail Cermak, Scott Mangum, Lee Frey, Hank Lobe, Dirk Fieberg and Cierra Braga.
Small photo 1: Arctic Rays Director of Engineering Lee Frey discusses the UV LED control software with Hank Lobe with Severn Marine Technologies, left.
Small photo 2: Arctic Rays General Manager Dirk Fieberg discusses the array with Hank Lobe, president of Severn Marine Technologies, and Abigail Cermak, master's student in ocean engineering and research assistant with the Florida Tech CCBC research team.
Photos by Stephanie R. Herndon.
See additional coverage by Florida Tech at https://news.fit.edu/science/florida-tech-antifouling-research-tested-in-navy-funded-project/.
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