From 2021 to 2026, the UV disinfection equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.0 percent, from an estimated USD 4.8 billion in 2021 to USD 9.2 billion in 2026. UV disinfection equipment is widely used in healthcare institutions to disinfect the hospital environment, and there is an increasing demand for UV disinfection equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which is one of the factors driving the market's growth.
COVID-19 had a beneficial impact on the UV disinfection equipment market in 2020, resulting in higher shipments of UV disinfection equipment and related components, as well as higher revenues. As a result, the market's growth trend accelerated significantly in the first half of 2020. This trend is projected to continue in the second half of the year, as demand is expected to rise as the public's awareness of the importance of surface disinfection grows.
According to Columbia University Irving Medical Center researchers, when coronaviruses in airborne droplets were exposed to a wavelength of ultraviolet light that is safe to use around humans, more than 99.9% of them were killed. UVC radiations provide physical disinfection, have no lasting effects, and have a maximal germicidal effect, according to a senior scientific official at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar. As a result, this method is frequently used to destroy coronaviruses, increasing demand for UV disinfection equipment.
An infectious illness outbreak could transcend national and international borders within hours in today's world of fast transit global travel. Thousands of people and businesses have been affected by SARS, H1N1, Ebola, swine flu, and bird flu. The coronavirus (officially known as COVID-19) was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in 2019. This pathogen has spread to over 213 nations throughout the world as of January 2021, frightening public health agencies around the world.
Any living germ in the air, water, or on surfaces can be deactivated by UV disinfection equipment, preventing disease transmission. When bacteria, viruses, and protozoa are exposed to germicidal UV light wavelengths, they lose their ability to reproduce and infect. UVC is a type of radiation with wavelengths ranging from 200 to 280 nm that has been shown to deactivate or destroy a variety of diseases, including the COVID-19 virus. The COVID-19 virus can persist for up to three days on plastic and steel surfaces. The virus is not killed by regular cleaning or chemical disinfection.
According to the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA), a mercury UV lamp with a wavelength of 254 nm was able to kill 99 percent of SARS-CoV-2, also known as the coronavirus. In this germicidal range, UV disinfection equipment uses a very low dose of UV light and takes less time to inactivate a pathogen. Since then, UV disinfection equipment has been deployed to destroy coronavirus and reduce its transmission in schools, hospitals, airports, railway stations, and other locations. Hospitals are disinfected using robots equipped with UV lamps. Tru-D and Xenex robots, for example, enter vacant rooms and between patients and move around remotely, disinfecting surfaces with high-power UV irradiation. The deadline is November 2020.
Because of the high demand for UV disinfection equipment, firms like Xiaomi and Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. have released UV disinfection lamps to combat flu viruses on surfaces. Other firms, such as Signify OSRAM and SMTC Corporation, are increasing production of traditional mercury lamps and UV disinfection systems to combat coronavirus. For example, Violet Defense awarded SMTC Corporation a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract to produce pulsed Xenon UV disinfection systems, which use UV-C, UV-B, and UV-A to kill up to 99.9% of germs and viruses, including coronavirus, in September 2020. Several companies are also concentrating on UVC production.
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