URV Rating and its correlation with Germ Kill Effectiveness

According to International Ultra Violet Associaion, the URV scale, is based on the indicated
UV dose (IUVA 2005). The dose represents the cutoff above which the URV applies. The
mean dose is the average from one URV to the next, and is provided for estimation
purposes.

Most UV systems will be required to be designed to fall into the URV 10–15 range. When
the recommended MERV filter is coupled with the indicated URV system the removal rates
of airborne microbes will be approximately the same across the entire array of microbes,
by design.

Filters below MERV 6 are not recommended for use in protecting UV lamps while MERV 15
filters represent the maximum size filter that would normally be coupled with a UV system.
UV removal rates for a few microbes in air are shown as examples in table above. if the
filter were accounted for the removal rates would be even higher.

Source : Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Handbook. Wladyslaw Kowalski, 2009

Above selections are for guidance and sizing purposes only and are done to the best of our knowledge and
understanding of the calculation methods and germ killing test data provided in the source mentioned here. The
application conditions in the jobs may vary from the test conditions considered while reference is made in the book
and clearly, the germs listed here are in no way exhaustive to represent the general germ killing capability.
InviroTech makes no claim for the germ killing rates for its lamps.