A cleaning apparatus for use by hand and/or with a robotic device expels fluid, air or liquid, from a perimeter of an open end of a housing of the cleaning apparatus. Simultaneously, a vacuum device is suctioning debris through the housing and into a vacuum port. The simultaneous use of suction and expelled fluid through a single apparatus generates turbulent airflow and effectively loosens and removes debris attached to surfaces without the need for the housing to contact the surfaces.

An autonomous vehicle includes interior sensors including a camera, IR camera, electro-chemical sensor, humidity sensor, and temperature sensor. Initial and final outputs of these sensors are captured for a trip conveying one or more passengers. If changes in the outputs of the sensors are detected, whether the final outputs of the sensors are acceptable may be evaluated. In some embodiments, an aggregation of the outputs is evaluated and found unacceptable even where individual outputs are acceptable. Outputs may be presented to a dispatcher to confirm that the outputs are unacceptable. If the outputs are found to be unacceptable, the vehicle may be autonomously driven to a cleaning station. Personal items may be identified in camera outputs and alerts generated in response.

A system and process for cleaning a vessel is described. In embodiments, the system has one or more manway adapters configured to fit one or more manways of the vessel and deliver a cleaning solution through them. Further, in embodiments the system includes one or more actuators which are configured to position the one or more manway adapters horizontally or vertically to allow for optimal alignment and positioning of the manway adapters within the manways. Movement of the manway adapters may be facilitated by way of a frame assembly mounted on one or more horizontal rails. The system may be used to clean tanks and other vessels such as those that are on tanker trucks, tanker cars, or frac tanks.

There is provided a system and method of cleaning surfaces of an interior cabin space of a contamination comprising a microbial and viral load. The method includes the steps of sealing the interior cabin space and placing water, and a solid or gel pack, into a container and generating a vortex the container by rotating an impeller. The agitation causes the solid or gel pack to release a gaseous cleaning agent. An air-borne spray exiting from the container spreads throughout the interior cabin space to coat the surfaces to be cleaned within the interior cabin space. The cabin is maintained closed for an effective time period while the coating from the air-borne spray dwells on the surfaces to eliminate or substantially reduce the load of the contamination.

Method for the decontamination and disinfection of a transport vehicle, and control device for said decontamination. The method according to the invention comprises at least one heat treatment phase of the vehicle cabin, or of at least one cabin compartment, intended for transporting, by injecting a hot gas into the same at a temperature that guarantees the elimination of the pathogens, said temperature being comprised between 0 C. and 91 C. The control device for the decontamination comprises: a control unit (1); a user interface (2); a series of conveniently distributed temperature sensors (3); and a memory (5) for the storage of data relating to dates, temperatures and other variables relating to the decontaminations carried out, as well as the identification of the vehicle on which the decontamination process is carried out.

A mobile bidirectional sterilization device includes a removable mobile bidirectional sterilization device in which a light guiding plate made of a light guiding film is connected from a power charger to a hinged cover through a curved connection section to emit visible light of a light-emitting diode (LED) to front, rear, and lateral surfaces of a mobile device or a fixed mobile bidirectional sterilization device in which the light guiding plate made of the light guiding film emits the visible light of the LED to the rear and front surfaces of the mobile device at a console bracket and a center fascia charger, solves a problem of harmfulness to the human body and a problem of directivity and transmittance due to an omnidirectional sterilization effect of the mobile device by the visible light with a 405 nm wavelength.

There is provided a system and method of cleaning surfaces of an enclosable environment of a contamination comprising a malodor, or a microbial and viral load. The method includes the steps of placing water and a solid or gel pack into a container and generating a gaseous cleaning agent by agitating the water in the container. The agitation accelerates the release of the gaseous cleaning agent from the solid or gel pack. The gaseous cleaning agent, exemplified by Chlorine Dioxide, exiting from the container spreads throughout the environment. The gaseous cleaning agent treats the malodor, or microbial or viral load, in the environment.

Reversibly switchable (transformable) surface layer changeable from (super)hydrophobic to (super)hydrophilic surface states are described. Methods of decontamination of surfaces exposed to contaminate are provided. The reversibly switchable properties of the surface layer can be controlled by an external stimulus.

A flexible Car Cleaning Sheet (CCS) based on a combination of polyvinyl alcohol, a cleaning composition, perfumes and/or fragrances, binding agents, thickening agents, polymers such as starch, cellulose, and other ingredients that when the CCS is dried, it produces a composition that remains solid and flexible, and then dissolves completely in water. Once the ingredients for the composition of said CCS is mixed in proper ratios, it forms a liquid-based composition that is poured onto a drying plate and/or extruded onto a roll that is later cut to size. After the flexible and dissolvable CCS is produced, it can be used in a wide range of applications. When wet or when in contact with water, said CCS composition dissolves completely and releases all of its active ingredients which may include surfactants, chelating agents, dyes, fabric softeners, bleaching agents, enzymes, perfumes, fragrances, or perfume micro capsules, or a combination thereof.

A system and process for cleaning a vessel is described. In embodiments, the system has one or more manway adapters configured to fit one or more manways of the vessel and deliver a cleaning solution through them. Further, in embodiments the system includes one or more actuators which are configured to position the one or more manway adapters horizontally or vertically to allow for optimal alignment and positioning of the manway adapters within the manways. Movement of the manway adapters may be facilitated by way of a frame assembly mounted on one or more horizontal rails. The system may be used to clean tanks and other vessels such as those that are on tanker trucks, tanker cars, or frac tanks.