UV intensity measurement and modelling and disinfection performance prediction for irradiation of solid surfaces with UV light

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-242

  Gardner, D W M ^a   Shama, G ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis spores, UV bioassay; Emission model; Surface disinfection; Ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043236928     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030899532510     Document Type: Article

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