Pulsed UV-light penetration of characterization and the inactivation of Escherichia coli K12 in solid model systems

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 195-204

  Bialka, Katherine L ^a   Demirci, Ali ^a,b   Walker, Paul N ^a   Puri, Virendra M ^a  

^a University Park   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inactivation; Novel technologies; Pulsed UV light; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL INACTIVATIONS; OPAQUE MATERIALS; SOLID MODEL SYSTEMS;

DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEIBULL THEORY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 41749096798     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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