UV-A (315-400 nm) irradiance from measurements at 380 nm for solar water treatment and disinfection: Comparison between model and measurements in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Almería, Spain

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-286

  Navntoft, C ^a,b   Dawidowski, L ^a,b   Blesa, M A ^a,b,f   Fernandez Ibanez P ^c   Wolfram, E A ^d   Paladini, A ^e,f  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Las Fuerzas Armadas   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^f Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

380 nm; Comparison; Irradiance; Measurements; UV A

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

380 NM; ALMERIA , SPAIN; ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES; BUENOS AIRES , ARGENTINA; CLOUDY DAYS; COMPARISON; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; IRRADIANCE; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; MEAN SQUARES; PRECISE METHODS; PREDICTION ERRORS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; REAL ERRORS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES; URBAN AREAS; UV-A;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CORRELATION; DISINFECTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; RURAL AREA; SOLAR POWER; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 58149204221     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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