Assessing the impact of upstream hydraulics on the dose distribution of ultraviolet reactors using fluorescence microspheres and computational fluid dynamics

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 947-959

  Zhao, Xi ^a   Alpert, Scott M ^b   Ducoste, Joel J ^b  

^a BLACK AND VEATCH   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Dose; Microspheres; Ultraviolet light; UV

Indexed keywords

90-DEGREE BEND; CFD MODELS; DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLUORESCENT MICROSPHERES; LOW PRESSURE HIGH OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REDUCTION EQUIVALENT DOSE; STRAIGHT PIPE; ULTRA-VIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET REACTORS; UV; UV DOSE; UV REACTORS;

DISINFECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRAULICS; MICROSPHERES; PIPE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 67249087634     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0139     Document Type: Article

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