Effect of sonication on UV disinfectability of primary effluents

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 695-701

  Yong, H N ^a   Farnood, R R ^a   Cairns, W ^b   Mao, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Trojan Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Primary effluent; Sonication; Suspended particles; Ultrasound; Ultraviolet; UV disinfection

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; SONICATION; ULTRASONICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LARGE PARTICLES; LOW PRESSURE UV; PRIMARY EFFLUENT; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TREATMENT PLANTS; ULTRAVIOLET; UV DISINFECTION; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

EFFLUENTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; REACTION KINETICS; SUSPENDED LOAD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; EFFLUENT; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DISINFECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SONICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 73349103143     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X390753     Document Type: Article

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