Modeling virus transport and inactivation in a fluoropolymer tube UV photoreactor using computational fluid dynamics

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-18

  Crapulli, Ferdinando ^a   Santoro, Domenico ^a,b   Haas, Charles N ^c   Notarnicola, Michele ^a   Liberti, Lorenzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Disinfection; Fluoropolymer; Photoreactor; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOASSAY; DISINFECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VIRUSES;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; DISINFECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATING SPHERE MEASUREMENTS; MODEL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; PHOTOREACTORS; REDUCTION EQUIVALENT DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77958482547     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.03.090     Document Type: Article

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