Performance of photocatalytic lamps on reduction of culturable airborne microorganism concentration

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 730-735

  Chuaybamroong, Paradee ^a   Thunyasirinon, Chuleewan ^b   Supothina, Sitthisuntorn ^c   Sribenjalux, Pipat ^b   Wu, Chang Yu ^d  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

A. niger; Bioaerosol; Disinfection lamp; Photocatalytic oxidation (PCO); S. epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; DISINFECTION; LIGHTING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOAEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDERMIDIS; MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS; NIGER; PHOTOCATALYTIC DISINFECTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; HUMIDITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FLUORESCENT LAMP; FOSSIL SPORE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WHITE LIGHT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79953096443     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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