In situ measurement of UV fluence rate distribution by use of a micro fluorescent silica detector

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3034-3039

  Li, Mengkai ^a   Qiang, Zhimin ^a   Li, Tinggang ^a   Bolton, James R ^b   Liu, Changlong ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUENCE RATES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NON-LINEARITY; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PATH LENGTH; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV FLUENCE; UV REACTORS;

FLUORESCENCE; SILICA;

DETECTORS;

GLASS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LUMINESCENCE; NONLINEARITY; REAL TIME;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUENCE RATE DISTRIBUTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MICROFLUORESCENT SILICA DETECTOR; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

DISINFECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79953236600     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103796v     Document Type: Article

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