The design and comparison of continuous and pulsed ultraviolet reactors for microbial inactivation in water

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2032-2037

  Upadhyaya, Ganesh S ^a   Curry, Randy D ^b   Nichols, Leland ^b   Clevenger, Thomas E ^b   McDonald, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLASHLIGHTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; POTABLE WATER; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

CONTINUOUS ULTRAVIOLET REACTOR; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; FLASHLAMP MODEL; MICROBIAL INACTIVATION; PULSED ULTRAVIOLET REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 8144220009     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.835951     Document Type: Article

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