Impact of reflection on the fluence rate distribution in a UV reactor with various inner walls as measured using a micro-fluorescent silica detector

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3595-3602

  Li, Mengkai ^a   Qiang, Zhimin ^a   Bolton, James R ^b   Ben, Weiwei ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluence rate distribution; In situ measurement; Inner wall reflection; Micro fluorescent silica detector; UV reactor

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE; QUARTZ;

FLUENCE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INNER WALLS; INNER-WALL REFLECTIONS; MICRO-FLUORESCENT SILICA DETECTORS; MODEL PREDICTION; REACTOR EFFICIENCY; REACTOR WALLS; ULTRAVIOLET REACTORS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

REFLECTION;

SILICON DIOXIDE; STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOREACTOR; OPTIMIZATION; SILICA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALUMINUM FOIL; ARTICLE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUENCE RATE DISTRIBUTION; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REACTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET REACTOR;

EID: 84861333993     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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