Speeding up the solar water disinfection process (SODIS) against Cryptosporidium parvum by using 2.5l static solar reactors fitted with compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-242

  Gomez Couso H ^a   Fontan Sainz M ^a   Fernandez Ibanez P ^b   Ares Mazas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compound parabolic concentrator; Cryptosporidium parvum; Oocyst viability; Solar disinfection

Indexed keywords

BOROSILICATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR 1; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR 1.89; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

DISINFECTION; PROTOZOAN; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISINFECTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; REACTION TIME; REACTOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION PROCESS; STATIC SOLAR REACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

CELL SURVIVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; SUNLIGHT; WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 84867011274     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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