Estimating the fluence delivery in UV disinfection reactors using a 'detector-model' combination method

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 233, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-46

  Qiang, Zhimin ^a   Li, Mengkai ^a   Bolton, James R ^b   Qu, Jiuhui ^a   Wang, Chen ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluence; Mathematical model; Micro fluorescent silica detector; UV reactor; UV transmittance; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

FLUENCES; MICRO-FLUORESCENT SILICA DETECTORS; UV REACTORS; UV TRANSMITTANCE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DISINFECTION; ESTIMATION; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICA; TEMPERATURE;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84883625081     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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