Photolysis of inorganic chloramines and efficiency of trichloramine abatement by UV treatment of swimming pool water

Water Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 280-291

  Soltermann, Fabian ^a,b   Widler, Tobias ^a,b   Canonica, Silvio ^a   Von Gunten, Urs ^a,b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chloramines; Photolysis; Pool water; Trichloramine; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CHLORINE; FREE RADICALS; IRRADIATION; LAKES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION; QUANTUM YIELD; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHLORAMINE; FREE CHLORINE; INORGANIC CHLORAMINES; LOW PRESSURES; MEDIUM PRESSURE; OH RADICAL; POOL WATER; TRICHLORAMINE; UV IRRADIATION; UV TREATMENT;

PHOTOLYSIS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; DICHLORAMINE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MERCURY; MONOCHLORAMINE; PURIFIED WATER; SWIMMING POOL WATER; TRICHLORAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; CHLORIDE; NITROGEN CHLORIDE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOLYSIS; POOL; PURIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; HYPOBARISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDIUM PRESSURE; MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; SUNLAMP; SWIMMING POOL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHLORAMINES; CHLORIDES; DISINFECTION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; KINETICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLYSIS; SWIMMING POOLS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 84897088811     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.034     Document Type: Article

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