Point-of-use water disinfection using ultraviolet and visible light-emitting diodes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 553, Issue , 2016, Pages 626-635

  Lui, Gough Yumu ^a   Roser, David ^a   Corkish, Richard ^a   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^a,b   Stuetz, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disinfection; LED; Pathogen; Regional communities; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

COST ENGINEERING; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12; TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS; ULTRAVIOLET; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; PATHOGEN; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTION SPECTRUM; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DISINFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84960156434     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.039     Document Type: Article

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