Conference proceeding
Evaluation of UV disinfection performance in recirculating systems
Proceedings of the 3rd. International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture
International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture, 3 (2000)
07/01/2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/117661
Abstract
Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection is an increasingly popular alternative in wastewater treatment and aquaculture industries. Damage to the genetic material of the pathogens as it absorbs UV radiation is considered the main inactivation mechanism as cell replication being blocked. The advantages of UV disinfection are non-toxic, ecologically friendly, effective with a wide range of organisms, short contact time, and easy to control. UV facilities used in wastewater industry are usually flow-through systems with several banks of lamps in series. Inactivation of pathogens can be described as a first-order reaction with respect to UV dose (mJ/cm super(-2)) usually defined as UV light intensity (mW/cm super(-2)) times the exposure time (s). The effectiveness of UV radiation to inactivate pathogenic microorganisms in wastewater has been well documented for wastewater treatment purposes.
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- Title
- Evaluation of UV disinfection performance in recirculating systems
- Creators
- Songming ZhuB SaucierJ DurfeyShulin Chen
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 3rd. International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture
- Conference
- International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture, 3 (2000)
- Academic Unit
- Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Roanoke, Virginia
- Identifiers
- 99900583059701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding