Comparative disinfection efficiency of pulsed and continuous-wave UV irradiation technologies

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• 作者：Zuzana Bohrerova ; Hilla Shemer ; Robert Lantis ; Christopher A. Impellitteri ; Karl G. Linden
• 关键词：T4 phage ; T7 phage ; E. coli ; Low-pressure UV ; Medium-pressure UV ; Water treatment
• 刊名：Water Research
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：June 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：42
• 期：12
• 页码：2975-2982
• 全文大小：577 K

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Pulsed UV (PUV) is a novel UV irradiation system that is a non-mercury lamp-based alternative to currently used continuous-wave systems for water disinfection. PUV polychromatic irradiation disinfection efficiency was compared to that from continuous-wave monochromatic low-pressure (LP) and polychromatic medium-pressure (MP) UV systems, using two types of actinometry (ferrioxalate and iodide–iodate) and an absolute spectral emission method for fluence measurement. All three methods were in good agreement. Once accurate and reliable methods for fluence measurement were established, the inactivation of Escherichia coli and pathogen surrogates phage T4 and T7 were investigated under each technology. Inactivation was significantly faster using PUV irradiation compared to LP or MP UV lamps at equivalent fluence levels. A significant fraction of the enhanced PUV inactivation efficiency was due to wavelengths greater than 295 nm.