Hydraulic Calibration and Fluence Determination of Model Ultraviolet Disinfection System
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 11
Abstract
The objective of this project was to determine the impact hydraulic dispersion has on the calibration of a flow-though model ultraviolet (UV)-disinfection system with chemical actinometry (potassium ferrioxalate) and MS 2 bacteriophage. Fluence was supplied by a medium-pressure ultraviolet lamp to a quartz tube (19 mm diameter) situated in a ventilated galvanized casing. The UV lamp was attached to a vertical position guide, for UV fluence to be varied by positioning the UV lamp at various vertical heights above the quartz tube. Water was pumped through the quartz tube at rates of 100–300 mL/min. An in-line pipe mixer was installed prior to the UV system to ensure adequate mixing with the bulk liquid and chemical actinometer and to mitigate jet formation within the quartz tube. Tracer studies were conducted with and without the in-line mixer using potassium chloride (3 mM). Dispersion coefficients were obtained from the tracer study and incorporated into an axial-dispersion model to determine the rate coefficient of potassium ferrioxalate in the model UV system. A numerical model was used to determine the fluence supplied by the lamp with a reduction in exposure time. After dispersion and kinetics are accounted for within the UV system, the model predicted UV fluence that was in general agreement with UV design curves for inactivation MS 2 bacteriophage. The differences in the design curves and the fluence–response model in the present investigation were found to be related to the experimental errors introduced from using a flowing system and because a medium pressure lamp was used in the present investigation.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 11 • November 2002
Pages: 1046 - 1055
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Aug 28, 2001
Accepted: Mar 19, 2002
Published online: Oct 15, 2002
Published in print: Nov 2002
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