E. coli Inactivation Kinetics Modeling in a Taylor-Couette UV Disinfection Reactor

Figure 8

Experimental data are represented by symbols. Lines represent a tendency. For 35,000 PFU mL^-1, four microbial inactivation curves were obtained in the UV Taylor-Couette reactor as a function of the angular velocity: (○) 0 rpm, (●) 300 rpm, (◊) 600 rpm, and (×) 2000 rpm. Except for the first 100 minutes, the microbial inactivation kinetic follows an apparent first-order kinetic equation.