Apparatus for the purification of water by ultraviolet radiation

Patent · Mon Mar 19 23:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6443584

Forrat, F

The present invention relates to an apparatus for the purification of water by ultraviolet radiation. A pipe traversed by the liquid to be purified contains an ultraviolet lamp and an electrovalve electrically connected in series with the lamp and placed upstream of the latter. The resistance of the electrovalve is substantially equal to the load impedance of the lamp, the assembly being supplied with power by a solar collector. Application to the purification of water.

• Assignee: Comissariat a I'Energie Atomique (France)
• Patent Number(s): US 4438337
• OSTI ID: 6443584
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IMPEDANCE
LIGHT BULBS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIPES
PURIFICATION
RADIATIONS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
VALVES
WATER
WATER TREATMENT