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INACTIVATION KINETICS OF MONOCHLORAMINE ON MONODISPERSED HEPATITIS A VIRUS AND MS2
Citation:
Venczel, L., M. Sobsey, AND D. Crawford-Brown. INACTIVATION KINETICS OF MONOCHLORAMINE ON MONODISPERSED HEPATITIS A VIRUS AND MS2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-94/263 (NTIS PB95177275), 1991.
Description:
The purpose of this study was to further characterize the disinfecting capabilities of preformed monochloramine using hepatitis A virus and the model coliphage MS2. he EPA has identified the latter virus as a model organism in developing CT values and conducting pilot plant studies. he following experiments were performed: 1) One hour long experiments to determine the role of pH as a factor in disinfection 2) Three day-long experiments to document the nactivation kinetics of these organisms over longer time periods 3) and three day-long studies in which additional viruses or monochloramine were added to test alternative disinfection kinetic models, such as a state-vector model and a distributive rate constant model both based on virus population heterogeneity.
