Development of a fundamental model to predict UV reactor performance for photolysis and advanced oxidation processes

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The use of a vast array of organic chemicals in modern society has led to a significant increase in the level of organic contaminant concentration levels in wastewater streams, and, ultimately, drinking water sources. Xenobiotics are a class of chemical compounds, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenols, organotins, volatile organic compounds, pesticides and heavy metals, foreign to the body of living organisms and resistant to environmental degradation. A number of xenobiotics, characterized by increased risk for the environment and human health, are listed as priority substances of the EC Water Framework Directive and are on the US EPA Contaminant Candidate List. Some of these substances are endocrine disrupting compounds.