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

现代社会中大量有机化学品的使用导致废水中有机污染物浓度水平的显著增加，最终导致饮用水水源中有机污染物浓度水平的显著提高。异源化合物是一类化合物，如多环芳烃、烷基酚、有机锡、挥发性有机化合物、农药和重金属，不存在于生物体内，耐环境降解。一些异生物质的特点是对环境和人类健康的风险增加，被列为欧盟水框架指令的优先物质，并被列入美国环保局的污染物候选名单。其中一些物质是内分泌干扰物。

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.