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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Norimitsu Abe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shinji Kobayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Ide, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Yoshizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Shirota, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Soma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Norimitsu Abe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shinji Kobayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Ide, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Yoshizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Shirota, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Soma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultraviolet irradiation system includes: an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus including a plurality of ultraviolet lamps; a flowmeter configured to measure a flow rate of the water to be treated that passes through the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus; and an ultraviolet-dose monitoring and controlling apparatus configured to monitor an ultraviolet dose of the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus and to control outputs of the ultraviolet lamps. The plurality of ultraviolet lamps include a first ultraviolet lamp and a plurality of second ultraviolet lamps. The ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: a first measurement head configured to measure an ultraviolet intensity of the first ultraviolet lamp; and a plurality of second measurement heads configured to respectively measure ultraviolet intensities of the plurality of the ultraviolet lamps. A distance between the first ultraviolet lamp and the first measurement head is set to a determined value.