Ultraviolet Irradiation of Fluids

A system, comprising:

• a fluid having a target compound with an absorption spectra having an ultraviolet wavelength ranging from 230 nm to 360 nm, the absorption spectra including a first set of wavelengths corresponding to absorption peaks in the absorption spectra and a second set of wavelengths corresponding to absorption valleys in the absorption spectra;
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• an ultraviolet treatment chamber to treat the fluid with ultraviolet radiation, the ultraviolet treatment chamber including a set of ultraviolet radiation sources to irradiate the fluid, the set of ultraviolet radiation sources configured to operate at a set of peak wavelengths ranging from 230 nm to 360 nm with a peak full width at half maximum that is less than 20 nm, wherein the set of peak wavelengths are proximate in value to at least one wavelength in the second set of wavelengths corresponding to the absorption valleys in the absorption spectra with an allowed variation of a full width half maximum of the absorption valley, at least one sensor to detect a process condition associated with the fluid;
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• a control unit operatively coupled to the set of ultraviolet radiation sources and the at least one sensor, wherein the control unit is configured to adjust at least one of a plurality of irradiation parameters associated with the radiation generated from the set of ultraviolet radiation sources as a function of the process condition detected by the at least one sensor, the plurality of irradiation parameters comprising the wavelength of the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the set of ultraviolet radiation sources, an intensity or overall dosage of the ultraviolet radiation delivered to a volume of the fluid in the ultraviolet treatment chamber by the set of ultraviolet radiation sources, and a treatment time that the ultraviolet radiation sources deliver the ultraviolet radiation to the fluid.

A system, comprising:

• a fluid having a target compound with an absorption spectra having an ultraviolet wavelength ranging from 230 nm to 360 nm, the absorption spectra including a first set of wavelengths corresponding to absorption peaks in the absorption spectra and a second set of wavelengths corresponding to absorption valleys in the absorption spectra;
• an ultraviolet transparent conduit to transport the fluid about a beverage manufacturing process having multiple fluid processing stages for formation of the beverage;
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• at least one ultraviolet treatment chamber located about a fluid processing stage within the beverage manufacturing process to treat the fluid, the at least one ultraviolet treatment chamber including a set of ultraviolet radiation sources configured to irradiate the fluid, the set of ultraviolet radiation sources operating at a set of peak wavelengths ranging from 230 nm to 360 nm with a peak full width at half maximum that is less than 20 nm, wherein the set of peak wavelengths are proximate in value to at least one wavelength in the second set of wavelengths corresponding to the absorption valleys in the absorption spectra with an allowed variation of a full width half maximum of the absorption valley, at least one sensor to detect a process condition associated with the fluid, and a control unit operatively coupled to the set of ultraviolet radiation sources and the at least one sensor, wherein the control unit is configured to adjust at least one of a plurality of irradiation parameters associated with the radiation generated from the set of ultraviolet radiation sources as a function of the process condition detected by the at least one sensor.