Photocatalysis and radiation absorption in a solar plant

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-217

  Curco D ^a   Malato, S ^b   Blanco, J ^b   Gimenez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Concentrated solar radiation; Photochemistry; Solar concentrators; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RADIOMETERS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

KINETIC MODELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC DETOXIFICATION; SOLAR RADIATION DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR REACTORS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0030286504     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-0248(96)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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