Optimal radiation field in one-dimensional continuous flow heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 4837-4847

  Davydov, Lev ^a   Tsekov, Roumen ^b   Smirniotis, Panagiotis G ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Degradation; Kinetic model; Optimal control; Photocatalysis; Photoreactor; Radiation field

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

PHOTOREACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

KINETICS; OXIDATION; REACTOR;

EID: 0035860365     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(01)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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