Modeling of corrugated plate photocatalytic reactors and experimental validation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 911-914

  Zhang, Zisheng ^a   Anderson, William A ^b   Moo Young, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Photoreactor modeling; Radiation transfer; Scale up; Water decontamination

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; PHOTONS; REACTION KINETICS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTOR; WASTEWATER; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0037294375     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00624-3     Document Type: Article

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