Reactor design and kinetics study of 4,4′-dichlorobiphenyl photodecay in surfactant solution by using a photosensitizer and hydrogen source

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2442-2448

  Chu, W ^a   Kwan, C Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

PCBs; Sensitizer; Solvent; Surfactant; UV

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; DECHLORINATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; KINETIC THEORY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

QUANTUM YIELD;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

4,4' DICHLOROBIPHENYL; ACETONE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; SQUALENE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PHOTOCHEMICAL TREATMENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SURFACTANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; KINETICS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REACTOR DESIGN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037405865     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00635-8     Document Type: Article

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