Photocatalytic reactors for treating water pollution with solar illumination. I: A simplified analysis for batch reactors

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2587-2599

  Sagawe, Gerd ^a   Brandi, Rodolfo J ^b   Bahnemann, Detlef ^a   Cassano, Alberto E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Batch reactors; Photocatalysis; Photon demand; Photon input; Photonic efficiency; Solar irradiation; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

KINETICS; REACTOR; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0037803408     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00128-3     Document Type: Article

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