A model for analyzing the performance of photocatalytic air cleaner in removing volatile organic compounds

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3395-3399

  Zhang, Yinping ^a   Yang, Rui ^a   Zhao, Rongyi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Nanometer material; Photooxidation; Titania; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION (PCO) REACTOR MODEL;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FORMALDEHYDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 0038047954     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00357-1     Document Type: Article

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