Modelling and design of thin-film slurry photocatalytic reactors for water purification

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2269-2281

  Li Puma, Gianluca ^a   Yue, Po Lock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Falling film; Photoreactor; Reaction engineering; Slurries; Suspension; Thin films

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PURIFICATION; SLURRIES; THIN FILMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

DESIGN; MODELING; PURIFICATION; REACTOR; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0038128656     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(03)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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