Experimental and CFD analysis of photocatalytic gas phase vinyl chloride (VC) oxidation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1601-1609

  Mohseni, Madjid ^a   Taghipour, Fariborz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Environment; Gases; Photocatalysis; Simulation; UV; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

GAS PHASE VINYL CHLORIDE; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION; PHOTOREACTORS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; KINETICS; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTOR;

EID: 1842457766     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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