Proposition of a photocatalytic reactor to inactivate airborne microorganisms;Proposição de um reator fotocatalítico para destruição de microrganismos em ambientes interiores

Quimica Nova

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-135

  Kondo, Márcia Matiko ^a,b   Orlanda, José Fábio F ^a   Ferreira, Maria Da Glória A B ^a   Grassi, Marco Tadeu ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microorganism inactivation; Photocatalytic reactor; TiO2 UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CATALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 19244371520     PISSN: 01004042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-40422003000100022     Document Type: Article

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