Nonuniform radiation modeling of a corrugated plate photocatalytic reactor

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2024-2033

  Shang, Huilan ^a   Zhang, Zisheng ^b   Anderson, William A ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Light radiation; Modeling; Photocatalysis; Photoreactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

LIGHT RADIATION; MODELING; PHOTOREACTORS; PROCESS DESIGN;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

RADIATION;

EID: 24944460681     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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