Air pollution remediation in a fixed bed photocatalytic reactor coated with TiO2

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2298-2310

  Esterkin, C R ^a   Negro, A C ^a   Alfano, O M ^a   Cassano, A E ^a  

^a Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnologico para la Industria Quimica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air pollution remediation; Fixed bed reactor; Glass fiber meshes; Photocatalytic reactor; Titanium dioxide; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CATALYSTS; GLASS FIBERS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION REMEDIATION; FIXED BED REACTORS; GLASS FIBER MESHES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

FIXED BED; POLLUTANT; REACTOR; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 24944499256     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10472     Document Type: Article

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