Decomposition of gaseous formaldehyde in a photocatalytic reactor with a parallel array of light sources: 2. Reactor performance

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 145-151

  Shiraishi, Fumihide ^a,c   Toyoda, Kentaro ^a   Miyakawa, Hiromitsu ^b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SASEBO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Film diffusional resistance; Formaldehyde; Parallel array of light sources; Photocatalytic decomposition; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FILM-DIFFUSIONAL ALDEHYDE; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; SICK-BUILDING SYNDROME;

FORMALDEHYDE;

PHOTOCHEMICAL TREATMENT;

EID: 27744547188     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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