Destruction of gas-phase trichloroethylene in a modified fuel cell

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 612-617

  Ju, Xiumin ^a   Hecht, Mathias ^c   Galhotra, Rosemary A ^a   Ela, Wendell P ^a   Betterton, Eric A ^b   Arnold, Robert G ^a   Sáez, A Eduardo ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MP Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

PLUG FLOW REACTOR; SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION (SVE); TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE);

OLEFINS;

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CATALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLEFINS; OXYGEN; REDUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR; REDUCTION;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 31144469215     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0514895     Document Type: Article

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