Flow field investigation in a photocatalytic reactor for air treatment (Photo-CREC-air)

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3343-3361

  Romero Vargas Castrillon S ^a   Ibrahim, H ^a   De Lasa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Environment; Pollution; Porous media; Reaction engineering; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; QUANTUM THEORY;

CONTACT TIME; ENVIRONMENT; MASS FLOW; REACTION ENGINEERING;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33644988156     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.11.039     Document Type: Article

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