A mass transfer based method for measuring the reaction coefficients of a photocatalyst

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1221-1229

  Yang, Rui ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Xu, Qiujian ^a   Mo, Jinhan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air purification; Formaldehyde; Indoor air quality; Photocatalytic oxidation; Titania

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFICATION; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MASS TRANSFER BASED (MTB); PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION;

MASS TRANSFER;

FORMALDEHYDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; CATALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; OXIDE GROUP; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TITANIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DECOMPOSITION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTION ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845958176     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.043     Document Type: Article

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