Rapid removal of trace HCHO from indoor air by an air purifier consisting of a continuous concentrator and photocatalytic reactor and its computer simulation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Shiraishi, Fumihide ^a   Nomura, Takeshi ^b   Yamaguchi, Shunsuke ^b   Ohbuchi, Yusuke ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Continuous concentrator; Formaldehyde; Mathematical model; Photocatalytic reactor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMALDEHYDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PURIFICATION;

CONTINUOUS CONCENTRATOR; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PURIFICATION;

EID: 33846893262     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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