Comparison of solar collection geometries for application to photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-26

  Bandala, Erick R ^a   Estrada, Claudio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSTS; CONTAMINATION; PESTICIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; OXALIC ACID; PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATOR (PTC); PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 34047216234     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2390986     Document Type: Article

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