The design and photoreaction kinetic modeling of a gas-phase titania foam packed bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 317-323

  Ibhadon, A O ^a   Arabatzis, I M ^b   Falaras, P ^b   Tsoukleris, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gas phase; Kinetics; Modeling; Photocatalysis; Reactor; Titiania foam

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THIN FILMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PACKED BED REACTOR (PBR); PHOTOREACTION KINETIC MODELING; TITANIA FOAM;

PACKED BEDS;

FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THIN FILMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34250635960     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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