UV-A photocatalytic treatment of high flow rate air contaminated with Legionella pneumophila

Catalysis Today

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 215-222

  Josset, Sébastien ^a   Taranto, Jérôme ^a   Keller, Nicolas ^a   Keller, Valérie ^a   Lett, Marie Claire ^b   Ledoux, Marc J ^a   Bonnet, Valery ^c   Rougeau, Sylvain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c Recyclanet SA   (France)

Author keywords

Air treatment; Decontamination; Legionella pneumophila bacteria; Tangential reactor; Technology transfer; UV A photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; FLOW RATE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR TREATMENT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA BACTERIA; TANGENTIAL REACTOR; UV-A PHOTOCATALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 35548985767     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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