Two-dimensional modeling of a flat-plate photocatalytic reactor for oxidation of indoor air pollutants

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7489-7496

  Salvadó Estivill, Ignasi ^a   Brucato, Alberto ^b   Puma, Gianluca Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFICATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXIDATION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION; RADIATION FIELD MODELING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

AIR PURIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXIDATION;

EID: 36348977568     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070391r     Document Type: Article

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