Hydrodynamically-enhanced light intensity distribution in an externally-irradiated novel aerated photoreactor: CFD simulation and experimental studies

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Trujillo, Francisco J ^a   Lee, Ivy A L ^a   Hsu, Chen Han ^a   Safinski, Tomasz ^a   Adesina, Adesoji A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD modeling; Light intensity enhancement; Photocatalysis; Photoreactor design; Radiation transport equation

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; GASES; HEAT RADIATION; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; GAS - LIQUID MIXTURES; INCIDENT RADIATION; LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOREACTOR DESIGN; PHOTOREACTORS; RADIATION TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 48849104808     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1703     Document Type: Article

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