Photocatalytic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in the gas-phase: A kinetic study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-87

  Boulamanti, Aikaterini K ^a   Philippopoulos, Constantine J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetone; Langmuir Hinshelwood kinetics; tert Butyl formate; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; FUEL ADDITIVES; KINETIC THEORY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION KINETICS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION CONSTANTS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BUTYL ETHERS; BUTYL FORMATES; FINAL PRODUCTS; INITIAL CONCENTRATIONS; KINETIC STUDIES; KINETICS EQUATIONS; LANGMUIR; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD KINETICS; OPTIMUM VALUES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; PLUG FLOW REACTORS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; REACTION SCHEMES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; TERT-BUTYL FORMATE;

RATE CONSTANTS;

ACETONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); KINETICS; MTBE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; TITANIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAS ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CATALYSIS; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; WATER;

EID: 54049102874     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.087     Document Type: Article

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