Photocatalytic inactivation of airborne bacteria in a continuous-flow reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 7580-7585

  Pal, Amrita ^a   Pehkonen, Simo O ^a   Yu, Liya E ^a   Ray, Madhumita B ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WATER POLLUTION;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; CONTINUOUS ANNULAR REACTORS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; E. COLI; INACTIVATION PROCESSES; INACTIVATION RATES; KINETIC DATUM; PHOTOCATALYST LOADINGS; PHOTOCATALYTIC; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESIDENCE TIMES; SCALING UPS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 54949148336     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie701739g     Document Type: Article

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