Use of solar energy in the treatment of water contaminated with phenol by photochemical processes

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-682

  Nogueira, K R B ^a   Teixeira, A C S C ^a   Nascimento, C A O ^a   Guardani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Phenol; Photo Fenton; Photodegradation; Solar reactors; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURAL NETWORKS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MULTI-VARIABLE MODELS; PHOTO-FENTON; PHOTO-FENTON DEGRADATION; PHOTO-FENTON PROCESS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; SOLAR REACTORS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 57149147089     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-66322008000400005     Document Type: Article

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