Three-dimensional CFD model for a flat plate photocatalytic reactor: Degradation of TCE in a serpentine flow field

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-320

  Jarandehei, Asefeh ^b   De Visscher, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Flow modeling; Photocatalytic degradation; Serpentine flow field; TCE

Indexed keywords

CFD; FLOW MODELING; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SERPENTINE FLOW FIELD; TCE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEGRADATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION RATES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE REACTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 60749120371     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11692     Document Type: Article

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