Using the Box-Benkhen technique to statistically model phenol photocatalytic degradation by titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Ray, Srimanta ^a   Lalman, Jerald A ^a   Biswas, Nihar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Box Benkhen design; Maximization; Photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIAS; ARRHENIUS; BOX-BENKHEN DESIGN; CATALYST SIZES; CATALYTIC PARTICLES; DEGRADATION RATES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MAXIMIZATION; MAXIMUM VALUES; NANO PARTICLE SIZES; PHENOL CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC DEGRADATIONS; PROCESS VARIABLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 64549149728     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.11.039     Document Type: Article

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