Laboratory studies and CFD modeling of photocatalytic degradation of colored textile wastewater by titania nanoparticles

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 312-317

  Mahmoodi, Niyaz Mohammad ^a   Arami, Mokhtar ^b   Gharanjig, Kamaladin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COLOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cfd modeling; Decolorization; Mineralization; Photocatalysis; Titania nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649104013     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.128     Document Type: Article

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