Photocatalytic degradation of oil industry hydrocarbons models at laboratory and at pilot-plant scale

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-351

  Vargas, Ronald ^a   Núñez, Oswaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Degradation mineralization; Organics contaminants; Photocatalysis; Pilot plant scale; TiO2; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; APPARENT RATE CONSTANT; DEGRADATION/MINERALIZATION; DIBENZOTHIOPHENES; K-VALUES; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD; OIL INDUSTRIES; ORGANICS; P-NITROPHENOL; PH CHANGE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; PILOT PLANT SCALE; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANT; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; REAL TIME; TIO; UV LIGHT;

ADSORPTION; BATCH REACTORS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALOGY; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PILOT PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT;

RATE CONSTANTS;

BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; HYDROCARBON; OIL INDUSTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; REAL TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

KOBUS;

EID: 73749083495     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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