Simulation of UV photoreactor for degradation of chemical contaminants: Model development and evaluation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2056-2063

  Siamak, Elyasi ^a   Fariborz, Taghipour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; EULERIAN FRAMEWORK; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; NOVEL METHODS; OPERATING CONDITION; OXIDATION PROCESS; PHOTOREACTORS; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; STEP-BY-STEP; TRACER CONCENTRATION; UV REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS;

ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; TRACER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MODEL TEST; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRACER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REACTOR; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77949385104     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902391t     Document Type: Article

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