Photocatalytic Treatment of Bioaerosols: Impact of the Reactor Design

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2605-2611

  Josset, Sébastien ^a   Taranto, Jérome ^a   Keller, Nicolas ^a   Keller, Valérie ^a   Lett, Marie Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOAEROSOLS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HIT PROBABILITY; LIQUID PHASE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC SURFACES; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; PHOTOREACTORS; REACTOR DESIGNS;

BACTERIOLOGY; DECONTAMINATION; PURIFICATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISINFECTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTANT; REACTOR DESIGN; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VIRUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOLS; BACILLUS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CATALYSIS; DISINFECTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; RHEOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 77950372644     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902997v     Document Type: Article

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