Evaluation of an air-cleaning unit having photocatalytic sheets to remove acetaldehyde from indoor air

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2002-2007

  Sung, M ^a   Kato, S ^b   Kawanami, F ^c   Sudo, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Andes Electric Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d SOGO SETSUBI Consultant Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Air cleaning; CFD; Photocatalytic oxidation; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR-CLEANING; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DEGREE OF CONTACT; INDOOR AIR; OXIDATION RATES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

AIR; AIR CLEANERS; ALDEHYDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OXIDATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR QUALITY; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77952582292     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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