Oxidative photomineralization of dichloroacetic acid in an externally-irradiated rectangular bubble tank reactor: Computational fluid dynamics modeling and experimental verification studies

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6722-6734

  Trujillo, Francisco J ^a   Safinski, Tomasz ^a   Adesina, Adesoji A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; CATALYST LOADINGS; CFD MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; EMPIRICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HOLE-ELECTRON RECOMBINATION; INTRINSIC KINETICS; LANGMUIRS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MODEL REACTIONS; MODELING EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; OXIDATIVE DECOMPOSITION; PHASE HOLDUP; PHOTOMINERALIZATION; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PHOTOREACTORS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; RADIATION INTENSITY; RADIATION TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RATE PARAMETERS; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; RECTANGULAR BUBBLE; SIMULTANEOUS SOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TANK REACTORS; VOLUMETRIC RATES;

ACIDS; CATALYSTS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REACTION RATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955036506     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901364z     Document Type: Article

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