Comparative study in liquid-phase heterogeneous photocatalysis: Model for photoreactor scale-up

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8397-8405

  Li, Dong ^a   Xiong, Kui ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Yang, Zhuhong ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Feng, Xin ^a   Lu, Xiaohua ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST CONCENTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEGUSSA P25; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; KINETIC MODELS; LAMBERT LAW; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID PHASE; PER UNIT; PHENOL DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOREACTORS; RADIATION MODELS; REACTOR SIZES; SCALE-UP; SUSPENDED SYSTEMS; SYSTEM-BASED; TYPICAL VALUES;

CATALYSTS; KINETIC THEORY; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 77956399194     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100277g     Document Type: Article

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