Evaluation of photon absorption in an aqueous TiO2 slurry reactor using Monte Carlo simulations and macroscopic balance

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 10524-10534

  Moreira, Jesus ^a   Serrano, Benito ^a,b   Ortiz, Aaron ^a   De Lasa, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR; BACKSCATTERED PHOTONS; BACKWARD SCATTERING; CRITICAL FACTORS; DEGUSSA P25; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GREENSTEIN PHASE FUNCTION; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; OPTIMAL CATALYSTS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOABSORPTIONS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; RADIATION FIELD; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SLURRY REACTOR; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; TIO; UV LAMPS;

ABSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORWARD SCATTERING; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 78049397717     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100374f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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