Hydraulic performance of a proposed in situ photocatalytic reactor for degradation of MTBE in water

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-620

  Lim, Leonard Lik Pueh ^a   Lynch, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air flow to volume ratio; Double pass; Flow effect; In situ groundwater remediation; Single pass

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE PASS; FLOW EFFECTS; IN-SITU; SINGLE PASS; VOLUME RATIO;

AIR; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; GROUNDWATER; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; HYDRAULICS; POLLUTION; REMOVAL;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GROUND WATER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIRFLOW; CATALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MTBE; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER FLOW;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTOR; VAPORIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; METHYL ETHERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78650277382     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.051     Document Type: Article

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