Photoreactors for wastewater treatment: A review

Recent Patents on Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-266

  Kowalska, Ewa ^a   Rau, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); Catalyst immobilization; Photocatalysis; Photoreactor; UV H2O2; UV TiO2; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; CATALYST IMMOBILIZATION; PHOTOREACTORS; UV/H2O2; UV/TIO2;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; CATALYSTS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUIDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; OXYGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RECLAMATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79551658398     PISSN: 18722121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221210794578583     Document Type: Article

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