Photocatalytic air purification

Recent Patents on Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-216

  Zaleska, Adriana ^a   Hänel, Andreas ^a   Nischk, Michal̈ ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air purification; Air treatment; Gas phase infiltration; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR TREATMENT; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; GAS PHASE INFILTRATION; GAS STREAMS; GASPHASE; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; HVAC SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUE; INFLUENCING FACTOR; OUTDOOR AIR; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; POLLUTANTS REMOVAL; SURFACE PRETREATMENT;

AIR CLEANERS; AIR CONDITIONING; CATALYSTS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GASES; OXIDES; PURIFICATION; REACTION RATES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 79551660849     PISSN: 18722121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221210794578637     Document Type: Article

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