Seasonal variation in the properties of titania photocatalysts produced from Ti-salt flocculated bioresource sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5545-5549

  Okour, Y ^a,b   Shon, H K ^a,b   Liu, H ^a   Kim, J B ^c   Kim, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CRC CARE   (Australia)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Characterisations; Flocculation; Seasonal variation; Ti salts; Titania

Indexed keywords

ANATASE PHASE; BET SURFACE AREA; CHARACTERISATION; CHARACTERISATIONS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; HUMIC ACID; MARGINAL EFFECTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RHODAMINE B; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; TI-SALTS; TITANIA; TITANIA PHOTOCATALYST; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; EFFLUENTS; FLOCCULATION; INCINERATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SALTS; SEWAGE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HUMIC ACID; RHODAMINE B; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TITANIUM;

CATALYSIS; FLOCCULATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; SALT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; FLOCCULATION; INCINERATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALKALIES; CATALYSIS; FLOCCULATION; HARDNESS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RHODAMINES; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79953031822     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.060     Document Type: Article

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