Utilization of fin-installed annular reactors coated with visible light- or ultraviolet-driven photocatalysts for removal of gas-phase monocyclic aromatic compounds

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Jo, Wan K ^a   Yang, Seung H ^a   Shin, Seung H ^a   Yang, S B ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BTEX; flow rate; input concentration; S doped TiO2; unmodified TiO2

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR; ANNULAR REACTORS; BTEX; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS-PHASE POLLUTANTS; GASPHASE; INPUT CONCENTRATION; MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; P-XYLENE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; S-DOPED TIO; TARGET COMPOUND; TIO; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV SYSTEMS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHYLBENZENE; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; XYLENE;

DEGRADATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DEGRADATION; FLOW RATE; GAS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 79953738103     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0181     Document Type: Article

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