Adsorption phenomena in photocatalytic reactions: The case of toluene, acetone and heptane

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 464-470

  Maudhuit, Audrey ^a   Raillard, Cécile ^a   Héquet, Valérie ^a   Le Coq, Laurence ^a   Sablayrolles, Jean ^b   Molins, Laurent ^b  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Adsorption modeling; Photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide; VOC

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; ADSORPTION MECHANISM; ADSORPTION MODEL; ADSORPTION MODELING; ADSORPTION PHENOMENA; BROKEN DOWN; DARK CONDITIONS; DRY AIR; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HUMID AIR; HUMID AIR CONDITIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; KINETIC CURVES; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD; LIGHT INTENSITY; NEW MODEL; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; REACTIVE SITE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; TIO; VOC;

ACETONE; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BATCH REACTORS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CARBON DIOXIDE; DESORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; HEPTANE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; THERMAL INSULATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER VAPOR;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 79957510407     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.040     Document Type: Article

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