Computational fluid dynamics modeling of immobilized photocatalytic reactors for water treatment

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1860-1872

  Duran, J Esteban ^a   Mohseni, Madjid ^a   Taghipour, Fariborz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular reactor; CFD; Immobilized photocatalyst; Photocatalysis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANNULAR REACTORS; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DEGRADATION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; IMMOBILIZED PHOTOCATALYST; IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTION; LAMINAR FLOW CONDITIONS; LAMINAR MODEL; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; PHOTOREACTORS; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; REYNOLDS STRESS TURBULENCE MODEL; VARIOUS CONFIGURATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; FORECASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION KINETICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; TURBULENCE MODELS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79958759243     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12399     Document Type: Article

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