Studies in a fixed-bed photocatalytic reactor system using natural materials for degradation of a dye contaminant in water

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 549-555

  Esparza, P ^a   Borges, M E ^a   Diaz L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dye pollutants; Fixed bed reactor; Nanostructured material; Photocatalyst; Photodegradation; Titania; Volcanic ashes

Indexed keywords

DYE POLLUTANTS; FIXED-BED REACTORS; NANO-STRUCTURED; TITANIA; VOLCANIC ASH;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLCANOES;

WATER TREATMENT;

DYE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOREACTOR; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DYE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM; VOLCANIC ASH; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FIXED BED PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR SYSTEM; FLOW RATE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTOR; REACTOR MONITORING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAINING; VOLCANIC ASH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 80053524589     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0667-7     Document Type: Article

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