Studies on the activity and deactivation of novel optimized TiO2 nanoparticles for the abatement of VOCs

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 330-340

  Abbas, Naseem ^a   Hussain, Murid ^a,b   Russo, Nunzio ^a   Saracco, Guido ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Deactivation; Mixture of VOCs; Photo catalysis; TiO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ADSORPTION PHENOMENA; CALCINATION TIME; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; DEACTIVATION; DEGUSSA P25; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FT-IR CHARACTERIZATION; MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; TIO; TITANIA NANOPARTICLES;

ADSORPTION; ALDEHYDES; CALCINATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; INVESTMENTS; MIXTURES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; PROPYLENE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST DEACTIVATION;

EID: 80755129025     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.115     Document Type: Article

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