The effect of water presence on the photocatalytic oxidation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and m-xylene in the gas-phase

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7089-7095

  Korologos, Christos A ^a   Philippopoulos, Constantine J ^a   Poulopoulos, Stavros G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

BTEX; Langmuir Hinshelwood kinetics; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ANNULAR REACTORS; BTEX; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; DETECTION LIMITS; EFFECT OF WATER; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS-SOLID; GASPHASE; KINETIC DATA; KINETIC MODELS; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD KINETICS; M-XYLENE; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER VAPOUR;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; ISOMERS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; OXIDATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE;

XYLENE;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADSORPTION; BTEX; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS PHASE REACTION; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OXIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; RADIATION BALANCE; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80755133314     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.038     Document Type: Article

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