A methodology for modeling photocatalytic reactors for indoor pollution control using previously estimated kinetic parameters

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 211-212, Issue , 2012, Pages 357-365

  Passalía, Claudio ^a,b   Alfano, Orlando M ^a,b   Brandi, Rodolfo J ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnologico para la Industria Quimica   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Indoor air; Photocatalytic reactors; Pollution control; Scaling up

Indexed keywords

BENCH SCALE REACTOR; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; EMISSION MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INDOOR AIR; INTRINSIC REACTION; KINETIC CONTROL; MODEL PREDICTION; NANO-SIZE; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; PHOTOREACTORS; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MODELS; RAY-TRACING METHOD; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCALING-UP; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; STEADY STATE; TIO; VIEW FACTOR; WALL TYPES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; REACTION KINETICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

KINETIC PARAMETERS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS; SCALE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR; REACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CATALYSIS; FORMALDEHYDE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84858282932     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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