Photoreactor design and CFD modelling of a UV/H 2O 2 process for distillery wastewater treatment

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 719-729

  Mohajerani, Masroor ^a   Mehrvar, Mehrab ^a   Ein Mozaffari, Farhad ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen demand; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Distillery wastewater; Photoreactor design; Total organic carbon; UV H 2O 2

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); DISTILLERY WASTEWATERS; PHOTOREACTOR DESIGN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UV/H 2O 2;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; DESIGN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LAMINAR FLOW; RATE CONSTANTS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

EID: 84859645589     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20569     Document Type: Article

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