Degradation of trinitrophenol by sequential catalytic wet air oxidation and solar TiO 2 photocatalysis

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 634-640

  Katsoni, Athanasia ^a   Gomes, Helder T ^b,c   Pastrana Martínez, Luisa M ^c   Faria, Joaquim L ^c   Figueiredo, José L ^c   Mantzavinos, Dionissios ^a   Silva, Adrián M T ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; CWAO; Process integration; Solar photocatalysis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; CATALYTIC WET AIR OXIDATION; CWAO; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN PRESSURE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYST LOADING; PROCESS INTEGRATION; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR SIMULATOR; TIO; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL PRESSURE; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TRINITROPHENOL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SULFURIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84860411670     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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