Photocatalytic abatement of ammonia in nitrogen-containing effluents

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 191, Issue , 2012, Pages 394-401

  Altomare, Marco ^a   Chiarello, Gian Luca ^a,b   Costa, Annamaria ^a   Guarino, Marcella ^a   Selli, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nitrogen abatement in manure; Photo reactor; Photocatalytic NH 3 oxidation; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONVERSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AQUEOUS AMMONIA; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; BOVINE MANURE; GASEOUS SPECIES; LIVESTOCK MANURE; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-REACTOR; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; PLUG FLOW; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TIO;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; BATCH REACTORS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANURES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NITROGEN;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84860595411     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.03.037     Document Type: Article

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