Photocatalytic process optimisation for ethylene oxidation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 209, Issue , 2012, Pages 494-500

  Tytgat, Tom ^a   Hauchecorne, Birger ^a   Abakumov, Artem M ^a   Smits, Marianne ^a   Verbruggen, Sammy W ^a,b   Lenaerts, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Photocatalysis; Process optimisation; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYST DISTRIBUTION; ENGINEERING PARTS; ETHYLENE OXIDATION; FIXED BED; FIXED QUANTITY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; PURIFICATION PROCESS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED;

AIR PURIFICATION; ETHYLENE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84865998877     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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