Adsorption performance of titanium dioxide (TiO2) coated air filters for volatile organic compounds

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 243, Issue , 2012, Pages 340-349

  Zhong, Lexuan ^a   Lee, Chang Seo ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Filters; Photocatalytic reaction; Relative humidity (RH); Titanium dioxide (TiO2)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ABILITY; ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; ADSORPTION EFFECT; ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; ADSORPTION TESTS; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BET SURFACE AREA; CARBON CLOTHS; CATALYST SURFACES; CHEMICAL PROCESS; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; ISOTHERMAL ADSORPTION CURVE; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; LOW CONCENTRATION LEVELS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; TIO;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AIR FILTERS; AIR PURIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); GLASS FIBERS; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; CARBON; GLASS FIBER; HEXANE; LIMONENE; OCTANE; PARA XYLENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COATING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOOXIDATION; PURIFICATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE; TITANIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AIR FILTER; ARTICLE; FILTER; ISOTHERM; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PURIFICATION; WATER VAPOR;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGORITHMS; CATALYSIS; FILTRATION; HUMIDITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; TITANIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84869883594     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.10.042     Document Type: Article

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