Photocatalytic reduction of nitrate using titanium dioxide for regeneration of ion exchange brine

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1299-1307

  Yang, Ting ^a,b   Doudrick, Kyle ^b   Westerhoff, Paul ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Formic acid; Ion exchange brine; Nitrate; Photocatalytic denitrification; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; FORMIC ACID; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MOLAR RATIO; NITRATES; OXIDES; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVE SURFACE SITES; ELECTRON DONORS; ION-EXCHANGE BRINES; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE REMOVAL; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PRODUCT SELECTIVITIES;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; FORMIC ACID; ION EXCHANGE BRINE; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SCAVENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCUMULATION; ANATASE; BRINE; CATALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ION EXCHANGE; NITRATE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON; GAS; ION EXCHANGE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 84872734692     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.047     Document Type: Article

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