Effect of photocatalytic surface roughness on reactors effectiveness for indoor air cleaning

Building and Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 188-196

  Zhang, Yangyang ^a   Stefanakos, Elias K ^a   Yogi Goswami, D ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Air contaminant; Mass transfer; Photocatalytic; Reactor; Roughness; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTAMINANTS; AIR FLOW; AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; ARTIFICIAL ROUGHNESS; CATALYST SURFACES; CATALYTIC SURFACES; DIFFERENT SHAPES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INDOOR AIR; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; PHOTOCATALYTIC SURFACES; PHOTOREACTORS; PITCH RATIO; REACTOR; RELATIVE HEIGHTS; RIB ROUGHNESS; ROUGHNESS ELEMENTS; ROUGHNESS PATTERNS; SMOOTH CATALYSTS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE;

CATALYSTS;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; REMEDIATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84873133058     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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