Investigation into the effect of flow structure on the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and dehydroabietic acid in a spinning disc reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 222, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-171

  Boiarkina, Irina ^a   Norris, Stuart ^a   Patterson, Darrell Alec ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dehydroabietic acid; Periodic forcing; Photocatalysis; Process intensification; Spinning disc reactor

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PERIODIC FORCING; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SPINNING DISC REACTORS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FLOW RATE; FLOW STRUCTURE; KINETICS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION RATES;

SURFACE REACTIONS;

EID: 84875071009     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.025     Document Type: Article

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