Catalytic oxidization of indoor formaldehyde at room temperature - Effect of operation conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-57

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Pei, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Jianshun ^b,c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor pollutant control; Noble metal catalyst; Relative humidity; Transition metal oxides; Transport mechanism

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS; EFFECT OF OPERATIONS; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; MASS TRANSFER MECHANISM; NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

AIR; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EFFICIENCY; FORMALDEHYDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MASS TRANSFER; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIOUS METALS; TRANSITION METALS;

CATALYSTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATALYST; DIFFUSION; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84876977262     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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