Optimal design of a corrugated-wall photocatalytic reactor using efficiencies in series and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6916-6922

  Passalía, Claudio ^a   Alfano, Orlando M ^a   Brandi, Rodolfo J ^a  

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEGRADATION; FLOW OF GASES; FOG;

AIR TREATMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; FOLDINGS; GAS FLOWRATE; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMISATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; RADIATION FLUXES; RADIATION GAS; REACTOR VOLUME;

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EID: 84878413152     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302838m     Document Type: Article

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