Impact of design parameters on the performance of ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation air cleaner

Building and Environment

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-157

  Farhanian, Donya ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a   Lee, Chang Seo ^a   Lakdawala, Ness ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airflow rate; By products; Ozone; Photocatalytic oxidation; UVC lamps; VUV lamps

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; REAL APPLICATIONS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; VUV LAMPS;

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR CLEANERS; BYPRODUCTS; ETHANOL; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; OZONE;

LIGHTING;

ACETALDEHYDE; AIRFLOW; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ETHANOL; FORMALDEHYDE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PURIFICATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84878483104     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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