Modeling of a continuous photocatalytic reactor for isovaleraldehyde oxidation: Effect of different operating parameters and chemical degradation pathway

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1307-1316

  Assadi, Aymen Amine ^a,b   Palau, Jordi ^c   Bouzaza, Abdelkrim ^a,b   Wolbert, Dominique ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air gap; Continuous reactor; Geometries of reactor; Mass transfer; Photocatalytic oxidation; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; LEAST SQUARES ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CORRELATION; VOCS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84878979559     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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