Modeling of a bench-scale photocatalytic reactor for water disinfection from laboratory-scale kinetic data

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Marugán, Javier ^a   van Grieken, Rafael ^a   Pablos, Cristina ^a   Satuf, M Lucila ^b   Cassano, Alberto E ^b   Alfano, Orlando M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Disinfection; E. Coli; Kinetics; Mass transport; Photocatalysis; Photoreactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DISINFECTION; OPTIMIZATION;

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; CATALYSTS CONCENTRATIONS; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS; DISINFECTION EFFICIENCY; E. COLI; PHOTOCATALYTIC DISINFECTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; PHOTOREACTORS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION;

DISINFECTION; CATALYSTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84882901047     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.11.082     Document Type: Article

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