Preliminary trial on degradation of waste activated sludge and simultaneous hydrogen production in a newly-developed solar photocatalytic reactor with AgX/TiO2-coated glass tubes

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4986-4992

  Liu, Chunguang ^a   Lei, Zhongfang ^a   Yang, Yingnan ^a   Zhang, Zhenya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ag doping; Hydrogen production; Solar fluidized tubular photocatalytic reactor (SFTPR); Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLUIDIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AG DOPING; COATED GLASS; GLASS TUBES; LIGHT COLLECTOR; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; SIMPLE++; SOLAR FLUIDIZED TUBULAR PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR; TIO 2 FILMS; TUBULARS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

GLASS; HYDROGEN; METHYL ORANGE; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SILVER; TITANIUM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR FLUIDIZED TUBULAR PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

AG DOPING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR FLUIDIZED TUBULAR PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR (SFTPR); TIO(2) PHOTOCATALYSIS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

AZO COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84883305509     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.040     Document Type: Article

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