Photoassisted Fenton-like degradation of aqueous poly(acrylic acid): From mechanistic kinetic model to CFD modeling

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2617-2629

  Ghafoori, Samira ^a   Mehrvar, Mehrab ^a   Chan, Philip K ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD modeling; Kinetic modeling; Photo Fenton like process; Sensitivity analysis; TOC removal

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELING; KINETIC MODELING; MECHANISTIC KINETIC MODELS; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; TOC REMOVAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84889089162     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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