Photoreactor scale-up for degradation of aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) using UV/H2O2 process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 245, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-142

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

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation technologies; Photoreactor scale up; Polyvinyl alcohol; TOC removal; UV H2O2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894645276     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.055     Document Type: Article

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