Comparing the photocatalytic oxidation of Metoprolol in a solarbox and a solar pilot plant reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 254, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-29

  Romero, Violette ^a   Méndez Arriaga, Fabiola ^b   Marco, Pilar ^a   Giménez, Jaime ^a   Esplugas, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes; Detoxification; Emerging contaminants; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Metoprolol

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DETOXIFICATION; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; COMPOUND PARABOLIC COLLECTORS (CPCS); EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; METOPROLOL; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84902212821     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.109     Document Type: Article

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