Fixed bed photocatalytic reactor for formaldehyde degradation: Experimental and modeling study

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 249, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-129

  Cloteaux, A ^a,b,c   Gerardin F ^c   Thomas, D ^a,b   Midoux, N ^a,b   Andre J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Kinetics; Photocatalysis; Reactor modeling; Residence time distribution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISPERSIONS; ENZYME KINETICS; FORMALDEHYDE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

FORMALDEHYDE DEGRADATION; KINETICS AND MASS TRANSFERS; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; REACTOR MODELING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84903487666     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.067     Document Type: Article

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