Mechanistic modeling of vacuum UV advanced oxidation process in an annular photoreactor

Water Research

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-225

  Crapulli, F ^a   Santoro, D ^a,b   Sasges, M R ^b   Ray, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Trojan Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation process; Hydroxyl radical; Numerical modeling; Vacuum UV; Water photolysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FORMIC ACID; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PEROXIDES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTONS; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CONTINUOUS FLOW STIRRED TANK REACTORS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; VACUUM UV; WATER PHOTOLYSIS;

OXIDATION;

FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PREDICTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ANNULAR PHOTOREACTOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FORMATES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUUM; WATER;

EID: 84904906900     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.048     Document Type: Article

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