Modeling and simulation of VOCs removal by nonthermal plasma discharge with photocatalysis in a continuous reactor: Synergetic effect and mass transfer

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-127

  Assadi, Aymen Amine ^a,b   Bouzaza, Abdelkrim ^a,b   Merabet, Smail ^c   Wolbert, Dominique ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Continuous reactor; Kinetic modeling; Mass transfer; Photocatalysis; Plasma; Synergetic effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMAS;

CONTINUOUS REACTORS; KINETIC MODELING; MODEL AND SIMULATION; NON-THERMAL PLASMA DISCHARGES; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OZONE FORMATION; SYNERGETIC EFFECT; TRANSFER CONSTANT; VOCS REMOVAL;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84905709607     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.07.050     Document Type: Article

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