Photocatalytic treatment of pharmaceutical industry wastewater over TiO2 using immersion well reactor: synergistic effect coupling with ultrasound

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 34-36, 2014, Pages 6591-6597

  Verma, Anoop ^a   Chhikara, I ^a   Dixit, Divya ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Pharmaceutical industry wastewater; Photocatalysis; Sonolysis; Sonophotocatalysis; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COUPLING; DEGRADATION; KINETICS; OXIDANT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; REDUCTION; WASTEWATER; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRASONICS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84908259906     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.822164     Document Type: Article

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