Passive photo-catalytic destruction of air-borne VOCs in high traffic areas using TiO2-coated flexible PVC sheet

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 262, Issue , 2015, Pages 875-881

  Tejasvi, Ravi ^a   Sharma, Mukesh ^b   Upadhyay, Kritika ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Photo catalytic oxidation; PVC sheet; Reaction rate; TiO2; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; BENZENE; COATINGS; MARKETING; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION RATES; SOL-GELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE;

BENZENE AND TOLUENE; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOL GEL PREPARATIONS; SURFACE ATTACHMENT; TIO; VOCS;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

EID: 84909606503     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.040     Document Type: Article

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