Photocatalytic de-pollution in the Leopold II tunnel in Brussels: NOx abatement results

Building and Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-133

  Gallus, M ^a   Akylas, V ^b   Barmpas, F ^b   Beeldens, A ^c   Boonen, E ^c   Boreave A ^d   Cazaunau, M ^e   Chen, H ^e   Daele V ^e   Doussin, J F ^f   Dupart, Y ^d   Gaimoz, C ^f   George, C ^d   Grosselin, B ^e   Herrmann, H ^g   Ifang, S ^a   Kurtenbach, R ^a   Maille, M ^f   Mellouki, A ^e   Miet, K ^f   Mothes, F ^g   Moussiopoulos, N ^b   Poulain, L ^g   Rabe, R ^g   Zapf, P ^f   Kleffmann, J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Belgian Road Research Centre   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air purification; Nitrogen oxides; Photocatalysis; Road tunnels; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR PURIFICATION; AIR QUALITY; LIGHTING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; WIND;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; ROAD TUNNEL; SIMPLE MODEL CALCULATIONS; TIO;

EXPERIMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PURIFICATION; ROAD; TITANIUM; TUNNEL;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM];

EID: 84913573568     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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