Using physical-chemical properties of reactants to estimate the performance of photocatalytic oxidation air cleaners

Building and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-122

  Aghighi, Alireza ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air cleaners; TiO2; Titanium dioxide; Ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation; UV PCO; VOCs

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TIO; UV-PCO; VOCS;

AIR CLEANERS;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BUILDING; CATALYSIS; INDOOR AIR; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 84919904446     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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