Eight-lamp externally irradiated bench-scale photocatalytic reactor: Scale-up and performance prediction

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 282, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-151

  Valades Pelayo P J ^a   Guayaquil Sosa, F ^a   Serrano, B ^b   de Lasa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Charge recombination; Kinetic model; LVREA; Photocatalysis; Radiation field; Scale up

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; OXALIC ACID; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; KINETIC MODELING; LVREA; RADIATION FIELD; SCALE-UP;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84926433365     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.03.039     Document Type: Article

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