Performance evaluation of a continuous flow photocatalytic reactor for wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12505-12517

  Rezaei, Mohammad ^a   rashidi, Fariborz ^a   Royaee, Sayed Javid ^b   Jafarikojour, Morteza ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Novel designed photoreactor; Phenol; Photocatalysis; Photocatalytic degradation; Response surface methodology; TiO2< inf>

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; PHENOL; PHENOLS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84929938837     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3166-3     Document Type: Article

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