Development of a stagnation point flow system to screen and test TiO2-based photocatalysts in air purification applications

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 306, Issue , 2016, Pages 734-744

  Montecchio, Francesco ^a   Persson, Henry ^a   Engvall, Klas ^a   Delin, Jack ^b   Lanza, Roberto ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Scandinavian Centriair AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Photocatalysis; Reactor engineering; Stagnation point flow; UV irradiation; VOC abatement

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COATINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IRRADIATION; MASS TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST SURFACES; INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; REACTOR ENGINEERING; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; UV IRRADIATION; VOC ABATEMENT;

AIR PURIFICATION;

EID: 84980619175     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.07.117     Document Type: Article

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