Ebook: Photocatalytic Reaction Engineering

Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a novel technique for water purification. Publications on photocatalysis span a relatively recent period of not more than 25 years. This is a technique that, according to our extensive experience on the development of laboratory scale and pilot plant units, has great promise to eliminate water and air pollutants. Photocatalysis offers much more than competitive techniques where pollutants are transferred from phases; photocatalysis can achieve complete mineralization of pollutants leaving non-toxic species such as CO2 and H2O and can be exploited at close to room temperature and ambient pressure.

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Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a novel technique for water purification. Publications on photocatalysis span a relatively recent period of not more than 25 years. This is a technique that, according to our extensive experience on the development of laboratory scale and pilot plant units, has great promise to eliminate water and air pollutants. Photocatalysis offers much more than competitive techniques where pollutants are transferred from phases; photocatalysis can achieve complete mineralization of pollutants leaving non-toxic species such as CO2 and H2O and can be exploited at close to room temperature and ambient pressure.

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Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a novel technique for water purification. Publications on photocatalysis span a relatively recent period of not more than 25 years. This is a technique that, according to our extensive experience on the development of laboratory scale and pilot plant units, has great promise to eliminate water and air pollutants. Photocatalysis offers much more than competitive techniques where pollutants are transferred from phases; photocatalysis can achieve complete mineralization of pollutants leaving non-toxic species such as CO2 and H2O and can be exploited at close to room temperature and ambient pressure.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Establishing Photocatalytic Kinetic Rate Equations: Basic Principles and Parameters....Pages 1-15
Novel Photocatalytic Reactors for Water and Air Treatment....Pages 17-47
Photocatalysts, Radiation Sources and Auxiliary Equipment for Photocatalysis....Pages 49-62
The Irradiation Field in Photocatalytic Reactors....Pages 63-100
Kinetic Modeling of the Photocatalytic Reaction Network: The Parallel-Series Approximation....Pages 101-118
The Energy Efficiency Factors in Photocatalytic Processes....Pages 119-131
Water Decontamination of Organic Species: Modeling Reaction and Adsorption Processes....Pages 133-147
Photocatalytic Degradation of Air Borne Pollutants....Pages 149-168
Advances and Perspectives for Photocatalysis....Pages 169-183
Back Matter....Pages 185-187

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Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a novel technique for water purification. Publications on photocatalysis span a relatively recent period of not more than 25 years. This is a technique that, according to our extensive experience on the development of laboratory scale and pilot plant units, has great promise to eliminate water and air pollutants. Photocatalysis offers much more than competitive techniques where pollutants are transferred from phases; photocatalysis can achieve complete mineralization of pollutants leaving non-toxic species such as CO2 and H2O and can be exploited at close to room temperature and ambient pressure.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Establishing Photocatalytic Kinetic Rate Equations: Basic Principles and Parameters....Pages 1-15
Novel Photocatalytic Reactors for Water and Air Treatment....Pages 17-47
Photocatalysts, Radiation Sources and Auxiliary Equipment for Photocatalysis....Pages 49-62
The Irradiation Field in Photocatalytic Reactors....Pages 63-100
Kinetic Modeling of the Photocatalytic Reaction Network: The Parallel-Series Approximation....Pages 101-118
The Energy Efficiency Factors in Photocatalytic Processes....Pages 119-131
Water Decontamination of Organic Species: Modeling Reaction and Adsorption Processes....Pages 133-147
Photocatalytic Degradation of Air Borne Pollutants....Pages 149-168
Advances and Perspectives for Photocatalysis....Pages 169-183
Back Matter....Pages 185-187
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