June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
40h 48m
English
T. Coenen, F. Logist, W. Van de Moortel, J. Luyten, J. Van Impe and J. Degrève, Chemical and Biochemical Process Technology and Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, KULeuven, W. de Croylaan 46, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
This paper studies the optimization of photochemical reactors for the production of hy-droxyl radicals which can be used in advanced oxidation processes for water purification. Minimization of the energy cost of the applied UV-lamp(s) is possible via a modelbased optimization of the reactor geometry. To this end, 2D reactor models are first built taking into account balance equations, reaction kinetics, reactor geometry and radiation ...
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