Oluwatosin Tokode
A photocatalytic impeller reactor for gas phase heterogeneous photocatalysis.
Tokode, Oluwatosin; Prabhu, Radhakrishna; Lawton, Linda A.; Robertson, Peter K.J.
Authors
Professor Radhakrishna Prabhu r.prabhu@rgu.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Linda Lawton l.lawton@rgu.ac.uk
Professor
Peter K.J. Robertson
Abstract
A novel photocatalytic reactor based on a stirred tank configuration has been described. This reactor employs the use of photocatalytic impellers to aid the mass transport of gaseous organic compounds during photocatalytic reactions. Experiments involving toluene vapour photo-oxidation showed the reactor configuration is susceptible to catalyst deactivation even at low concentrations if treated for prolonged periods. For this reactor, the reactive time scale exceeds the diffusive time scale hence, toluene photo-oxidation was reaction limited. The dependency of photonic efficiency of the reaction on mass transfer and catalyst deactivation was observed when correlated with the Damköhler number and deactivation induced reduction reaction rates respectively. The results show an inverse variation with Damköhler number and proportionality to reaction rates.
Citation
TOKODE, O., PRABHU, R., LAWTON, L.A. and ROBERTSON, P.K.J. 2017. A photocatalytic impeller reactor for gas phase heterogeneous photocatalysis. Journal of environmental chemical engineering [online], 5(4), pages 3942-3948. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.07.068
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 27, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 29, 2017 |
Publication Date | Aug 31, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Aug 17, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 30, 2018 |
Journal | Journal of environmental chemical engineering |
Print ISSN | 2213-3437 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 3942-3948 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.07.068 |
Keywords | Titanium dioxide; Thin film; Reactor engineering; Photocatalysis; Catalyst deactivation |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2451 |
Contract Date | Aug 17, 2017 |
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