Recent advances in vehicle exhaust treatment with photocatalytic technology

J Zhao, J Sun, X Meng, Z Li - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vehicle exhaust has been acknowledged as an essential factor affecting human health due
to the extensive use of cars. Its main components include volatile organic compounds …

An overview of photoreactors and computational modeling for the intensification of photocatalytic processes in the gas-phase: State-of-art

JO de Brito Lira, HG Riella, N Padoin… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article provides a comprehensive review of the photoreactors for gas-phase reaction
focusing on process intensification and recent computer simulations. This review selected …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), artificial neural network (ANN) and genetic algorithm (GA) as a hybrid method for the analysis and optimization of micro …

JOB Lira, HG Riella, N Padoin, C Soares - Chemical engineering journal, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work the hybrid CFD-ANN-GA method is proposed as a tool for the analysis and
optimization of micro-photocatalytic reactors, taking NOx abatement as a case study. Initially …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating the natural lighting for a physical and mental Well-being in residential building in Dubai, UAE

NSA Mahmoud, G El Samanoudy, C Jung - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is well aware of energy consumption and the
reduction in carbon emissions from the quantitative analysis for lighting, but well-being, does …

Highly efficient photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophene with sunlight irradiation using green catalyst of Ag@ AgBr/Al-SBA-15 derived from natural …

XN Pham, MB Nguyen, HS Ngo, HV Doan - Journal of Industrial and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent decades, highly efficient deep desulfurization processes have become very
necessary to decrease environmental pollution due to sulfur emissions from fuels. Herein …

Porous polymeric resin for adsorbing low concentration of VOCs: Unveiling adsorption mechanism and effect of VOCs' molecular properties

H Liu, Y Yu, Q Shao, C Long - Separation and Purification Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The adsorption of 20 kinds of VOCs including n-alkanes, alcohols, esters, ketones,
aromatics, chlorocarbons and cyclohexane on porous polymeric resin (PP-resin) were …

Enhanced Fe-TiO2 Solar Photocatalysts on Porous Platforms for Water Purification

ML Matias, A Pimentel, AS Reis-Machado, J Rodrigues… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, polyethylene glycol-modified titanium dioxide (PEG-modified TiO2)
nanopowders were prepared using a fast solvothermal method under microwave irradiation …

Degradation of octane using an efficient and stable core-shell Fe3O4@ C during Fenton processes: Enhanced mass transfer, adsorption and catalysis

Y Zhuang, J Liu, S Yuan, B Ge, H Du, C Qu… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compound (VOC) elimination technologies have been investigated to
alleviate health damage and to reduce serious environmental risks. The degradation of …

High-radiance LED-driven fluidized bed photoreactor for the complete oxidation of n-hexane in air

CJ Bueno-Alejo, JL Hueso, R Mallada, I Julian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work presents a highly efficient photo-reactor configuration for VOC abatement. It
consists of a fluidized bed made of commercial, easy to fluidize, transparent borosilicate …

Floating TiO2-Cork Nano-Photocatalysts for Water Purification Using Sunlight

ML Matias, M Morais, A Pimentel, FX Vasconcelos… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present study, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nano-photocatalysts were synthesized through
microwave irradiation. In a typical microwave synthesis, TiO2 nanomaterials were …