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    Simulations of Photodegradation of Toluene and Formaldehyde in a Monolith Reactor Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

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    Authors
    Chong, Siewhui
    Wang, Shaobin
    Tade, Moses
    Ang, Ha Ming
    Pareek, Vishnu
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Chong, Siewhui and Wang, Shaobin and Tade, Moses and Ang, H. Ming and Pareek, Vishnu. 2011. Simulations of Photodegradation of Toluene and Formaldehyde in a Monolith Reactor Using Computational Fluid Dynamics. AIChE Journal. 57 (3): pp. 724-734.
    Source Title
    AIChE Journal
    DOI
    10.1002/aic.12295
    ISSN
    00011541
    School
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10655
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In this study, simulations were conducted on a monolith reactor for the photodegradation of toluene and formaldehyde. The monoliths in the reactor were treated as porous zones and the photocatalytic oxidation occurring on the monolith surfaces was modeled using Langmuir–Hinshelwood kinetics. A discrete ordinates model was used to simulate the light intensity with a novel approach, which involved an adjustable parameter—the absorption coefficient of the channel wall, for modeling the local light intensity across the porous media. The advantage of this approach was that despite its simplicity, it was able to capture and visualize the local light profile across the monolith channels and to integrate it into the reaction kinetics. Although it required a trial-and-error to determine the correct value of the channel wall absorption coefficient, the proposed model achieved a reasonable agreement between the simulation results and published experimental data.

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