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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2012.50.6.952

Treatment of Waste Air Containing Malodor and VOC: 2. Effect of Light-intensity on the Photocatalytic Removal Efficiency of Malodor and VOC of Waste Air  

Lee, Eun Ju (Department of Chemical Engineering, Daegu University)
Lim, Kwang-Hee (Department of Chemical Engineering, Daegu University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.50, no.6, 2012 , pp. 952-959 More about this Journal
Abstract
The photocatalytic reactor was designed to have improved efficiency by enhancing a light intensity of photocatalytic reactor using a reflector coated on the surface at the outer radius of annular shaped photocatalytic reactor. The improved photocatalytic reactor performed to treat waste air containing malodor and VOC with the enhanced light intensity, of which the effect on their removal efficiency was investigated. The intensities of illumination of the improved photocatalytic reactor filled with porous silica-based media and nonporous glass bead media carrying photocatalyst were observed to increase by 28.5% and 30.1%, respectively, compared to those of photocatalytic reactor without any reflector. Using the improved photocatalytic reactor filled with porous silica-based media and nonporous glass bead media carrying photocatalyst, the removal efficiencies were enhanced by 2~3% and insignificantly, respectively. The removal efficiencies of the optimized photocatalytic reactor with reflectors, filled with porous silica-based media carrying photocatalyst, were observed to increase by 26% and 60%, compared to those of photocatalytic reactor (i.e., 19% and 53%), without any reflector, filled with nonporous glass bead media carrying photocatalyst, for hydrogen sulfide and toluene, respectively. The roughness of used reflector surface was measured to be ca. four times as big as that of a commercial mirror. However, their removal efficiencies are expected to be enhanced by increasing an light intensity resulting from lowering the roughness of used reflector coated on the improved photocatalytic reactor in the future.
Keywords
Photocatalytic Reactor; Light Intensity; Reflector; Removal Efficiency; Malodor; VOC;
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