| Title: | Photocatalytic solar tower reactor for the elimination of a low concentration of VOCs |
| Address: | "Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8569, Japan. n-negishi@aist.go.jp. Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8569, Japan" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules191016624 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "We developed a photocatalytic solar tower reactor for the elimination of low concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) typically emitted from small industrial establishments. The photocatalytic system can be installed in a narrow space, as the reactor is cylindrical-shaped. The photocatalytic reactor was placed vertically in the center of a cylindrical scattering mirror, and this vertical reactor was irradiated with scattered sunlight generated by the scattering mirror. About 5 ppm toluene vapor, used as representative VOC, was continuously photodegraded and converted to CO2 almost stoichiometrically under sunny conditions. Toluene removal depended only on the intensity of sunlight. The performance of the solar tower reactor did not decrease with half a year of operation, and the average toluene removal was 36% within this period" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollution, Indoor/prevention & control Carbon Dioxide/*chemistry Catalysis Equipment Design/methods Photolysis Solar Energy Toluene/*isolation & purification Volatile Organic Compounds/*isolation & purification;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineNegishi, Nobuaki Sano, Taizo eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Switzerland 2014/10/17 Molecules. 2014 Oct 15; 19(10):16624-39. doi: 10.3390/molecules191016624" |
