International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 759736, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/759736
Research Article

A Photocatalytic Active Adsorbent for Gas Cleaning in a Fixed Bed Reactor

Peter Pucher,1 Rabah Azouani,2 Andrei Kanaev,2 and Gernot Krammer3

1Department of Chemical Apparatus Design, Particle Technology and Combustion, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 25/B, 8010 Graz, Austria
2Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux et des Hautes Pressions, CNRS, Institut Galilée, Université Paris-Nord, 93430 Villetaneuse, France
3Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Kolbjørn Hejes vei 1, 7491 Trondheim, Norway

Received 24 July 2007; Accepted 27 February 2008

Academic Editor: Russell Howe

Copyright © 2008 Peter Pucher et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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