Research Article

Modelling and Simulation of the Radiant Field in an Annular Heterogeneous Photoreactor Using a Four-Flux Model

Table 1

Characteristics of systems.

CatalystLamp characteristicsReactor characteristics

System 1
Li Puma [14]
TiO2 DP 25
(i) Ccat (1/m)
(ii) Ccat (1/m)
Power: 4 W
Wavelength: 300 nm
Radius: 0.00775 m
Length: 0.213 m
Length: 0.225 m
Ext. radius: 0.019 m
Int. radius: 0.013 m

System 2
Moreira et al. [28, 29]
TiO2 anatase
(i) Ccat (1/m)
(ii) Ccat (1/m)
Power: 8 W
Wavelength: 250 nm
Radius: 0.0133 m
Length: 0.413 m
Length: 0.445 m
Ext. radius: 0.0444 m
Int. radius: 0.01755 m

System 3LiVMoO6
(i) Ccat (1/m)
(ii) Ccat (1/m)
Power: 8 W
Wavelength: 254 nm
Radius: 0.005 m
Length: 0.23 m
Length: 0.25 m
Ext. radius: 0.025 m
Int. radius: none