Pervaporation photocatalytic reactors

Camera-Roda G and SantareUi F (2012), Design of a pervaporation photocatalytic reactor for process intensification , Chem Eng Technol, 35,1221-1228. 

Various experiments, carried out with different photocatalytic reactors and commercial pervaporation membranes, by varying the relative weight of pervaporation with respect to photocatalysis, have demonstrated that the intensification factor depends solely on the parameter 5 previously defined, as is apparent in Fig. 3.7. 

The intensification factor vs 5 (adapted from Camera-Roda and Santarelli, 2007).The various symbols indicate experiments carried out with different photocatalytic reactors and different commercial pervaporation membranes. 

Photocatalytic membrane reactors have been analysed over the years (see e.g., Damodar and You, 2010 Grzechulska-Damszel et al, 2009 Molinari et al, 2002,2008,2009,2010 Mozia et al, 2008,2010), but only more recently has photocatalysis been coupled with pervaporation in an integrated process. 

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