Fundamentals of Radiation Transport in Absorbing Scattering Media

ALFANO, O.M.; CASSANO, A.E.; MARUGAN, J.; VAN GRIEKEN, R.

Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Perspectives

The Royal Society of Chemistry

Año: 2015;

Themodeling of conventional reactors based on first principles usually requires the solution of the momentum, thermal energy and multicomponent massconservation equations. In the case of photocatalytic reactors, the equation ofradiative transfer must be considered. This equation can be solved independently of the thermal energy equation since thermal effects are usually negligible for photocatalytic processes. Therefore, the main interest of this chapter will be focused on the evaluation of the radiation absorption and its effect on the kinetics of the photocatalytic reaction.