Photocatalytic reactor under different external irradiance conditions: Validation of a fully predictive radiation absorption model

Valadés-Pelayo, Patricio J.; Sosa, F. Guayaquil; Serrano, Benito; Lasa, Hugo de

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2014.12.003

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“…(33) It is shown that when the optical thickness tends to zero (τ Eff > 0.001), the OVREA reaches maximum values of energy availability, and it linearly increase with catalyst loading. This results is in agreement with others works [8,9,25,26] At low optical thicknesses (0.01-0.05), the OVREA prediction tends to be asymptotic with the concentration increase (14900 at 0.01; 6400 at 0.025 and 3500 at 0.05), and its values are not above the 10% of the ones reached to low optic thicknesses and the same loading of catalysts. Figure 6 shows the profile of the scattering function ϕ N Eff as a function of loading catalyst along the slab thickness.…”

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“…As the optical thickness increases (at the same loading of the catalyst) the optical shielding of light overlap the scattering effects and the absorption of the radiant energy radically reduces [8,9,25,26].…”

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“…Many published studies in photocatalysis neglect the effect of radiation absorption over the observed kinetics and in consequence the interpretation of the results may contains uncertainties. Such lack of knowledge may result from inherent complexities of the radiation-transport process in absorbing and scattering media [8].…”

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“…Highly reactive radical species such as hydroxyl, peroxyl, radicals and superoxide anion, [9,10] are often produced which can then oxidize or reduce organic and inorganic contaminants. There is consensus among the scientific community that the evaluation and optimization of the radiation absorption in solar photoreactors is a very important step, in order to realize a wider application of photocatalytic processes [2,8,11].…”

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Effective radiation field model to scattering – Absorption applied in heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors

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Abstract:A new mathematical model for the calculation of the radiation field in heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors using the new concept of "Effective radiation field model" or ERFM is proposed. In this concept, the incident radiation associated to the photons flow is an energy cloud. The generated space-phase and the properties of the cloud are considered to be isotropic and independent of the propagation angle and photon frequency. The isotropic nature of the ERFM concept provides a simpler estimation of the radiation field of a photocatalyst suspension (particles and fluid) for polychromatic radiation spectra such as the solar spectrum.The ERFM is an alternative for the calculus of the spatial distribution of the radiant energy in heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors as an extension of the concept associated to the overall volumetric rate photon absorption -OVRPA. The local volumetric rate of photon absorption (LVRPA) predicted by the ERFM were compared with the predictons from the Six Flux Model (SFM) and the rigorous solution of the radiative transfer equation (RTE).The LVRPA calculated with the ERFM was found to be closer to the solution of the RTE by the Discrete Ordinate Method (DOM). This was attributed to the isotropic phase function which was adopted in both models (ERFM and RTE-DOM).

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“…The most rigorous methods are described by the Discrete Ordinate Method (DOM) [5,9] commonly included in CFD packages, and by the Monte Carlo (MC) stochastic method which yields an accurate representation of the radiation field [10,11]. Despite the modeling power of the previous methods, these are often mathematically and computationally demanding when applied at the solar dimension scale, which is invariably characterized by atmospheric fluctuations of the boundary conditions (i.e., photon flux), in turn increasing the complexity of the models.…”

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Coupling the Six Flux Absorption–Scattering Model to the Henyey–Greenstein scattering phase function: Evaluation and optimization of radiation absorption in solar heterogeneous photoreactors

Acosta-Herazo

Monterroza-Romero

Mueses

et al. 2016

Chemical Engineering Journal

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Robust and practical models describing the radiation field in heterogeneous photocatalytic systems, used in emerging environmental, photochemical and renewable energy applications, are fundamental for the further development of these technologies. The sixflux radiation absorption-scattering model (SFM) has shown to be particularly suitable for the modeling of the radiation field in solar pilot-plant photoreactors. In this study, the SFM was coupled to the Henyey-Greenstein (HG) scattering phase function in order to assemble the model with a more accurate description of the scattering phenomenon provided by this IntroductionAs an emerging environmental technology, heterogeneous photocatalysis has received increasing attention in recent years. Its promising applications in air and water remediation[1], clean fuels production [2], green products (e.g. self-cleaning surface [3]) and selective 4 synthesis of organic molecules [4] demonstrates great interest in this technology. The underlying basis of every photocatalytic reaction mechanism is the photoactivation of the semiconductor photocatalyst by absorption of photons with energy higher or equal than the catalyst band-gap. The consequent generation of electron-hole pairs produces a chain of reactions that drive simultaneous oxidation and reduction (redox) reactions.The evaluation of the radiation field and of the spatial distribution of radiation absorption in a photoreactor system, commonly described by the local volumetric rate of photon absorption (LVRPA), is therefore a crucial aspect in the development of efficient photocatalytic processes [5].The LVRPA is the photon equivalent to the concentration of reactant species and is always considered in the description of the kinetics of photochemical reactions and in the optimization of the performance of photoreactors. For instance, several methodologies have been proposed for the determination of the optimum catalyst load or reactor thickness which maximize the absorption of radiation [6,7].The estimation of the LVRPA has been a defiant task within the heterogeneous photocatalysis community, as result of the complex nature of the absorption and scattering radiation phenomenon, which in the most rigorous case is modeled by the Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE). The RTE for a medium that does not emit radiation is [8]: where I λ is the photon irradiance at λ wavelength, s is a spatial coordinate, Ω is the directional solid angle, κ λ is the absorption coefficient and σ λ the scattering coefficient. TheΩ → Ω is the scattering phase function representing the probability of a photon to be redirected by scattering from the direction Ω', in surroundings of the position s, into the direction Ω [8]. A trivial solution for the RTE cannot be achieved and a numerical method is always necessary.Although the precise modeling of the LVRPA and a better understanding of the radiationphotocatalyst-operational conditions nexus still remains a challenge, several approaches have been proposed to solve the RTE. The most rigoro...

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Simulation of Photocatalytic Reactors

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Photocatalytic reactor under different external irradiance conditions: Validation of a fully predictive radiation absorption model

Cited by 17 publications

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Effective radiation field model to scattering – Absorption applied in heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors

Effective radiation field model to scattering – Absorption applied in heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors

Coupling the Six Flux Absorption–Scattering Model to the Henyey–Greenstein scattering phase function: Evaluation and optimization of radiation absorption in solar heterogeneous photoreactors

Simulation of Photocatalytic Reactors

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