文档介绍：PHOTOCATALYSIS IN A NOVEL SEMICONDUCTING OPTICAL FIBER
MONOLITHIC REACTOR FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
The Department of Chemical Engineering
by
Hongfei Lin
. Tsinghua University, China, 1996
. Tsinghua University, China, 2000
August, 2005.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to my major advisor, Dr.
Kalliat Valsaraj, for his insightful guidance, full support and continuous encouragement,
which made this study possible.
I would also like to thank Dr. David Constant, Dr. Louis Thibodeaux, Dr.
Benjamin McCoy, Dr. Karsten Thompson, and Dr. Jeffrey Hanor for serving on my
committee.
I am grateful to Dr. Ravikrishna for sharing with me his vast experience and
helping me design and fabricate the reactors. I also wish to thank all other colleagues in
my group as they provided a fortable and friendly environment for my research.
I also wish to express my thanks to Paul Rodriguez, Joe Bell and Frederick McKenzie,
who helped me make the reactors.
My special thanks to my wife for her love, patience, encouragement and
understanding. I also thank my parents, my brother and sisters for all their love and
support.
This study was financially supported by a grant from the . Environmental
Protection Agency through the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research center, Lamar