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Pollutant Reduction Forum: sunny outlook

Prof. Michael Bruse of the University of Mainz presented the results of a simulation on NOX degradation with ­Photoment before a packed house Figure: BFT International
Prof. Michael Bruse of the University of Mainz presented the results of a simulation on NOX degradation with ­Photoment before a packed house
Figure: BFT International
Prof. Dietmar Stephan of TU Berlin explained Photoment’s mode of action Figure: BFT International
Prof. Dietmar Stephan of TU Berlin explained Photoment’s mode of action
Figure: BFT International
In the neighboring room of the event hall, a demonstrator for illustrating Photoment’s mode of action was set up Figure: BFT International
In the neighboring room of the event hall, a demonstrator for illustrating Photoment’s mode of action was set up
Figure: BFT International
The BVW Beton- und Verbundsteinwerke from Hamminkeln with products made with Photoment Figure: BFT International
The BVW Beton- und Verbundsteinwerke from Hamminkeln with products made with Photoment
Figure: BFT International

It couldn’t really get any better: potential demand for the product being offered certainly exists, political framework conditions are right, and the public will not need much convincing of the feasibility of the offer. This should certainly be the case with the market introduction of Photoment – an admixture for concrete based on flyash with titanium dioxide content (TiO2 content) to reduce pollutants in urban air (see the article “Increasing efficiency in the degradation of airborne pollution by photocatalytically modified concretes, BFT International, 01/2015, pp. 50 ff.).

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