Transport and sorption of water vapor in activated carbon

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 176-181

  Lin, Tsair Fuh ^a,b   Nazaroff, William W ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; REACTION KINETICS; VAPORS; WATER;

ELECTROBALANCE; ORGANIC VAPORS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; WATER VAPOR;

GAS ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; SORPTION; TRANSPORT; VAPOR; WATER;

EID: 0000206391     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0733-9372(1996)122:3(176)     Document Type: Article

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