Numerical simulation of flows in air treatment devices using activated carbon cloths filters

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1807-1816

  Baléo, Jean Noël ^a   Subrenat, Albert ^a   Le Cloirec, Pierre ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Activated carbon cloths; Adsorption in porous media; Air treatment device; Computational fluid dynamics; Numerical simulation; Pressure drops

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AERODYNAMICS; CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; RELIABILITY; REMOVAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR TREATMENT DEVICES; CARBON CLOTH FILTERS; PACKING COLUMNS;

AIR FILTERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FABRIC FILTER; GAS SEPARATION;

EID: 0343569923     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00441-8     Document Type: Article

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