Modeling volatile organic compound sorption in activated carbon. I: Dynamics and singlee-component equilibrium

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 212-222

  Lordgooei, Mehrdad ^a   Kim, Mi Sug ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Air pollution; Filters; Mass transfer; Numerical models; Sorption; Volatile organic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION AFFINITY FACTORS; MULTICOMPONENT ADSORPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; FILTRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 1642447759     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:3(212)     Document Type: Article

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