Modeling volatile organic compound sorption in activated carbon. II: Multicomponent equilibrium

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-230

  Lordgooei, Mehrdad ^a   Kim, Mi Sug ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Activated carbon filter; Adsorption; Air pollution; Equilibrium; Sorption; Volatile organic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BENZENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; POROSITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BINARY SOLUTIONS; MULTICOMPONENT ADSORPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; EMISSION CONTROL; EQUILIBRIUM; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 1642529571     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:3(223)     Document Type: Article

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