Microwave-swing adsorption to capture and recover vapors from air streams with activated carbon fiber cloth

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6851-6859

  Hashisho, Zaher ^a   Rood, Mark ^a   Botich, Leon ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b ADS Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED-CARBON FIBER-CLOTH (ACFC); HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (HAP); METHYL ETHYL KETONE (MEK); MICROWAVE-SWING ADSORPTION (MSA);

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ADSORPTION; GAS SEPARATION;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MICROWAVE SWING ADSORPTION; PROCESS MODEL; REGENERATION; STREAM (RIVER); SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

ADSORPTION; AIR; AIR POLLUTION; BUTANONES; CARBON; CHARCOAL; KINETICS; MICROWAVES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TEXTILES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 24644470914     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050338z     Document Type: Article

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