Steady-state and dynamic desorption of organic vapor from activated carbon with electrothermal swing adsorption

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5063-5069

  Emamipour, Hamidreza ^a   Hashisho, Zaher ^a   Cevallos, Diego ^a   Rood, Mark J ^a,b   Thurston, Deborah L ^a,b   Hay, K James ^c   Kim, Byung J ^c   Sullivan, Patrick D ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBATES; CARBON FIBERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); KETONES;

BENCH-SCALE SYSTEM; ELECTROTHERMAL HEATING; ORGANIC VAPOR; SWING ADSORPTION; TRACKING DESORPTION;

DESORPTION;

2 BUTANONE; ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBATES; CARBON FIBERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; KETONES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; EMISSION CONTROL; KETONE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DESORPTION; ELECTROTHERMAL SWING ADSORPTION; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; REGENERATION; STEADY STATE; VAPORIZATION;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 34547161897     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0703022     Document Type: Article

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