Concomitant adsorption and desorption of organic vapor in dry and humid air streams using microwave and direct electrothermal swing adsorption

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9317-9322

  Hashisho, Zaher ^a   Emamipour, Hamidreza ^b   Rood, Mark J ^b,c   Hay, K James ^d   Kim, Byung J ^d   Thurston, Deborah ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION DESORPTIONS; CAD SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS; GAS STREAMS; HIGH HUMIDITIES; HUMID AIRS; HUMID GASSES; INDUSTRIAL GASSES; OPTIMUM OPERATIONS; ORGANIC VAPORS; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SECONDARY AIRS; SWING ADSORPTIONS; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; DESORPTION; GASES; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; RIVER POLLUTION; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

GAS ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFILTRATION; DESORPTION; GAS FLOW; HUMIDITY;

ADSORPTION; AIR MOVEMENTS; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; HUMIDITY; MICROWAVES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 58149159893     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801285v     Document Type: Article

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