Activated carbons for the removal of low-concentration gaseous toluene at the semipilot scale

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2066-2075

  Carratalá Abril, Juan ^a   Lillo Ródenas, Maria Angeles ^a   Linares Solano, Angel ^a   Cazorla Amorós, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARCOAL; FULLERENES; PORE SIZE; TOLUENE;

ADSORBENT INTERACTIONS; ADSORPTION BEHAVIORS; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BREAK THROUGH CURVES; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GASEOUS TOLUENES; KINETIC MODELS; LABORATORY-SCALE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROPORE VOLUMES; PHYSICAL ACTIVATIONS; SEMI-PILOT PLANTS; SEMI-PILOT SCALE;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 61649094498     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800521s     Document Type: Article

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