Modeling the heat and mass transfers in temperature-swing adsorption of volatile organic compounds onto activated carbons

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1173-1179

  Giraudet, Sylvain ^a,b   Pré, Pascaline ^a   Le Cloirec, Pierre ^a,b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A COEFFICIENTS; ADSORBER; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; EQUILIBRIUM DATUM; ETHYL FORMATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FIXED BEDS; GAS-PHASE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RISE; OPERATING CONDITIONS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE-SWING ADSORPTIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; VOC CONTENTS;

ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARCOAL; DICHLOROMETHANE; MASS TRANSFER; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION;

ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAS; HEAT; MASS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VELOCITY;

ACETONE; ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 61649100983     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801494a     Document Type: Article

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