Activated carbon load equalization of transient concentrations of gas-phase toluene: Effect of gas flow rate during pollutant non-loading intervals

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 339-347

  Nabatilan, Marilou M ^a   Harhad, Ameziane ^a   Wolenski, Peter R ^a   Moe, William M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Biofilter; Dampen; Equalization; Flow rate; GAC; Toluene; Unsteady state

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON LOAD; ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; ATTENUATION; BIOFILTER TREATMENT; CONTACT TIME; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; EQUALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIXED-BED; GAS FLOWRATE; GAS STREAMS; GASPHASE; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LOAD EQUALIZATION; MODEL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PORE AND SURFACE DIFFUSION MODELS; SUPERFICIAL GAS VELOCITIES; TRANSIENT CONCENTRATION; UNSTEADY STATE; WORK SCHEDULES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LOADING; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 76649103025     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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