Reduction of adsorption capacity of coconut shell activated carbon for organic vapors due to moisture contents

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Abiko, Hironobu ^a   Furuse, Mitsuya ^a   Takano, Tsuguo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Industrial Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption capacity; Breakthrough time; Moisture adsorption; Organic vapors; Wheeler Jonas equation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCONUT; HUMAN;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON; COCOS; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER;

EID: 77958031764     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1041     Document Type: Article

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