Effect of channel geometry, degree of activation, relative humidity and temperature on the performance of binderless activated carbon monoliths in the removal of dichloromethane from air

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-163

  Águeda, Vicente I ^a   Crittenden, Barry D ^b   Delgado, José A ^a   Tennison, Steve R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c MAST Carbon Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated carbon monoliths; Dichloromethane; Equilibrium and dynamic experiments; Humidity and temperature influence; VOC

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON MONOLITHS; ACTIVATION LEVEL; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CELL DENSITY; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; DIFFUSIVITIES; ENTHALPY OF ADSORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM AND DYNAMIC EXPERIMENTS; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; GEOMETRIC VARIABLES; HEXAGONAL CHANNELS; HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE; LOW ACTIVATION; LOWER PRESSURES; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; PORE VOLUME; REGULAR HEXAGON; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SATURATION TIME; VAPOUR-PHASE; VOC;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DICHLOROMETHANE; EXPERIMENTS; GAS ADSORPTION; GEOMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 79953066361     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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