Determination of adsorption isotherm and diffusion coefficient of toluene on activated carbon at low concentrations

Building and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-76

  Pei, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Jianshun S ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption isotherm; Diffusion coefficient; Modeling; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION TESTS; BEST FIT; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DESIGN AND MODELING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH; FREUNDLICH MODELS; GAS POLLUTANTS; LANGMUIR MODELS; LEAST-SQUARE FITTING; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEASURED DATA; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SORBENT MATERIALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AIR CLEANERS; TOLUENE;

DIFFUSION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOLUENE;

EID: 80052747996     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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