Hazardous dichloromethane recovery in combined temperature and vacuum pressure swing adsorption process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 198, Issue , 2011, Pages 95-102

  Ramalingam, Shivaji G ^a   Saussac, Jerôme ^d   Pré, Pascaline ^a   Giraudet, Sylvain ^b,c   Le Coq, Laurence ^a   Le Cloirec, Pierre ^b,c   Nicolas, Serge ^e   Baudouin, Olivier ^d   Déchelotte, Stéphane ^d   Medevielle, Alice ^e  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIV RENNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^d ProSim   (France)

^e ARKEMA   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Breakthrough curve; Fixed bed; Hot nitrogen; Simulation; Vacuum regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON BEDS; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; COOLING TIME; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIXED BED; HYDROCARBON FUEL; NITROGEN FLOW; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC VAPORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; REGENERATION PERFORMANCE; REGENERATION RATE; SIMULATION; VACUUM DESORPTION; VACUUM PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DICHLOROMETHANE; FUEL STORAGE; HYDROCARBONS; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; RECOVERY; THERMAL DESORPTION; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VACUUM;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DICHLOROMETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; COOLING; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUEL; HAZARDOUS WASTE; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE EFFECT; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PROCESS MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

ADSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; VACUUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 82955195029     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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