Visualization of the exothermal VOC adsorption in a fixed-bed activated carbon adsorber

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-290

  Le Cloirec, P ^a,b   Pre P ^c   Delage, F ^c   Giraudet, S ^a,b  

^a UNIV RENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Exothermal reaction; Fixed bed; Ignition

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ACTIVATED CARBON; IGNITION; KETONES; VISUALIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACCIDENTAL FIRES; ADSORBERS; COMBUSTION CONDITION; EXOTHERMAL REACTION; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FIXED BED; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; FRONT VELOCITY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; PILOT UNITS; THERMAL WAVE;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; KETONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; INFRARED IMAGERY; IONIZATION; KETONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84859710388     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.571713     Document Type: Article

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