Two-dimensional modeling of volatile organic compounds adsorption onto beaded activated carbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11700-11710

  Tefera, Dereje Tamiru ^a   Jahandar Lashaki, Masoud ^a   Fayaz, Mohammadreza ^a   Hashisho, Zaher ^a   Philips, John H ^b   Anderson, James E ^b   Nichols, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 , 2 , 4-TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ADSORPTION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CARRIER-GAS TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION;

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ACETONE; ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BENZENE; DESIGN; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VELOCITY;

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; CHARCOAL; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84886904114     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402369u     Document Type: Article

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