Development and systematic validation of an adsorption filter model

Building and Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-74

  Shaverdi, Golnaz ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a   Ghaly, Wahid ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Gas phase filtration; Indoor air quality; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION FILTERS; BREAKTHROUGH TIME; DEVELOPED MODEL; GASPHASE; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; INLET CONCENTRATION; POROUS PELLETS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MODELS;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; AIR QUALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; FILTRATION; INDOOR AIR; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION;

EID: 84890891480     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Worch Eckhard Adsorption technology in water treatment 2012, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
2. Mirsal Ibrahim A. Soil pollution - origin, monitoring & remediation 2004, Springer, Germany.
3. Moulijn Jacob A., Makkee Michiel, van Diepen Annelies E. Chemical process technology 2013, John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom. 2nd ed.
4. Bohart G.S., Adams E.Q. Some aspects of the behavior of charcoal with respect to chlorine. JChem Soc 1920, 42:523-544.
5. Chang H., Yuan X., Tian H., Zeng Ai-Wu Experiment and prediction of breakthrough curves for packed bed adsorption of water vapor on cornmeal. Chem Eng Process 2006, 45:747-754.
6. Klinkenberg A. Numerical evaluation of equations describing transient heat and mass transfer in packed solids. Ind Eng Chem 1948, 40(10):1992-1994.
7. Popescu R.S., Blondeau P., Jouandon E., Coste J.C., Fanlo J.L. Elemental modeling of adsorption filter efficiency for indoor air quality applications. Build Environ August 2013, 66:11-22.
8. Rosen J.B. Kinetics of a fixed bed system for solid diffusion into spherical particles. JChem Phys 1952, 20(3):387-394.
9. Sze M.F.F., Lee V.K.C., McKay G. Simplified fixed bed column model for adsorption of organic pollutants using tapered activated carbon columns. Desalin Water Treat 2008, 218:323-333.
10. Yang X., Otto S.R., Al-Duri B. Concentration-dependent surface diffusivity model (CDSDM): numerical development and application. Chem Eng J 2003, 94:199-209.
11. Yin C.Y., Aroua K., Duad W.M.A.W. Fixed-bed adsorption of metal ions from aqueous solution on polyethyleneimine-impregnated palm shell activated carbon. Chem Eng J 2009, 148:8-14.
12. Safari V., Haghighat F., Lee C.-S., Popesco Lakdawala N. Asystematic approach to evaluate gaseous filter models. HVAC&R Res 2013, 19:705-714.
13. Xu Q., Zhang Y., Mo J., Li X. Anew method to evaluate the performance of adsorbents for indoor VOCs purification. 12th international conference on indoor air quality, Austin, Texas 2011.
14. Çengel Y.A. Heat and mass transfer: a practical approach 2007, McGraw-Hill, New York. 3rd ed.
15. ASHRAE Standard 145.1-2008. Laboratory test method for assessing the performance of gas-phase air-cleaning systems: loose granular media. Atlanta: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc.
16. Haghighat F., Lee C.-S., Pant B., Bolourani G., Lakdawala N., Bastani A. Evaluation of various activated carbon for air cleaning - towards design of immune and sustainable buildings. Atmos Environ 2008, 42:8176-8184.
17. ASHRAE standard 145.2-2010. Laboratory test method for assessing the performance of gas-phase air-cleaning systems: air cleaning devices. Atlanta: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc.
18. Bastani A., Lee C.-S., Haghighat F., Flaherty C., Lakdawala N. Assessing the performance of air cleaning devices a full-scale test method. Build Environ 2010, 45:143-149.
19. Wakao N., Funazkri T. Effect of fluid dispersion coefficients on particle to fluid mass transfer coefficient in packed beds. Chem Eng Sci 1978, 33:1375-1384.
20. Babu B.V., Gupta S. Modeling and simulation of fixed-bed adsorption column: effect of velocity variation. JEng Technol 2005, 1:60-66.
21. Bautista L.F., Martinez M., Aracil J. Adsorption of α-amylase in a fixed bed: operating efficiency and kinetic modeling. AIChE J 2003, 49(10):949-956.
22. Rasmuson A., Neretnieks I. Exact solution of a model for diffusion in particles and longitudinal dispersion in packed beds. AIChE J 1980, 26(4):686-690.