Adsorption onto Activated Carbon Cloths and Electrothermal Regeneration: Its Potential Industrial Applications
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 130, Issue 3
Abstract
Activated carbon cloths (ACCs) are recently developed adsorbents that could be used in many air treatment applications. The use of the Joule effect heating as a regeneration process offers many possibilities in terms of desorption operating conditions to adapt the cloth process to the constraints of particular industrial applications. Hence, this paper presents ACC physical properties and adsorption–desorption cycles performed on a pilot plant to determine the influence of the desorption conditions on the desorbate quality. Two examples of activated carbon cloth processes for specific industrial applications are then presented. The role of the first one is to concentrate an industrial effluent upstream of recovery facilities. The second application is for indoor air treatment, where the desorbate quality is not the major interest but rather the development of a very simple system with an easily handled filter.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 130 • Issue 3 • March 2004
Pages: 249 - 257
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 7, 2002
Accepted: Apr 2, 2003
Published online: Feb 19, 2004
Published in print: Mar 2004
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