Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)


Print Feedback Export to File
1126424 
Journal Article 
Breakthrough data analysis of adsorption of volatile organic compounds on granular activated carbon 
Oh, KJ; Park, DW; Kim, SS; Park, SW 
2010 
1 
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
ISSN: 0256-1115
EISSN: 1975-7220 
KOREAN INSTITUTE CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 
SEOUL 
27 
2 
632-638 
WOS:000275218200039 
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) such as methanol, ethanol, methyl ethyl keton, benzene, n-propanol, toluene, and o-xylene were adsorbed in a laboratory-scale packed-bed adsorber using granular activated carbon (GAC) at 101.3 kPa. The adsorber was operated batchwise to obtain the breakthrough curves of VOCs under the adsorption conditions such as adsorption temperatures (298-323 K), flow rates of nitrogen (60 x 10(-6)-150 x 10(-6) m(3)/min), GAC amount of 0.002 kg, and concentration of VOCs (3,000-6,000 ppmv). The adsorption kinetics was obtained by fitting the experimental break-through data to the deactivation model, combining the adsorption of VOCs and the deactivation of GAC. The adsorption isotherm, and adsorbed amount and adsorption heat of VOCs were obtained using the breakthrough curve: the former for comparison with the conventional isotherm models, the latter for correlation with the physical properties of VOCs. 
Adsorption; VOCs; Activated Carbon; Breakthrough Curve; Deactivation Model 
• Methanol (Non-Cancer)
     Search 2012
          WOS