TY - CHAP
T1 - Adsorption of organic vapour pollutants on activated carbon
AU - Fletcher, A.J.
AU - Kennedy, M.J.
AU - Zhao, X.B.
AU - Bell, Jon
AU - Thomas, K.M.
A2 - Mota, J.P .
A2 - Lyubchik, S.
N1 - NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Recent Advances in Adsorption Processes for Environmental Protection and Security, Kiev, UKRAINE, SEP 09-12, 2006
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Emissions of organic vapor pollutants, arising mainly from anthropogenic sources have major environmental impact and the low emission levels required by increasingly stringent legislation are difficult to achieve. Adsorption on activated carbon can be used as a final stage for removal of very low concentrations of volatile organic pollutants present in air and gas streams. Isotherms and adsorption
kinetics for a range of carbons with different porous structures and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with a range of properties provide an improved understanding of the relationship between pore structure, adsorptive properties and adsorption characteristics. Competitive
adsorption of other species present in gas flows, in particular water vapor, reduces adsorption capacity and kinetics. Laboratory measurements, which simulate process conditions, for example, very low vapor pressure, high temperature and competitive adsorption; provide an
insight into the mechanisms associated with adsorption processes allowing process optimization.
AB - Emissions of organic vapor pollutants, arising mainly from anthropogenic sources have major environmental impact and the low emission levels required by increasingly stringent legislation are difficult to achieve. Adsorption on activated carbon can be used as a final stage for removal of very low concentrations of volatile organic pollutants present in air and gas streams. Isotherms and adsorption
kinetics for a range of carbons with different porous structures and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with a range of properties provide an improved understanding of the relationship between pore structure, adsorptive properties and adsorption characteristics. Competitive
adsorption of other species present in gas flows, in particular water vapor, reduces adsorption capacity and kinetics. Laboratory measurements, which simulate process conditions, for example, very low vapor pressure, high temperature and competitive adsorption; provide an
insight into the mechanisms associated with adsorption processes allowing process optimization.
KW - emissions
KW - adsorption
KW - organic vapour pollutant
KW - activated carbon
KW - legislation
KW - volatile organic pollutant
KW - volatile organic compound
KW - isotherm
KW - kinetics
UR - http://www.springer.com/chemistry/physical/book/978-1-4020-6803-4
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6805-8_4
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4020-6805-8_4
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4020-6805-8_4
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781402068034
T3 - Nato Science for Peace and Security Series C - Environmental Security
SP - 29
EP - 54
BT - Recent Advances in Adsorption Processes for Environmental Protection and Security
PB - Springer Netherlands
CY - Dordrecht, The Netherlands
ER -