| Title: | Microwave-swing adsorption to capture and recover vapors from air streams with activated carbon fiber cloth |
| Author(s): | Hashisho Z; Rood M; Botich L; |
| Address: | "Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0013-936X (Print) 0013-936X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Adsorption with regeneration is a desirable means to control the emissions of organic vapors such as hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from air streams as it allows for capture, recovery, and reuse of those VOCs/HAPS. Integration of activated-carbon fiber-cloth (ACFC) adsorbent with microwave regeneration provides promise as a new adsorption/ regeneration technology. This research investigates the feasibility of using microwaves to regenerate ACFC as part of a process for capture and recovery of organic vapors from gas streams. A bench-scale fixed-bed microwave-swing adsorption (MSA) system was built and tested for adsorption of water vapor, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and tetrachloroethylene (PERC) from an airstream and then recovery of those vapors with microwave regeneration. The electromagnetic heating behavior of dry and vapor-saturated ACFC was also characterized. The MSA system successfully adsorbed organic vapors from the airstreams, allowed for rapid regeneration of the ACFC cartridge, and recovered the water and organic vapors as liquids" |
| Keywords: | Adsorption *Air Air Pollution/*prevention & control Butanones/chemistry Carbon/*chemistry Carbon Fiber Charcoal/*chemistry Kinetics *Microwaves Organic Chemicals/chemistry Tetrachloroethylene/chemistry Textiles Volatilization Water/chemistry; |
| Notes: | "MedlineHashisho, Zaher Rood, Mark Botich, Leon eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2005/09/30 Environ Sci Technol. 2005 Sep 1; 39(17):6851-9. doi: 10.1021/es050338z" |
