Regeneration of an activated carbon bed by electyrothermal induction: Application to the purification of VOC charged air
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Genie Chimique, Nancy (France)
Due to its affinity for organic substances, activated carbon is used to eliminate VOCs in gas streams. Adsorption isotherms are measured for toluene, the representative component of a current air purification problem. A major subject in this paper is the regeneration of spent activated carbon by inductive heating. This requires knowledge of the heat transfer in the activated carbon bed. Temperature profiles, allowing the calculation of the dissipated power, are measured. The obtained results allow a simulation of heat transfer in the bed using a pseudo-homogeneous model. The solution of the Maxwell equations for both the bed and a single grain allows the theoretical calculation of inductive heating based on the physical properties of the activated carbon bed. 8 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.
- OSTI ID:
- 430564
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960730-; TRN: 96:006487-0073
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. world congress of chemical engineering, San Diego, CA (United States), 14-18 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The 5th World Congress of chemical engineering: Technologies critical to a changing world. Volume III: Emerging energy technologies clean technologies remediation and emission control fuels and petrochemicals; PB: 1118 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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