• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2008

Adsorption process is largely influenced by pore structures of adsorbents and physical properties of adsorbates and adsorbents. The previous studies of this laboratory was focused on the role of pore structures of adsorbents. And we found some pores of adsorbates which have larger pore diameters than the diameter of adsorbate are filled with easily. In this study the effects of physical and chemical properties of adsorbates and adsorbents, such as pore size distribution, vapor pressure on adsorption were investigated more thoroughly at the concentration of adsorbate of 1000 ppm. The adsorption in the pore ranges of $2{\sim}4$ times of adsorbates's diameter could be explained by space filling concept. But there was some condensation phenomena at larger pore ranges. The errors between the adsorbed amount of non-polar adsorbates and the calculated amounts by considering factors were found to be 44.46%, positively, and -142%, negatively. When vapor pressure is considered, the errors between the adsorbed amount of non-polar adsorbates and the calculated amounts were in the range of $1.69%{\sim}32.25%$ positively, and negatively $-1.08%{\sim}-63.10%$.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.620-625
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• 2005

연속식 흡착장치를 사용하여 활성탄의 세공구조와 아세톤 중기의 흡착특성과의 상관관계를 고찰하였다. 실험에서 비교한 활성탄 중 젠체 세공구조에서 직경 $10{\AA}$ 이하의 세공이 가장 많이 발달한 Takeda의 ACT 활성탄이 가장 긴 파과시간을 가지고 있었다. 평형흡착량은 파과시간에는 비례했지만, BET 비표면적에는 비례한다고 볼 수 없었기 때문에 BET 비표면적 만으로 흡착능을 평가하는 것은 어려웠다. 누적표면적과 평형흡착량과의 상관관계는 $10{\AA}$ 이하에서 가장 컸고, 세공범위가 클수록 감소했다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.495-500
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• 2009

고정층 반응기에서 활성탄 흡착제를 사용하여 질소 기류에서 벤젠 증기의 파과곡선을 측정하였다. 흡착실험은 흡착온도 $25{\sim}50^{\circ}C$, 질소 가스의 유량 $80{\sim}150cm^3/min$, 흡착제의 공급량 3~5 g, 그리고 벤젠 증기의 농도는 포화조의 온도를 $25{\sim}40^{\circ}C$로 변화시켜 행하였으며, 파과곡선의 비선형해석으로부터 비활성화 모델의 흡착속도상수와 비활성속도상수를 구하고 비활성화 모델과 흡착 등온 모델과의 상관관계를 고찰하였다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2005

Carbonization products C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 were prepared by the carbonization of date pit in limited air, at 500, 600, 700, 800 and $1000^{\circ}C$, respectively. C1-V-600, C3-V-600, C1-V-1000 and C3-V-1000 were prepared by thermal treatment of C1 and C3 under vacuum at 600 and $1000^{\circ}C$. The textural properties were determined from nitrogen adsorption at 77 K and from carbon dioxide adsorption at 298 K. The surface pH, the FTIR spectra and the acid and base neutralization capacities of some carbons were investigated. The amounts of surface oxygen were determined by out-gassing the carbon-oxygen groups on the surface as $CO_2$ and CO. The adsorption of water vapor at 308 K on C1, C2, C3 and C4 was measured and the decomposition of $H_2O_2$ at 308 K was also investigated on C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5. The surface area and the total pore volume decreased with the rise of the carbonization temperature from 500 to $1000^{\circ}C$. The adsorption of water vapor is independent on the textural properties, while it is related to the amount of acidic carbon-oxygen groups on the surface. The catalytic activity of $H_2O_2$ decomposition does not depend on the textural properties, but directly related to the amount of basic carbon-oxygen complexes out-gassed as CO, at high temperatures.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2021

한번 배출된 수은은 소멸되지 않고 자연환경에 축적 및 순환되며 생태계 및 인류보건에 심각한 위해를 준다. 미국에서는 수은의 인위적 배출량의 약 32 %를 차지하는 것으로 알려진 석탄 화력발전소의 배출가스의 증기수은 제거를 위해 황점착 활성탄 사용을 고려하고 있다. 본 연구애서는 석탄 연소설비 배출가스 중의 증기상의 원소수은을 저감하기 위한 고효율의 다공성 수은흡착 소재를 개발하여 소재의 수은 흡착 특성을 조사하였다. 30℃에서 증기수은 흡착능 조사결과 수은흡착용으로 상용화된 활성탄 Darco FGD 대비 실리카 나노소재인 MCM-41의 경우는 약 35 %에 불과하였으나 황을 1.5% 함침한 경우 133 %까지 증가하였고, 폐동 재생공정에서 회수한 용광로 비산재의 경우는 523 %의 효율을 보였다. 또한 30 ℃, 80 ℃ 및 120 ℃의 온도에서 흡착능을 조사한 결과 80 ℃에서 가장 우수한 흡착성능을 나타냈다. MCM-41은 실리카 나노튜브로 구조가 견고해 여러 번 재사용할 수 있을 뿐더러 활성탄을 사용할 경우 우려되는 열점형성으로 인한 화재 가능성이 없어 추가적인 장점까지 지니고 있다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.125-137
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• 1996

This study was designed to investigate effects of relative humidity on the breakthrough of charcoal tubes at a fixed vapor concentration and sampling time during mixed organic vapor sampling. A vapor generator was used to generate three different concentrations of mixed organic vapor and a stainless steel chamber was fabricated and utilized to maintain three different percentages of relative humidity while maintaining a constant temperature. The results were as follows; 1. At high relative humidity, breakthrough of mixed organic vapor occurred quickly at low vapor concentration than at high vapor concentration because of the reduced adsorption volume of charcoal tube due to humidity. 2. Breakthrough by competitive adsorption of vapors onto charcoal tube was observed at first from n-hexane having the lowest boiling point and highest vapor pressure among the three organic vapors investigated, followed by TCE. No breakthrough was observed from toluene under all experimental conditions. 3. For n-hexane, breakthrough was observed after 2 hours of sampling and breakthrough rates were increased as relative humidity increased. For TCE, breakthrough was found after 3 hours of sampling and breakthrough rates by sampling time were increased as vapor concentration increased. 4. The adsorbed amount of mixed organic vapor at breakthrough was shown to have statistically significant correlations with sampling time, relative humidity, and vapor concentration in descending order of correlation. Relative humidity and sampling time for n-hexane and sampling time and concentration for TCE were both statistically significantly correlated. 5. Relative humidity was found to affect the amount of breakthrough of mixed organic vapor and n-hexane. Among three percentages of relative humidity investigated, the amount of breakthrough at 85 % relative humidity was significantly larger than those of at lower percentages of relative humidity. No statistically significant difference was found between 25 % and 55 % relative humidity. 6. The results of multiple regression analysis between breakthrough and relative humidity, vapor concentrations showed that the coefficient of determination of mixed organic vapor was 0.263 and those of n-hexane and TCE were 0.275 and 0.189, respectively. 7. Flow rates of sampling pumps used were found to be affected by relative humidity present. At 25 %, 55 %, and 85 % relative humidity, the relative errors of sampling pump were 1.4 %, 13.4 %, and 18.6 %, respectively. In conclusion, the results of this study showed that high relative humidity could reduce the adsorption volume of charcoal tubes and subsequently increase breakthrough rates. Therefore, to prevent breakthrough when sampling mixed organic vapors, it is suggested that either sampling volume be reduced on the flow rate be lowered so as to minimize breakthrough of the most volatile organic vapor in the mixture. In addition, since the flow rates of a sampling pump can be adversely affected by high relative humidity, it is recommended to use a constant flow mode pump when sampling in the highly humid environment.

• Carbon letters
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2011

Synthesis of carbon fibers from cotton fiber by pyrolysis process has been described. Synthesis parameters are optimized using Taguchi optimization technique. Synthesized carbon fibers are used for studying hydrogen adsorption capacity using Seivert's apparatus. Transmission electron microscopy analysis and X-ray diffraction of carbon fiber from cotton suggested it to be very transparent type material possessing graphitic nature. Carbon synthesized from cotton fibers under the conditions predicted by Taguchi optimization methodology (no treatment of cotton fiber prior to pyrolysis, temperature of pyrolysis $800^{\circ}C$, Argon as carrier gas and paralyzing time for 2 h) exhibited 7.32 wt% hydrogen adsorption capacity.

• Carbon letters
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2002

In the present research, we prepared the activated carbon (AC) sorbents to remove gas-phase mercury. The mercury adsorption of virgin AC, chemically treated AC and fly ash was performed. Sulfur impregnated and sulfuric acid impregnated ACs were used as the chemically treated ACs. A simulated flue gas was made of SOx, NOx and mercury vapor in nitrogen balance. A reduced mercury adsorption capacity was obtained with the simulated gas as compared with that containing only mercury vapor in nitrogen. With the simulated gas, the sulfuric acid treated AC showed the highest performance, but it might have the problem of corrosion due to the emission of sulfuric acid. It was also found that the high sulfur impregnated AC also released a portion of sulfur at $140^{\circ}C$. Thus, it was concluded that the low sulfur impregnated AC was suitable for the treatment of flue gas in terms of stability and efficiency.

• 청정기술
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2013

저등급 석탄의 건조 후 안정화하기 위한 방법으로 탄화수소의 기상흡착에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 밀폐된 5 L의 데시케이터 용기에 건조 석탄과 안정화제를 넣고 주어진 온도에서 일정 시간 동안 유지시킨 후 석탄의 표면 특성과 자연발화 경향을 살펴보았다. 기상흡착 후 건조 석탄의 표면적은 미세기공을 중심으로 감소하였다. 흡착시간과 온도가 증가할수록 안정화 석탄의 자연발화 경향은 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 안정화제의 종류에 따른 자연발화 경향은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 분석 결과에 의하면 석탄의 0.5 wt% 이하인 소량 흡착으로 안정화 효과를 나타내는 것이 확인되었으며, 저온에서 기상흡착에 의한 안정화 현상은 저분자량의 탄화수소 흡착에 의한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.20-31
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• 2008

A respirator is useful to protect a worker from the harmful gases and vapors in the workplace, and the evaluation of respirator cartridge service life is important for the worker's health and safety. The performance of cartridge is effected by several factors such as concentration of gas and vapor, humidity, temperature, adsorbents and cartridge packing density. Adsorption model was applied to both sampling tube and respirator cartridge to predict the service life for organic vapors. The variables of the adsorption model were measured from the experiment with the sampling tube, and it was used to predict the service life of respirator cartridge. In the experiment, we used carbon tetrachloride as a organic vapor and activated carbon take out respirator cartridge as activated carbon. As a result, it was possible to predict the service life of respirator cartridge and predicted service life was quite correct. Breakthrough time decreased with increase of CCl4 concentration. In case of sampling tube, adsorbed amount of CCl4 was larger than respirator cartridge due to linear velocity. Also, rate constant of sampling tube was larger than respirator cartridge, because of, effect of flow rate, packing density. In the prediction of service life of respirator cartridge by using sampling tube, the time required for 50% contaminant breakthrough(${\tau}$) is more effective than the rate constant(k').