• Carbon letters
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.203-209
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• 2014

The adsorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was carried out using an activated carbon fiber (ACF) filter in an automobile. The adsorption capacities of formaldehyde, toluene, and benzene on an ACF filter were far better than those of a polypropylene (PP) mat filter and combined (PP+activated carbon) mat filter by batch adsorption in a gas bag. In a continuous flow of air containing toluene vapor through an ACF packed bed, the breakpoint time was very long, the length of the unused bed was short, and sharp "S" -type breakthrough curve was plotted soon after breakpoint, showing a narrow mass transfer zone of toluene on the ACF. The adsorption amount of toluene on the ACF filter was proportional to the specific surface area of the ACF; however, the development of mesopores 2-5 nm in size on the ACF was very effective with regard to the adsorption of toluene. The ACF air clarifier filter is strongly recommended to remove VOCs in newly produced automobiles.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.117-121
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• 1980

The effect of lateral intermolecular interactions among the adsorbate molecules has been incorporated into the theory of multilayer physical adsorption developed previously by the present authors within the frame of Bragg-Williams approximation and the resulting adsorption isotherm has been used to interpret the adsorption data of tetramethylsilane vapor on clean iron film which we failed to account for in our previous works. The result has shown that up to the point where the relative pressure is about 0.7 considerable improvement is obtained but beyond this point there still remains large difference between theoretical and experimental isotherm. Such difference is supposed to arise from the neglect of effect of vertical interaction between the adsorbate molecules and the adsorbent surface.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2011

The adsorption capacity of charcoal is a function of the airborne concentration of the target chemical. To evaluate the adsorption capacity of charcoal packed in the cartridges of air purifying respirators, breakthrough tests were conducted with carbon tetrachloride for three commercial cartridges (3M models #7251, #6000 and AX) at 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 ppm. Adsorption capacities were calculated using a mass transfer balance equation derived from the curve fitting to the breakthrough curves obtained experimentally. Carbon micropore volumes were estimated by iteration to fit the Dubinin/Radushkevich (D/R) adsorption isotherm. They were 0.6566, 0.5727 and 0.3087 g/cc for #7251, #6000 and the AX cartridge, respectively. Above 100 ppm (at high challenge concentrations), #7251 and #6000 showed higher adsorption capacities. However, as the challenge concentration decreased, the adsorption capacities of #7251 and #6000 sharply dropped. On the other hand, the adsorption capacity of the AX cartridge showed little change with the decrease of the challenge concentration. Thus, the AX showed a higher adsorption capacity than #7251 and #6000 at the 5-50 ppm level. It is concluded that service-life tests of cartridges and adsorption capacity tests of charcoal should be conducted at challenge concentration levels reflecting actual working environmental conditions. Alternatively, it is recommended to use the D/R adsorption isotherm to extrapolate adsorption capacity at low concentration levels from the high concentration levels at which breakthrough tests are conducted, at a minimum of two different concentration levels.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 2006년도 추계 학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.529-532
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• 2006

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.39-40
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• 2011

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.354-358
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• 1996

precuror alternating metalorganic chemical vapor deposition(PAMOCVD)에 의한 InGaAs의 성장시에 높은 indium의 유입이 관찰되었다. gallium과 indium의 전구물질의 분해의 차이 그리고 이에따른 분해된 전구물질 분자의 흡착행동의 차이를 고려함으로써 PAMOCVD 성장시의 결정내로의 높은 indium유입의 mechanism을 제안하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2012

바이오필터담체가 충전된 흡착칼럼 운전 시의 흡착 및 탈착거동에 대하여 조사하였다. 에탄올을 휘발성유기화합물(VOC)로서 함유하는 폐가스를 처리하기 위한 연속동적흡착 실험을 바이오필터공정과 같은 90% 이상의 상대습도에서 수행하였다. 에탄올 1,000 ppmv(or 2,050 mg ethanol/$m^3$)를 포함하는 폐가스 2 L/min을 흡착칼럼에 공급하였을 때에 흡착칼럼 출구에서의 파과점과 흡착평형에 이르는 시간은 1단 시료구에서 보다 각각 10배와 3배 만큼 지연되었다. 한편 에탄올 2,000 ppmv(or 4,100 mg ethanol/$m^3$)를 포함하는 폐가스의 경우에는 각각 9배와 3배 지연되었다. 이와 같이 흡착칼럼 출구에서 지연기간의 비는 공급농도와 무관하게 서로 거의 일치하였음이 관찰되었다. 또한 1단 시료구와 출구에서 비교한 유입폐가스의 에탄올농도의 10%를 보이는 탈착시간 지연비도 약 1.5배로서 거의 일치하였다. 한편 미생물활성과 멸균공정의 흡착평형에 대한 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. 멸균된 입상 활성탄으로 충전된 vial의 기상 에탄올 농도는 멸균되지 않은 입상 활성탄으로 충전된 경우와 거의 일치하였다. 그러나 퇴비(compost)나 입상 활성탄/퇴비 혼합물의 경우에는 멸균 안한 경우가 멸균한 경우보다 기상에서의 에탄올 농도가 현저하게 높았다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.565-571
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• 2008

The surface properties of activated carbon modified by acids and base were studied. The influence of the surface chemistry on the adsorption of benzene and acetone vapor on modified activated carbons has been investigated The modified activated carbons were obtained by treatment with acetic acid ($CH_3COOH$), nitric acid ($HNO_3$) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The modified activated carbons had similar porosity but different surface chemistry and adsorption characteristics. The total surface acidity (sum of functional groups) of activated carbon (AC-AN) treated by nitric acid was 2.6 times larger than that of activated carbon (AC) before the acid treatment. Especially, carboxyl group was much developed by nitric acid treatment. The benzene equilibrium adsorption capacity of AC-AN decreased 20% more than that of AC. However, the acetone equilibrium adsorption capacity of AC-AN increased 20% more than that of AC because of the large increase of carboxyl group and acidity.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.19-31
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• 1999

Most breakthrough tests are conducted at higher concentration levels compared to those in the field of air-purifying respirator applications. For example, typical challenge concentrations for breakthrough tests agains tcarbon tetrachloride are ranged between 250-1000 ppm although applicable concentrations range for air-purifying cartridge is 5-50 ppm for carbon tetrachloride. However, no guarantee has been made that isotherms derived from the experiment at high challenge concentrations could estimate adsorption capacity at the lower concentration range where workers wear usually air-purifying respirators. Three models of adsorption isotherms (Freundlich, Langmuir and Dubinin/Radushkevich(D/R) isotherms) that have been commonly applied for respirator cartridge testing were evaluated. Adsorption capacity at each challenge concentration was calculated from the Reaction Kinetic equation fitted for the breakthrough data. These data were used for derivation of three isotherms. In general, the D/R isotherm has given the best agreement between estimated adsorption capacities and experimentally measured. If the challenge concentration of 100 ppm is included for derivation of models, Freundlich and D/R models could succes sfully produced good estimations for adsorption capacities at 50 ppm level. Estimated adsorption capacities by both models ranged in 94 - 109 % of the experimentally measured. However, Langmuir model gives underes timation in all cases.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.268-268
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• 2012

Adsorption and desorption of toluene from bare and $TiO_2$-coated silica with a mean pore size of 15 nm was studied using breakthrough curves and temperature programmed desorption. Thicknesses of $TiO_2$ films prepared by atomic layer deposition on silica were < 2 nm, and ~ 5 nm, respectively. For toluene adsorption, both dry and humid conditions were used. $TiO_2$-thin film significantly improved toluene adsorption capacity of silica under dry condition, whereas desorption of toluene from the surface as a consequence of displacement by water vapor was more pronounced for $TiO_2$-coated samples with respect to the result of bare ones. In the TPD experiments, silica with a thinner $TiO_2$ film (thickness < 2 nm) showed the highest reactivity for toluene oxidation to $CO_2$ in the absence and presence of water. We show that the toluene adsorption and oxidation reactivity of silica can be controlled by varying thickness of $TiO_2$ thin films.