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- 5Adsorption
- 2Process Simulation
- 2Surface Oxygen Groups
- 2Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2Zeolite
- 2Wilkins, Nicholas S.
- 1Alizadeh, Saeid
- 1Gholidoust Saraidashti, Abedeh
- 1Jahandar Lashaki, Masoud
- 1Morshed, Golam
- 1Mosavari Nezamabad, Nastaran
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Fall 2017
Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are driving climate change. The largest sources of emitted carbon dioxide are coal and fossil fuel power plants. One proposed solution to mitigate emissions is to capture carbon dioxide from fossil fuel power plants and store it underground. This is the...
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Fall 2017
Gholidoust Saraidashti, Abedeh
CO2 separation from flue gas streams is an essential issue as it is the main anthropogenic greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Commercially used methods for CO2 capture includes absorption in liquid amine solutions which has its own drawbacks such as pipeline corrosion, oxidative...
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Development of dynamic column breakthrough for multicomponent adsorption equilibrium and diffusion
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Pressure and temperature swing adsorption processes are increasingly being designed and optimized computationally. The reliability of these predictions are highly dependent on the quality of the experimental equilibrium and kinetic data used in these simulations. Consistent experimental...
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Effect of adsorbate’s polarity, steric hindrance, aromaticity, and boiling point on competitive adsorption in a multi-staged countercurrent fluidized bed reactor using activated carbon and zeolite
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Understanding the multi-component adsorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is of essential importance for real-world engineering applications. Various properties of VOCs can affect their competitive adsorption when there is a mixture of these compounds in the process stream. This thesis...
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Effect of Surface Oxygen Groups on Irreversible Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds on Beaded Activated Carbon
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Adsorption by activated carbons is a widely used method for controlling emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). However, accumulation of adsorbates and/or regeneration by-products (heel buildup) during cyclic process is a common challenge in this process. Irreversible adsorption restricts...
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Long-term Performance of Activated Carbon in Cyclic Adsorption/Regeneration of VOCs: Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Fixed Bed Adsorber
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Activated carbon (AC) has attracted tremendous interest in adsorption-based air treatment. Nonetheless, a major challenge associated with the use of ACs is the decline in adsorption capacity with time due to heel build-up (i.e., accumulation of non-desorbed species). Designing a reliable...
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Preparation of Activated Carbon from Oil Sands Coke by Chemical and Physical Activation Techniques
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Oil sands coke is a by-product resulting from the upgrading of heavy crude bitumen to light synthetic oil. This research investigates the preparation of activated carbon from oil sands cokes by using both chemical activation and physical activation techniques. Chemical activation was completed...
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Spring 2016
Vehicle painting booths are among the major sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions in the auto manufacturing sector. A challenge with controlling VOCs by adsorption onto activated carbon (AC) is the occurrence of strongly, or even permanently, adsorbed species. Irreversible...