Removal of Chlorinated Chemicals in H2 Feedstock Using Modified Activated Carbon

Prapaporn Luekittisup; Visanu Tanboonchauy; Jitlada Chumee; Somrudee Predapitakkun; Rattanawan W. Kiatkomol; Nurak Grisdanurak

doi:10.1155/2015/959012

Journal of Chemistry (Jan 2015)

Removal of Chlorinated Chemicals in H2 Feedstock Using Modified Activated Carbon

Prapaporn Luekittisup,
Visanu Tanboonchauy,
Jitlada Chumee,
Somrudee Predapitakkun,
Rattanawan W. Kiatkomol,
Nurak Grisdanurak

Affiliations

Prapaporn Luekittisup: International Program in Hazardous Substance and Environmental Management, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Visanu Tanboonchauy: Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Jitlada Chumee: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Somrudee Predapitakkun: PTT Research and Technology Institute, Wong Noi, Ayutthaya 13170, Thailand
Rattanawan W. Kiatkomol: PTT Research and Technology Institute, Wong Noi, Ayutthaya 13170, Thailand
Nurak Grisdanurak: Center of Excellence in Environmental Catalysis and Adsorption, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/959012
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

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Activated carbon (GAC) was impregnated by sodium and used as adsorbent to remove chlorinated hydrocarbon (CHC) gases contaminated in H2 feedstock. The adsorption was carried out in a continuous packed-bed column under the weight hourly space velocity range of 0.8–1.0 hr−1. The adsorption capacity was evaluated via the breakthrough curves. This modified GAC potentially adsorbed HCl and VCM of 0.0681 gHCl/gadsorbent and 0.0026 gVCM/gadsorbent, respectively. It showed higher adsorption capacity than SiO2 and Al2O3 balls for both organic and inorganic CHCs removal. In addition, the kinetic adsorption of chlorinated hydrocarbons on modified GAC fit well with Yoon-Nelson model.

Published in Journal of Chemistry

ISSN: 2090-9063 (Print); 2090-9071 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2962

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