Laboratory-Scale Pressure-Swing Adsorption Parametric Study: R113 on BPL Carbon

Abstract

The U.S. Army Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center is investigating the pressure-wing adsorption (PSA) as a potential advanced technology approach for regenerable collective protection in military vehicles required to operate in chemical/biological warfare theaters. Experiments to test the filtration performance of a laboratory-scale PSA system have been performed by adding 1,1,2-trifluoro-1,2,2-trichloroethane (R113) to feed air-stream and monitoring the purge-and product-stream, R113 concentrations, as the challenge proceeds. In addition, in-bed probes have been utilized to monitor the R113 concentration at 5 cm intervals along the length of the PSA bed during each experiment. The data resulting from these experiments have been used to derive PSA performance-prediction models that will assist in the design and validation of PSA-based collective protection systems for various military applications. Air purification, Pressure-wing adsorption

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA286384

Entities

People

  • Amanda B. Brady
  • David E. Tevault
  • David K. Friday
  • John J. Mahle
  • Leonard C. Buettner

Organizations

  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Adsorbents
  • Adsorption
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Biological Warfare
  • Collective Protection
  • Engineering
  • Filtration
  • Flow Rate
  • Military Applications
  • Military Vehicles
  • Monitoring
  • Sampling
  • Steady State
  • Validation
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.