Rigorous Mathematical Modeling of Adsorption System with Electrothermal Regeneration of the Used Adsorbent

Abstract

The use of activated carbon fabrics (ACFs) that are desorbed electrothermally, also known as the Joule effect, is explored as a potential method to create a regenerating chemical warfare agent (CWA) filter. Electrical resistance vs. temperature measurements are presented for kynol-based ACF and compared with results for ACFs produced from other substrates. Adsorption and desorption results for dimethyl-methylphoshonate (DMMP) demonstrate that organophosphate compounds can be effectively desorbed from ACF. Chloroethane and propane are used to simulate the behavior of low-molecular-weight CWAs. Results for these more weakly adsorbed simulants indicate that a system that could indefinitely reject HCN without impregnants may be feasible. Planned efforts to advance this technology by both experimentation and modeling are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463107

Entities

People

  • Ana Markovic
  • Danijela Antov-bozalo
  • Joseph D. Wander
  • Kolin C. Newsome
  • Menka Petkovska
  • Patrick D. Sullivan

Organizations

  • University of Belgrade

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundaries
  • Climate Change
  • Desorption
  • Electric Current
  • Energy
  • Gas Flow
  • Governments
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Mass Transfer
  • Materials
  • Specific Heat
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Two Dimensional
  • Voltage

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.