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Recovery and Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds by Activated Carbon

HUANG Li1,2, LIU Shi-cai2, ZHU Guang-zhen1,2, YANG Hua2   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Forestry New Technology, CAF, Beijing 100091, China;
    2. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF; National Engineering Lab. for Biomass Chemical Utilization; Key and Open Lab. of Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA; Key Lab. of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210042, China
  • Received:2015-07-28 Online:2016-01-30 Published:2016-03-17

Abstract: The definition,sources,sorts,harmfulness,and regeneration of volatile organic compounds(VOCs) were briefly introduced.VOCs meant carbon compounds which could react in atmospheric photochemical reactions, except CO, CO2, H2CO3, metal carbides, metal carbonates and ammonium carbonates. The sources of VOCs were mainly from the petroleum chemical industry as the waste gas mainly produced by fuel vehicles and technological process of organic compounds. They did serious harm to the environment. At present, the main treating technology contained damage and recovery, and the treatment of VOCs using activated carbon was a research hotspot. The adsorptions and recovery of several common organic compounds such as aromatic and fatty hydrocarbons,halogenated hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, ethers and esters on activated carbon were introduced in this review.

Key words: activated carbon, VOCs, adsorption, desorption

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