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Activated Carbon Adsorption Characteristics of Multi-component Volatile Organic compounds in a Fixed Bed Adsorption Bed

고정층 흡착탑에서 다성분 휘발성 유기화합물의 활성탄 흡착 특성

  • Cho, Jong Hoon (Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Sihyun (Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Rhee, Young Woo (Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University)
  • 조종훈 (충남대학교 에너지과학기술대학원) ;
  • 이시훈 (한국에너지기술연구원) ;
  • 이영우 (충남대학교 에너지과학기술대학원)
  • Received : 2015.07.14
  • Accepted : 2015.10.01
  • Published : 2016.04.01
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Abstract

This study aims to examine absorption characteristics of toluene, isopropyl alcohol (IPA), ethyl acetate (EA), and ternary-compounds, all of which are widely used in industrial processes, by means of four types of commercial activated carbon substances. It turned out that among the three types of volatile organic compounds, the breakthrough point of activated carbon and that of IPA, whose affinity was the lowest, were the lowest, and then that of EA and that of toluene in the order. With the breakthrough point of IPA, which was the shortest, as the standard, changes in the breakthrough points of unary-compounds, binary-compounds, and ternary-compounds were examined. As a result, it turned out that the larger the number of elements, the lower the breakthrough point. This resulted from competitive adsorption, that is, substitution of substances with a low level of affinity with those with a high level of affinity. Hence, the adsorption of toluene-IPA-EA and ternary-compounds require a design of the activated carbon bed based on the breakthrough of IPA, and in the design of activated carbon beds in actual industries as well, a substance whose level of affinity is the lowest needs to be the standard.

본 연구에서는 상용활성탄 4가지를 사용하여 산업공정에서 사용빈도가 높은 톨루엔, isopropyl alcohol (IPA), ethyl acetate (EA), 3성분계를 대상으로 흡착특성을 고찰하였다. 고찰결과 3가지 휘발성 유기화합물 중 활성탄과 가장 친화력이 낮은 IPA의 파과점이 가장 짧았으며 다음으로 EA, 톨루엔 순으로 파과점이 길어지는 것을 알 수 있었다. 가장 파과점이 짧은 IPA를 기준으로 단일성분, 2성분, 3성분계의 파과점 변화를 고찰한 결과 성분 수가 많아질수록 파과점이 낮아지는 것을 알 수 있었으며 이는 친화력이 낮은 물질이 친화력이 높은 물질에 의해 치환되는 경쟁흡착에 의한 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 톨루엔-IPA-EA 3성분계 흡착에서는 IPA의 파과를 기준으로 흡착탑을 설계하여야 하며 실제 산업체에서 흡착탑을 설계하는 기준도 가장 친화력이 낮은 물질을 기준으로 하여야 함을 알 수 있었다.

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