2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Environmental Applications of Adsorption I

This session will focus on experimental and theoretical studies on adsorption separations for environmental applications far gas and liquid systems. Abstracts for presentations addressing different issues in these areas are solicited.

Chair

Norberto O. Lemcoff, United Technologies Research Center

Co-Chair

Nick Hutson, US EPA

Presentations

08:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

08:35 AM

(593a) Adsorption System Based on Microlith® technology and Its Progress in Fuel Cell, Spacecraft, and Chem-Bio Warfare Defense Applications
Christian Junaedi, Subir Roychoudhury, Dennis Walsh, James C. Knox, Jay Perry, David Howard, Patrick D. Sullivan

08:55 AM

(593b) Competitive Adsorption of Cadmium and Zinc Onto Activated Carbon
Laura Torres, Joaquin Tirano, Gabriel Camargo, Liliana Giraldo, Juan Carlos Moreno

09:15 AM

(593c) Understanding the Binding Mechanism of Mercury on Activated Carbon
Bihter Padak, Jennifer Wilcox

09:35 AM

(593d) Sulfur Functionalization of Non-Carbon Materials with Applications In Mercury Sorption
Noah D. Meeks, D. Bhattacharyya

09:55 AM

(593e) A Monte Carlo Study of Molecular Selectivity of Binary Mixtures In Ordered and Disordered Microporous Carbon
Thomas R. Roussel, Jeremy Palmer, Christophe Bichara, Roland Pellenq, Keith Gubbins

10:15 AM

(593f) A New Group-Contribution Model for Prediction of Adsorption Equilibrium of Gases In Porous Adsorbents
Yuqing Ding, M. Douglas LeVan

10:35 AM

(593g) Application of a Newly Developed Breakthrough Model for Industrial Air Purifying Cartridges
Yuqing Ding, Michael Parham, Amy Staubs

10:55 AM

Concluding Remarks