Session: Environmental Applications of Adsorption I (2008 Annual Meeting)

Thursday, November 20, 2008: 8:30 AM

Salon I (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown)

Description:

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.

Sponsor:

Adsorption and Ion Exchange

Co-Sponsor(s):

Environmental Division (09)

Chair:

Norberto Lemcoff
Email: LemcofNO@utrc.utc.com

CoChair:

Nick D. Hutson
Email: hutson.nick@epa.gov

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

(593a) Adsorption System Based on Microlith^Žtechnology 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 and Patrick D. Sullivan

8:55 AM

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

9:15 AM

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

9:35 AM

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

9:55 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 and Keith Gubbins

10:15 AM

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

10:35 AM

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

10:55 AM

Concluding Remarks

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