(40n) 2. Activated Carbon Fiber Composites for Ammonia Removal in Air
AIChE Annual Meeting
2015
2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings
Separations Division
Poster Session: Fundamentals and Applications of Adsorption and Ion Exchange
Sunday, November 8, 2015 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Chemically Activated Carbon Fibers (CAFs) were synthesized for ammonia adsorption. NH3 adsorption performance was measured in flowthrough configuration at both 0% and 50% relative humidity conditions. The surface of these materials was characterized using SEM, BET, elemental analysis, FTIR, XPS, and Boehm titration. High surface area >1000 m2/g of all ACFCs are essential to providing more accessible surface functional groups and thus adsorption efficiency. Surface chemistry analysis results showed that adsorption performance is correlated with surface acidic oxygen groups.