Adsorption of Mixed Organic Solvent by Y Type Zeolite

Discharge of organic substances into air has been strongly prohibited since some decades ago, to preserve comfortable natural environment. Though hydrocarbons, alcohols and chlorinated hydrocarbons had been used as the degreasing agent in industries, these solvents may also affect to our environment, and it is necessary to remove them from air as much as possible. This study was performed aiming at presenting useful data for the design of adsorption processes, especially the removal of the solvent vapors as above from air by adsorption. The solvents used were trichloroethylene (TCE) and ethanol (EtOH). Moreover, the simulation in the same EtOH-TCE system as an experiment was performed using the STOP & GO method which calculates substance income and outgo for every cell.