A method for adsorbing harmful substance comprising at least two adsorptive units composed of a plurality of cylindrical or bag-shaped adsorptive elements made of a cloth-like or sheet-like adsorptive material having a 0.1 m/second pressure loss of not more than 15 mm Aq/cm, said adsorptive material consisting predominantly of active carbon fibers having an equilibrated adsorption amount of benzene of not less than 300 mg/g and an adsorption rate constant of benzene of not less than 0.2 /minute, and the ratio of the area of said adsorptive material to the area of the unit frame being not less than 2, and at any one of said adsorptive units, when used for desorbing the adsorbed harmful substances, a heated purging gas jetting device being provided at the upper part of the adsorptive unit.
Novel polyarylamide derived activated carbon materials are provided by a process comprising the carbonization of polyarylamide fibre at a temperature in excess or 400.degree. C. followed by activation at elevated temperature. The novel materials have the ability to adsorb relatively large quantities or carbon dioxide compared to other activated carbonized polymer materials, Preferably the carbonization and activation steps are carried out by raising the temperature of the materials to between 840.degree. C. and 880.degree. C. in carbonizing/activating atmospheres respectively.
A rotatable base plate carries generator-sorbers grouped into sections with aid of manifolds with pipes. To the opposite sides of the rotatable base plate there are provided a heat source and a source of a coolant, disposed in diameteric opposition relative to the rotatable base plate. There is provided a gas-distributing mechanism which alternatingly connect the pipes of the sections of the generator-sorbers to the delivery line and to the intake line, as they are brought by the rotation of the base plate, respectively, into the heating and cooling zones.
An air cleaner element for an internal combustion engine capable of adsorbing fuel vapor and having an air cleaning filter medium and a fuel vapor adsorption filter medium containing activated carbon fibers, the filter media being partly bonded together with an adhesive into a unitary construction. Both the filter media have a large surface area so that the reduction in size of the air cleaning filter medium and the increase in size of an air cleaner case may not be needed. Furthermore the wear and abrasion of activated carbon fibers due to the vibrations may be avoided.
A method and apparatus for simultaneously washing a plurality of generally tubular or sock-like filtering elements of a gas filtering apparatus without removing the elements from the apparatus, the filter elements being disposed in a regular array of rows and columns within a housing between an inlet and an outlet thereof. The method includes positioning in the housing a liquid conduit having a plurality of axially spaced spray nozzles for delivering washing liquid along one or more rows of elements and supplying washing liquid to the conduit.
A filter house (12) employing a selective catalytic reduction process for removing NO.sub.x emissions from a flue gas stream while simultaneously filtering out and collecting entrained particulate matter from the stream. Accordingly, the filter house (12) includes flue gas inlet and outlet passages (18, 30) and a plurality of porous filter bags. The bags are treated with a suitable catalyst to facilitate the selective catalytic reduction process.
