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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Control

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VOCs, which is short for Volatile Organic Compounds, are organic chemicals with low boiling point and high vapor pressure at room temperature. They are numerous and ubiquitous, making them very complicated to define.

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Abbreviations

A:

Heat transfer area

B, F, D:

Molar velocity

ci:

Concentration

cm:

Explosive limit of mixture

cw, cp, c’p:

Heat capacity

E:

Activation energy

Ei:

Henry's coefficient

f:

Liquefied fraction

g:

Gravity acceleration

G’, L’:

Mass flow velocity

ΔH:

Latent heat

Hi:

Solubility coefficient

k, m:

Empirical parameter

k1, k2:

Rate constant of kinetic model

K:

Heat transfer coefficient

n:

Reaction order

P:

Pressure

qe, q:

Adsorption capacity of activated carbon

Q:

Quantity of heat

r:

Reaction rate

R:

Universal gas constant

Δtm:

Log mean temperature difference

T:

Reaction temperature

xi, yi, zi:

Molar fraction

η:

Removal efficiency

μ:

Liquid viscosity

ρg, ρL:

Density

Φ:

Packing factor

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    Pen-Chi Chiang

  2. College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Prof. Dr. Xiang Gao

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Chiang, PC., Gao, X. (2022). Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Control. In: Air Pollution Control and Design. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7488-3_4

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