Reactive Carbon from Life Support Wastes for Incinerator Flue Gas Cleanup - System Testing 2002-01-2401
NASA Ames Research Center and Lawrence Berkeley National lab have completed a three-year joint NRA research project on the use of waste biomass to make a gaseous contaminant removal system. The objective of the research was to produce activated carbon from life support wastes and to use the activated carbon to adsorb and remove incineration flue gas contaminants such as NOx. Inedible biomass waste from food production was the primary waste considered for conversion to activated carbon. Previous research at NASA Ames has demonstrated the adsorption of both NOx and SO2 on activated carbon made from biomass and the subsequent conversion of adsorbed NOx to nitrogen and SO2 to sulfur. This paper presents the results testing the whole process system consisting of making, using, and regenerating activated carbon with relevant feed from an actual incinerator. Factors regarding carbon preparation, adsorption and regeneration are addressed.
Citation: Fisher, J., Pisharody, S., Moran, M., Wignarajah, K. et al., "Reactive Carbon from Life Support Wastes for Incinerator Flue Gas Cleanup - System Testing," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2401, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2401. Download Citation
Author(s):
John W. Fisher, Suresh Pisharody, Mark J. Moran, Kanapathipillai Wignarajah, X. H. Xu, Yao Shi, Shih-Ger Chang
Affiliated:
Lockheed Martin Space Operations, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pages: 12
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
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