Application of gas adsorption kinetics. I. A theoretical model for respirator cartridge service life.
01 Aug 1984-American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal (American Industrial Hygiene Association)-Vol. 45, Iss: 8, pp 509-516
TL;DR: A new theoretical model addressing the adsorption and breakthrough of contaminant vapors or gases with respect to solid sorbents is developed, less complicated and easier to apply to practical industrial hygiene problems than theories developed previously.
Abstract: Using the principles of gas adsorption kinetics, we have developed a new theoretical model addressing the adsorption and breakthrough of contaminant vapors or gases with respect to solid sorbents. Specifically, we have applied the theory to predict respirator cartridge service life in connection with individual contaminant exposure to toluene, vinyl chloride, ethyl acetate, and each of several different trichlorinated hydrocarbons at several levels of concentration. Theoretical expressions and contaminant breakthrough curves derived from our new approach are compared with those published previously by Mecklenburg and by Wheeler. The breakthrough curves derived by Mecklenburg and by Wheeler have approximately the same shape as the corresponding experimental curves for 0% to 40% breakthrough. However, these curves deviate in varying degrees from the experimental data at breakthrough values exceeding 40%. By contrast, our new theory agrees with published experimental results over the entire range of 0% to 10...
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