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Main Title Cost Analysis of Activated Carbon versus Photocatalytic Oxidation for Removing VOC's from Indoor Air.
Author Henschel, D. B. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air Pollution Prevention and Control Div.;Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Publisher 1997
Year Published 1997
Report Number EPA/600/A-98/003;
Stock Number PB98-137490
Additional Subjects Activated carbon ; Granular bed filters ; Indoor air pollution ; Air pollution control ; Photocatalysis ; Air cleaning systems ; Catalysts ; Cost analysis ; Oxidation ; Low concentrations ; Comparisons ; Volatile organic compounds
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NTIS  PB98-137490 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A cost comparison has been conducted of 1 cu m/s indoor air cleaners using granular activated carbon (GAC) vs. photocatalytic oxidation (PCO), for treating a study-state inlet volatile organic compound (VOC) concentration of 0.3 mg/cu m. The commercial GAC unit was costed assuming that the inlet VOCs had an average carbon sorption affinity. A representative model PCO unit for indoor air application was designed and costed, assuming an above-average VOC oxidation rate from the literature. The analysis shows that, for the assumptions used here, the PCO unit would have an installed cost more than 12 times greater, and an annual cost more than 6 times greater, than the GAC unit.