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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1995
Jerald L Mestemaker, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Russell C Wooten, Vero Beach, FL (US);
B R Thakker, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Paul E Vargas, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Andrew N Andrascik, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Randel W Gulley, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Richard F Smith, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Roderick O Koehler, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Timothy V Johnson, Corning, NY (US);
David L Hickman, Big Flats, NY (US);
Calgon Carbon Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A regeneratable adsorber for adsorbing adsorbable contaminates from a fluid stream containing same is disclosed. The adsorber includes an adsorber housing in which there is a fluid stream inlet and a fluid stream outlet. The adsorber also includes a plurality of adsorber chambers which are arranged in an indexable wheel configuration. Each chamber includes an electrically conductive adsorbent, such as a monolithic activated carbon, a set of electrical conductors in contact with the adsorbent, and an inlet and outlet. A chamber is either in contact with a source of contaminate fluid or a desorbent fluid used to regenerate the adsorber. The adsorber includes selectively indexed chambers for adsorption or desorption to provide continuous contaminate adsorption and regeneration.