Electrically heatable activated carbon bodies for adsorption and desorption applications

摘要

An electrically heatable activated carbon body and method of making and using the body. The body is composed of a non-metallic monolithic structure having activated carbon and means for passage of a workstream therethrough, and conducting means on the structure for conducting an electric current therethrough. The body is used in adsorption and desorption applications wherein an electric current is passed through the structure having adsorbed species, to raise the temperature above the desorption temperature of the adsorbed species, to cause desorption of the adsorbed species which then pass out of the structure. The body is preferably an activated carbon coated honeycomb which is fitted with a conducting metal.