摘要 |
<p>A regeneratable adsorber (10) for adsorbing adsorbable contaminates from a fluid stream containing same is disclosed. The adsorber includes an adsorber housing (11) in which there is a fluid stream inlet (12) and a fluid stream outlet (13). The adsorber also includes a plurality of adsorber chambers (15) 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 (18, 19) in contact with the adsorbent, and an inlet (51) and outlet (52). A chamber is either in contact with a source of contaminate fluid or a desorbent fluid used to regenerate the adsorber. The adsorber includes control means for selectively indexing chambers for adsorption or desorption to provide continuous contaminate adsorption and regeneration.</p> |