摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and process for the activation or reactivation of wet or dry carbon in a tubular reactor that consists of two or more sequential sections (9, 20, 26), each section containing a descending column of carbon, with the inlets (12, 21, 30) to introduce steam into any one or more of the sections, and wherein the electric current is fed into the column of carbon of each such section via a graphite block (8, 19, 27) serving as an electrode and positioned at the center of the top of the column by attachment to a steel plate that includes a flat or a V-shaped shelf and that is provided with openings (10, 23, 29) to allow the released gases and vapors to escape.</p> |