Regeneration of deactivated activated carbon honeycomb catalysts for VOC removal: structural evolution and activity recovery mechanisms
Hangchang Huang, Xinggang Tan, Genlong Li, Shunqiang Chen, Jilong Chen, Sutong Wang, Kaiwen Ren, Xianbin He, Wenjie Qiu, Huibin Guo · 2026
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Hangchang Huang and colleagues study, in 2026, how to restore honeycomb catalysts that clean industrial fumes. Over long use, the activated carbon honeycombs lose power, with capture efficiency slipping from the low nineties percent range into the eighties and swinging more widely.
The team applied a three-step renewal process of physical cleaning, chemical washing, and heat treatment, then tracked how the catalyst structure changed and how activity returned. Air pollution engineers gain a mechanism-level account of what fouls these catalysts and what renewal reverses. Plants can judge whether regeneration beats replacement. Cost and performance both count in that judgement. The target is removal of volatile organic compounds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hangchang Huang, Xinggang Tan, Genlong Li, Shunqiang Chen, Jilong Chen, Sutong Wang, Kaiwen Ren, Xianbin He, Wenjie Qiu, Huibin Guo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31826 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |