Home-made carbonaceous adsorbents for the iodine filter

Assuming, that at the moment, an activated charcoal is the most widely used adsorbent in off-gas cleaning systems for elemental iodine removal, it was analyzed how to improve the adsorption properties of this filter material for removing the organic iodine compounds, especially in the presence of high relative humidity. Three different indigenous activated charcoals were selected for studies: two kinds of charcoal, designated as type A and N, as well as the charcoals used for flue gas desulfurization, as the third type S. These charcoals were impregnated with tin iodide (SnI2), potassium iodide (KI) and triethylenediamine (TEDA). Considering the results of the laboratory tests of the efficiency methyl iodide retention by the impregnated charcoals, it was concluded, that the carbonaceous adsorbent containing 1+1.5% KI showed efficient retention of the methyl iodide (CH3I), compared with, for example, foreign activated charcoals, as, NORIT-CGI 1% KI (West Germany) and GA-1 0.5% KI (Czechoslovakia). (author)