Table 3.
Sorbent recycling—Sorption efficiency (SE, %) and desorption efficiency (DE, %) for five successive cycles.
Sorbent | A*PEI | SA*PEI | ||||||
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Cycle | SE (%) | DE (%) | SE (%) | DE (%) | ||||
Aver. | St. dev. | Aver. | St. dev. | Aver. | St. dev. | Aver. | St. dev. | |
#1 | 10.73 | 0.85 | 100.5 | 0.4 | 58.7 | 1.8 | 99.9 | 0.2 |
#2 | 10.22 | 0.85 | 104.9 | 7.6 | 58.6 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 0.1 |
#3 | 9.86 | 0.61 | 100.1 | 0.6 | 58.3 | 1.7 | 100.0 | 0.1 |
#4 | 9.75 | 0.65 | 99.7 | 0.1 | 57.8 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
#5 | 9.46 | 1.01 | 100.2 | 0.3 | 57.7 | 1.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
Loss (5th/1st) | 11.8% | S and C | 1.7% | S and C |