Regeneration of beaded activated carbon saturated with volatile organic compounds by a novel electrothermal swing adsorption system

Table 2 Surface area and pore volume analysis for KBACs

Sample	S_total ^a (m² g^− 1)	S_micro (m² g^− 1)	S_micro/S_total (%)	V_total (cm³ g^− 1)	V_micro (cm³ g^− 1)	V_micro/V_total (%)
KBAC	1280	1190	93.2	0.52	0.48	91.8
MEK-KBAC-160 °C	1260	1070	84.9	0.55	0.43	77.0
TOL-KBAC-160 °C	1160	881	76.1	0.50	0.36	73.1
MEK-KBAC-160 °C-2-cycle	1210	743	61.3	0.51	0.32	62.9
TOL-KBAC-160 °C-2-cycle	1150	603	52.7	0.47	0.22	47.3
MEK-KBAC-160 °C-6-cycle	1180	694	59.0	0.48	0.27	56.4
TOL-KBAC-160 °C-6-cycle	1140	534	47.0	0.47	0.22	46.3

^a S_total: specific surface area; S_micro: micropore surface area; V_total: total pore volume; V_micro: micropore volume

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