title: Steady-state response of a charcoal bed to radon in flowing air with water vapor.
abstract: Previously we have developed a mathematical model of radon adsorption in active air with water vapor on small U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charcoal canisters that are used for environmental measurements of radon. The purpose of this paper is to extend this mathematical model to describe the adsorption of radon by large charcoal beds with radon-laden air flowing through them. The resulting model equations are solved analytically to predict the steady-state adsorption of radon by such beds.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, Nuclear Engineering Program, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Blue
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jarzemba
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Fentiman
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002606:Charcoal; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D011886:Radon / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D014867:Water; D002606:Charcoal; D011886:Radon