Ventsorb - 55-Gallon Activated Carbon Canisters

These economical adsorption systems control small volume organic contaminants and/or odorous gas emissions from:

• Storage tank vents
• Reactor vents
• API separator vents
• Sludge thickener tanks at waste treatment plants
• Sewer gas vents, wet stations, and weir boxes at chemical and municipal waste treatment plants
• Chemical plant wastewater holding tanks
• Laboratory hood exhausts
• Landfills
• Air-stripper off-gases

The 55-gallon VENTSORB canisters contain all the elements found in a full-scale adsorption system vessel: activated carbon, inlet connection and distributor, and an outlet connection for the purified air stream.

VENTSORB canisters offer industrial and municipal users several important features and benefits including:

• Effective treatment to remove a variety of vapor phase organic contaminants and odor-causing compounds
• Continuous treatment at varying flow rates and concentrations
• Simple installation and operation
• Flexibility to be installed in series or multiple units in parallel
• Supplied with activated carbon selected specifically for the application
• Practical disposal option: pre-approved spent carbon canisters may be returned to Calgon Carbon Corporation for safe carbon reactivation
• Low cost per unit makes carbon treatment economical

Chemical, petrochemical, food, pulp and paper, and many other industrial plants, along with municipal sewage treatment facilities, are frequent users of VENTSORB for continuous control of vented emissions. Examples of user applications include:

Storage Tank Vents
VENTSORB is widely used to control evaporative losses vented from storage tanks. Typically these vapors are emitted during tank filling and emptying. In one application, a glycerin manufacturer uses the canisters to purify ambient air drawn into the storage tanks during product transfer. The adsorption process helps prevent contamination of the company`s glycerin product. The VENTSORB units provide greater than six months of service for this application.

Reactor Vents
A pesticide manufacturer is using multiple VENTSORB on five reactor vessels to control trace amounts of odorous methylamine and diethylamine (by-products of a caustic scrubbing process). Each VENTSORB unit handles a 30 cfm air stream containing 15 ppm of amine vapors. The units provide greater than three months of service for this application.

API Separator Vents
A major refinery uses VENTSORB units to control odorous emissions from settling basins where oil is separated from wastewater that is discharged in condensate, blow-down, or drain systems. For this application, API separators are covered and vented to comply with local air pollution control regulations. The air stream is pulled through two VENTSORB units operating in parallel configuration at 100 cfm.