PMID- 25947050
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150929
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1096-2247 (Print)
IS  - 1096-2247 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 Feb
TI  - Capture of methyl bromide emissions with activated carbon following the 
      fumigation of a small building contaminated with a Bacillus anthracis spore 
      simulant.
PG  - 145-53
LID - 10.1080/10962247.2014.980017 [doi]
AB  - A wide-area Bacillus anthracis spore contamination incident will present immense 
      challenges related to decontamination capacity. For this reason, fumigation with 
      methyl bromide (MeBr) has been proposed as a potential remediation option. 
      Although a few bench-scale laboratory studies have been conducted to evaluate 
      activated carbon for the capture of MeBr, these studies were conducted at 
      conditions replicating commodity fumigation using relatively low MeBr 
      concentrations, temperatures, and/or relative humidity (RH) levels. The more 
      rigorous MeBr fumigation requirements to fully inactivate B. anthracis spores are 
      much more of a challenge for an activated carbon system (ACS) to capture MeBr, 
      and warrant their own investigation. Further, while the aforementioned studies 
      have shown activated carbon to be a possible option for the capture of MeBr in 
      gas streams, these tests were conducted at laboratory bench scale, and thus lack 
      operational perspective and data. Thus, we present for the first time the results 
      of a full-scale study to evaluate an ACS employed for the capture of MeBr at 
      conditions that would be used for decontaminating a building structure 
      contaminated with B. anthracis spores. Airflow rate, temperature, RH, and MeBr 
      levels were measured within the ACS during its operation. Despite the relatively 
      high humidity, temperature, and MeBr levels, the MeBr capture efficiency of the 
      ACS was demonstrated to be more than 99%. The concentration of MeBr exhausted 
      from the structure was reduced from 41,000 to 136 ppmv in 3.5 hr, corresponding 
      to an overall atmospheric emission rate of less than 2 kg. The practical 
      adsorption rate of the ACS was determined to be 4.83 kg MeBr/100 kg carbon. The 
      information and data presented here will facilitate future use of this technology 
      when fumigating with MeBr.
FAU - Wood, Joseph P
AU  - Wood JP
AD  - a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA.
FAU - Clayton, Mathew J
AU  - Clayton MJ
FAU - McArthur, Timothy
AU  - McArthur T
FAU - Serre, Shannon D
AU  - Serre SD
FAU - Mickelsen, Leroy
AU  - Mickelsen L
FAU - Touati, Abderrahmane
AU  - Touati A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Air Waste Manag Assoc
JT  - Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)
JID - 9503111
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Disinfectants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 16291-96-6 (Charcoal)
RN  - 9V42E1Z7B6 (methyl bromide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adsorption
MH  - Air Pollutants/*chemistry
MH  - Bacillus anthracis/drug effects
MH  - Charcoal/*chemistry
MH  - Decontamination/*methods
MH  - Disinfectants/*chemistry
MH  - Fumigation
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/*chemistry
MH  - Spores, Bacterial/drug effects
EDAT- 2015/05/08 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/30 06:00
CRDT- 2015/05/08 06:00
PHST- 2015/05/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/10962247.2014.980017 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2015 Feb;65(2):145-53. doi: 
      10.1080/10962247.2014.980017.