摘要：The aim of this work was to construct a new adsorption-desorption device based on theprinciple of separation of volatile organic compounds, e.g., ethanol. As an adsorbent, it is possible to usegranulated activated carbon (GAC) in the adsorption and desorption process. In this study, two kindsof GACs were used and marked as GAC1 and GAC2. A particle size distribution and water vapuorsorption for the selected GACs were measured. An experiment with distilled water was performed asa preliminary study of the new device’s functionality. After the determination of the time necessaryfor the adsorption and desorption, the experiments were carried out with a model mixture (5 % v/vethanol-water mixture), which resulted in a product with the ethanol content of 39.6 %. The mainadvantage of this device would be the potential competition of conventional distillation.
