Method for removing compounds with offensive odor from a gas containing the same

Claim 1

In the method of removing basic compounds and other compounds with offensive odor from a large amount of a flowing exhaust gas containing the same at a low concentration by bringing said gas into contact with particles of activated carbon, the improvement comprising: using a mixture of (1) particles of activated carbon having a value of compression strength of 500 to 1,500 g/cm 2 and (2) particles of porous carbon impregnated with an amount of 1-50% by weight of phosphoric acid or ammonium phosphate or mixtures thereof, said particles of activated carbon being prepared by (a) mixing a pitch of softening point of 50° to 350° C., of a carbon content of 80 to 97%, of a ratio of hydrogen to carbon of 0.3 to 2.5 and of a nitrobenzene-insoluble fraction of less than 60% by weight with at least one aromatic hydrocarbon, (b) forming the mixture into substantially spherical particulate shape, (c) immersing the thus formed spherical particles into a solvent in which said pitch is hardly soluble but said aromatic hydrocarbon is easily soluble thereby extracting said aromatic hydrocarbon from said spherical particles of pitch, (d) oxidizing the extracted particles at a temperature of from room temperature to 400° C. with an oxidant thereby forming infusible pitch particles, (e) carbonizing the pitch particles thus made infusible in an inert atmosphere at a temperature higher than 600° C., and (f) activating said carbonized particles with steam; controlling the humidity of said exhaust gas; bringing said controlled exhaust gas into countercurrent contact in a fluidized bed with said mixture of particles of activated carbon and particles of porous carbon impregnated with phosphoric acid or ammonium phosphate or mixtures thereof at a temperature of lower than 100° C. thereby removing from said exhaust gas said compounds with offensive odor; heating said mixture after said countercurrent contact with said exhaust gas together with steam thereby expelling said compounds with offensive odor as condensed gaseous matter from said mixture and also regenerating the adsorbing capability of said mixture of particles; and recycling the thus regenerated mixture into said step of countercurrent contact.