The microwave heating desorption system on zeolites has been
widely studied [13–18]. Turner et al. [13] used microwave energy
for competitive adsorption of cyclohexane and methanol on silicate.
It was shown that microwave heating is more than three
times as efficient as conventional heating methods. Alonso et al.
[14], also studied the effect of microwave irradiation on the
adsorption selectivity and desorption efficiency of VOCs and/or
their mixtures from NaY zeolite. Their results show that the microwave
irradiation affects the adsorption and desorption on polar
molecules more than non-polar molecules. Recently, the desorption
kinetics and desorption efficiencies by microwave swing
regeneration and temperature swing regeneration for VOCs on
13X molecular sieve were compared experimentally by Cherbanski
et al.