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Ruey-Shin Juang1, Su-Hsia Lin, Kung-Hsuen Tsao
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan. cejuang@ca.yzu.edu.tw
Abstract:
The sorption of phenol, m-nitrophenol (m-NP), and o-cresol from water onto montmorillonite modified with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) in a column was studied. The sorption isotherms were fitted by the Langmuir equation. Column experiments were performed at 25 degrees C to determine the breakthrough curves at different flow rates, feed sorbate concentrations, and bed lengths. It was shown that the proposed constant-pattern wave approach with the Langmuir model could well describe the breakthrough curves. The time required when the effluent concentration reached half of the feed concentration (t(1/2)) decreased with increasing feed flow rate, but the mass transfer coefficient (KLa) increased. In addition, an increase in feed sorbate concentration led to a decrease of both values of t(1/2) and KLa. The effect of axial dispersion on breakthrough dynamics in these sorption systems was finally discussed.
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