Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 9, 2026

Development of Sulfidogenic Sludge from Marine Sediments and Trichloroethylene Reduction in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor
Published on: October 15, 2015
Modeling the removal of dissolved organic carbon by ion exchange in a completely mixed flow reactor
Treavor H Boyer1, Cass T Miller, Philip C Singer
1Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431, USA. tboyer@email.unc.edu
Abstract:
A mathematical model was developed to describe removal of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by a macroporous, strong-base anion exchange resin in a completely mixed flow reactor with resin recycle and partial resin regeneration. The two-scale model consisted of a microscale model describing the uptake of DOC by the resin coupled with a macroscale model describing the continuous-flow process. Equilibrium and kinetic parameters were estimated from batch laboratory experiments. The model was validated using continuous-flow data from two pilot plant studies. Model predictions were found to be in good agreement with the observed pilot plant data.
Related Concept Videos
Ion-Exchange Chromatography
Ion Exchange
Extraction: Advanced Methods
Bioremediation

