| Title: | Modeling competitive adsorption of mixtures of volatile organic compounds in a fixed-bed of beaded activated carbon |
| Author(s): | Tefera DT; Hashisho Z; Philips JH; Anderson JE; Nichols M; |
| Address: | "University of Alberta , Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1520-5851 (Electronic) 0013-936X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A two-dimensional mathematical model was developed to study competitive adsorption of n-component mixtures in a fixed-bed adsorber. The model consists of an isotherm equation to predict adsorption equilibria of n-component volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mixture from single component isotherm data, and a dynamic adsorption model, the macroscopic mass, energy and momentum conservation equations, to simulate the competitive adsorption of the n-components onto a fixed-bed of adsorbent. The model was validated with experimentally measured data of competitive adsorption of binary and eight-component VOCs mixtures onto beaded activated carbon (BAC). The mean relative absolute error (MRAE) was used to compare the modeled and measured breakthrough profiles as well as the amounts of adsorbates adsorbed. For the binary and eight-component mixtures, the MRAE of the breakthrough profiles was 13 and 12%, respectively, whereas, the MRAE of the adsorbed amounts was 1 and 2%, respectively. These data show that the model provides accurate prediction of competitive adsorption of multicomponent VOCs mixtures and the competitive adsorption isotherm equation is able to accurately predict equilibrium adsorption of VOCs mixtures" |
| Keywords: | "Adsorption Charcoal/*chemistry Complex Mixtures/*chemistry *Models, Chemical Volatile Organic Compounds/*chemistry;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineTefera, Dereje Tamiru Hashisho, Zaher Philips, John H Anderson, James E Nichols, Mark eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Validation Study 2014/03/29 Environ Sci Technol. 2014 May 6; 48(9):5108-17. doi: 10.1021/es404667f. Epub 2014 Apr 8" |
