Modeling of copper(II) removal by iron oxide-coated granular activated carbon
- Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States). Pritzker Dept. of Environmental Engineering
Although Fe oxides (includes oxide, hydroxide, and oxyhydroxide Fe minerals) are recognized as effective adsorbents for heavy metals, oxide adsorbent-based treatment processes have been limited by their small particle size. When present as a discrete mineral phase in waste streams, Fe oxide particles are typically in a colloidal size range that is difficult to remove from aqueous solution. To overcome this limitation, some possible alternatives were described which used sand or activated carbon as the supporting medium for iron oxide precipitates, or cemented iron oxide with a proprietary binding material. These adsorbents can solve the particle size problem associated with iron oxide for use in a column process with promising abilities for both cationic and anionic metals removal and recovery. Because the capacity of these adsorbents for metals depends on the amount of iron oxide on the adsorbent surface, activated carbon would seem to have an advantage as a substrate because of its large surface area. Therefore, the authors present some results of their work with a composite adsorbent made from Fe oxide and granular activated carbon. A major objective of this work was to select an appropriate equilibrium model to describe the adsorption isotherm, and to show how a first or second order reaction or homogeneous surface diffusion models could be used to model the adsorption process in the batch system.
- OSTI ID:
- 395293
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9505206-; TRN: IM9648%%416
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 50. Purdue industrial waste conference, W. Lafayette, IN (United States), 8-10 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 50. industrial waste conference; Wukasch, R.F. [ed.]; PB: 861 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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