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Title: Mass transfer kinetics of adsorption on suspended solid particles

Journal Article · · J. Colloid Interface Sci.; (United States)

A kinetic model was designed for adsorption from liquid to spherical particles with consideration of effects of adsorbate concentration changes in the liquid on mass transfer, as it occurs in agitated batch adsorption. The mass transfer was formulated for Langmuir, Freundlich, and linear isotherms and solved numerically. Application of the theoretical results to adsorption of dextrose (Langmuir isotherms) and urea (linear isotherms) on carbon from dilute aqueous solutions under conditions resembling those of wastewater treatment gave results in good agreement with experimental adsorption results obtained at 0/sup 0/, 26/sup 0/, and 49/sup 0/C with untreated or oxidized Calgon Filtrasorb 300 carbon. The equilibrium amount of adsorbed dextrose was smaller on oxidized than on untreated carbon, and it was the same for urea on both carbon types.

Research Organization:
Lehigh Univ.
OSTI ID:
5022728
Journal Information:
J. Colloid Interface Sci.; (United States), Vol. 63:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English