Adsorption of acid dyes on to granular activated carbon in fixed beds

被引:254
作者
Walker, GM
Weatherley, LR
机构
[1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland
关键词
adsorption; dyestuffs; activated carbon; fixed beds; breakthrough curve; bed depth service time;
D O I
10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00039-0
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This work involved the treatment of industrial wastewater from a nylon-carpet printing plant in Northern Ireland which currently receives no treatment and is discharged straight to sea. As nylon is particularly difficult to dye, acid dyes are required for successful colouration, but they cause major problems with the plant's effluent disposal. Granular activated carbon Filtrasorb 400 was used to treat this effluent in a fixed-bed column system. Breakthrough curves from the fixed-bed column were shallow, even at low flow rates, which indicated a large mass transfer zone and inefficient use of adsorbent. Decrease in adsorbent particle size and decrease in linear flow rate produced a better bed performance. The bed depth service time (BDST) model proved effective for comparison of column variables, with calculated BDST constants providing a useful indication of bed performance. The BDST model also gave good approximation in predicting a bed performance using the relationships postulated by Hutchins (1973). (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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页码:2093 / 2101
页数:9
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