Evaluation of thermal and chemical treatments on granular activated carbon to remove organic molecules from water.

The influence of three different treatments on the physical and chemical properties of activated carbon, as well as the adsorption capacity towards phenol, methylene blue and congo red was evaluated. After the heat treatment, Surface area decreased and total pore volume diminished about 8.5%, and th...

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Autor principal: Sáenz Alanís, Carina Agjaetp
Formato: Tesis
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: 2016
Acceso en línea:http://eprints.uanl.mx/14074/1/1080239466.pdf
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description The influence of three different treatments on the physical and chemical properties of activated carbon, as well as the adsorption capacity towards phenol, methylene blue and congo red was evaluated. After the heat treatment, Surface area decreased and total pore volume diminished about 8.5%, and the total basic groups decreased 18% while the total acid groups increased 8% in comparison with the raw activated carbon. Equilibrium adsorption of phenol was described well with the Freundlich model, whereas methylene blue and congo red adsorption fitted the Langmuir isotherm model. Adsorption kinetics of all three was predicted adequately with the empirical pseudo--second order model, the intraparticle diffusion model and the homogeneous solid diffusion model, but mass transfer coefficients of the diffusion models help to better understand the adsorption phenomenon. Intraparticle diffusion seems to be the rate—controlling step in the adsorption process. In conclusion, physical and chemical features of the activated carbon are affected when the adsorbent is heated under inert atmosphere increasing the adsorption capacity of phenol, methylene blue and congo red.
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spelling eptesis-140742018-09-11T17:32:44Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/14074/ Evaluation of thermal and chemical treatments on granular activated carbon to remove organic molecules from water. Sáenz Alanís, Carina Agjaetp The influence of three different treatments on the physical and chemical properties of activated carbon, as well as the adsorption capacity towards phenol, methylene blue and congo red was evaluated. After the heat treatment, Surface area decreased and total pore volume diminished about 8.5%, and the total basic groups decreased 18% while the total acid groups increased 8% in comparison with the raw activated carbon. Equilibrium adsorption of phenol was described well with the Freundlich model, whereas methylene blue and congo red adsorption fitted the Langmuir isotherm model. Adsorption kinetics of all three was predicted adequately with the empirical pseudo--second order model, the intraparticle diffusion model and the homogeneous solid diffusion model, but mass transfer coefficients of the diffusion models help to better understand the adsorption phenomenon. Intraparticle diffusion seems to be the rate—controlling step in the adsorption process. In conclusion, physical and chemical features of the activated carbon are affected when the adsorbent is heated under inert atmosphere increasing the adsorption capacity of phenol, methylene blue and congo red. 2016 Tesis NonPeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/14074/1/1080239466.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/14074/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/1080239466.pdf Sáenz Alanís, Carina Agjaetp (2016) Evaluation of thermal and chemical treatments on granular activated carbon to remove organic molecules from water. Doctorado thesis, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
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title_fullStr Evaluation of thermal and chemical treatments on granular activated carbon to remove organic molecules from water.
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of thermal and chemical treatments on granular activated carbon to remove organic molecules from water.
title_short Evaluation of thermal and chemical treatments on granular activated carbon to remove organic molecules from water.
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