Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1. Determine the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm constants for the following GAC adsorption test data. The liquid volume
used in the batch adsorption tests was 1 liter.
Mass of GAC in solution, m (g) Equilibrium concentration
of adsorbate in solution,
C (mg / L)
e
0.0 3.37
0.001 3.27
0.010 2.77
0.100 1.86
0.500 1.33
Determine the maximum specific throughput and the minimum CUR using data fitting the Freundlich isotherm
𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑓 1 𝑚𝑔/𝐿 𝑔 𝐺𝐴𝐶
min 𝐶𝑈𝑅 = = 0.48 = 0.11495
𝑞𝑒 𝑚𝑔 𝐿 𝐿 𝐻2𝑂 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑
55.9 ( 𝑔 ) (𝑚𝑔 ) (1 𝑚𝑔/𝐿)0.48
𝐿𝐻2𝑂 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑
max 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡 = min 𝐶𝑈𝑅 −1 = 6.8985
𝑔 𝐺𝐴𝐶
*If given a breakthrough curve, height of the mass transfer zone (HMTZ) can be determined by
𝑽𝒆 − 𝑽𝒃
𝑯𝑴𝑻𝒁 = 𝒁
𝑽𝒆 − 𝟎. 𝟓(𝑽𝒆 − 𝑽𝒃 )
𝑍 = ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛
𝑉𝑒 = 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑉𝑏 = 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ (𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒)