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Kinetics of benzene adsorption onto activated carbon

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An activated carbon bed adsorption process is influenced by the adsorbents ’ characteristics, volatile organic compound (VOC) characteristics, and process conditions. In the literatures, the adsorption processes of the adsorbents and VOCs were usually considered to be in equilibrium. In this study, the VOC adsorption processes by activated carbon were considered to be a kinetic process, i.e. they are not in equilibrium. Then, isothermal adsorption curves and a small column experiment were simulated.

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  1. National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chia-Line Chuang & Pen-Chi Chiang

  2. Taipei Medical University, Department of Biochemistry, Taipei, Taiwan

    E. E. Chang

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Chuang, CL., Chiang, PC. & Chang, E.E. Kinetics of benzene adsorption onto activated carbon. Environ Sci & Pollut Res 10, 6–8 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1065/espr2001.10.098

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