Mathematical evaluation of activated carbon adsorption for surfactant recovery in a soil washing process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Ahn, Chi K ^a   Lee, Min W ^a   Lee, Dae S ^b   Woo, Seung H ^c   Park, Jong M ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Remediation; Soil washing; Surfactant recovery

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ANTHRACENE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; CHARCOAL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASHING;

ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; CARBON ADSORPTIONS; HAZARDOUS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MESH SIZES; MODEL SIMULATIONS; OPTIMAL PROCESSES; SELECTIVE ADSORPTIONS; SOIL WASHING; SOIL WASHING PROCESSES; SURFACTANT RECOVERIES; SURFACTANT RECOVERY; TARGET COMPOUNDS; TRITON X-100;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; PHENANTHRENE; SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITIONING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENANTHRENE; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 54049136519     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.074     Document Type: Article

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