Activated carbon adsorption of fuel oxygenates MTBE and ETBE from water

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Inal, Fikret ^a   Yetgin, Senem ^a   Aksu, Gulsum T ^a   Simsek, Selvi ^a   Sofuoglu, Aysun ^a   Sofuoglu, Sait C ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adsorption; ETBE; Fuel oxygenate; MTBE

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; AQUEOUS-PHASE ADSORPTION; BATCH SYSTEMS; BUTYL ETHER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH; ENERGY CHANGES; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS; ETBE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-ORDER; FREUNDLICH; FUEL OXYGENATES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HEADSPACE GAS; ISOTHERM MODELS; KINETIC MODELS; LANGMUIRS; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; MODEL PREDICTION; OXYGENATE CONCENTRATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SECOND ORDERS;

ADSORPTION; ETHERS; FUELS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTHERMS; KINETIC THEORY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; FUEL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MTBE; REACTION KINETICS; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; PREDICTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 70949091396     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0034-8     Document Type: Article

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