Adsorption studies for the removal of methyl tert-butyl ether on various commercially available GACs from an aqueous medium

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1121-1130

  Khan, Moonis Ali ^a,b   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Kang, Sanghyuk ^a   Paeng, Ki Jung ^a   Lee, Giehyeon ^c   Oh, Sang Eun ^d   Jeon, Byong Hun ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Granular activated carbons; Kinetics; Methyl tert butyl ether; Physisorption; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ADSORPTION STUDIES; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; CONTACT TIME; FREUNDLICH MODELS; FT-IR SPECTRUM; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; KINETICS STUDIES; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; MTBE CONCENTRATION; MULTILAYER ADSORPTION; PEAK INTENSITY; PH RANGE; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; RATE-CONTROLLING MECHANISM; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ETHERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KINETICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHYSISORPTION;

EID: 79957884123     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2010.551395     Document Type: Article

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