Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions by straw based adsorbent in a fixed-bed column

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 429-436

  Zhang, Wenxuan ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Yan, Han ^a   Li, Haijiang ^a   Jiang, Ziwen ^a   Kan, Xiaowei ^a   Yang, Hu ^a   Li, Aimin ^a   Cheng, Rongshi ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption of methylene blue; Column study; Modified straw adsorbent; Thomas model

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; BED HEIGHT; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CARBOXYMETHYL; CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; COLUMN ADSORPTION; COLUMN STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIXED BED COLUMNS; INITIAL SOLUTION; MB ADSORPTION; METHYLENE BLUE; MODIFIED STRAW ADSORBENT; THOMAS MODELS;

FLOW RATE; MONOLAYERS; PH EFFECTS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 80052581223     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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