Optimized waste tea activated carbon for adsorption of Methylene Blue and Acid Blue 29 dyes using response surface methodology

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-243

  Auta, M ^a   Hameed, B H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activation; Adsorption; Isotherm; Kinetics; Optimization; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; ACTIVATION TIME; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION DATA; ADSORPTION PROCESS; CATIONIC DYES; FREUNDLICH; HIGH SURFACE AREA; IMPREGNATION RATIOS; LANGMUIR MODELS; LANGMUIRS; MESOPOROUS ADSORBENTS; METHYLENE BLUE; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; POTASSIUM ACETATE; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; WASTE TEA;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DYES; ISOTHERMS; OPTIMIZATION; POTASSIUM; STRIPPING (DYES); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 80755128218     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.100     Document Type: Article

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