Removal of BTEX, MTBE and TAME from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto raw and thermally treated lignite

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 136-146

  Aivalioti, Maria ^a   Pothoulaki, Despina ^a   Papoulias, Panagiotis ^a   Gidarakos, Evangelos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Lignite; Petroleum contaminants

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREUNDLICH MODELS; ISOTHERM CONSTANTS; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; PETROLEUM CONTAMINANTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PORE VOLUME DISTRIBUTION; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; SURFACE AREA; TERTIARY AMYL METHYL ETHERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; ETHERS; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTHERMS; LIGNITE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; LIGNITE; ORTHO XYLENE; TERTIARY AMYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BTEX; DATA SET; EQUILIBRIUM; ISOTHERM; LIGNITE; MTBE; PETROLEUM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBONS; KINETICS; LIGNIN; METHYL ETHERS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84857238360     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.04.084     Document Type: Article

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