A novel approach to characterizing liquid-phase adsorption on highly porous activated carbons using the Toth equation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 221, Issue , 2013, Pages 373-381

  Wu, Keng Tung ^a   Wu, Pin Hsueh ^a,b   Wu, Feng Chin ^b   Jreng, Ru Ling ^b   Juang, Ruey Shin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; KOH activation; Liquid phase adsorption; Refuse derived fuel; Toth equation

Indexed keywords

4-CHLOROPHENOL; ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; ADSORPTION SYSTEM; BET SURFACE AREA; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; KOH ACTIVATION; LINEAR FITS; LIQUID PHASE ADSORPTION; MESO-PORES; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROPORES; TOTH EQUATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; LIQUIDS; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84874714976     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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