Kinetic and equilibrium modeling of single and binary adsorption of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) onto nano-perfluorooctyl alumina

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 550-560

  Mirzaei, Amir ^a   Ebadi, Amanollah ^a   Khajavi, Peyman ^a  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

BET isotherm; Ideal Adsorbed Solution Theory; MTBE; Multicomponent adsorption; Perfluorinated alumina; TBA

Indexed keywords

BET ISOTHERMS; IDEAL ADSORBED SOLUTION THEORY; MTBE; MULTICOMPONENT ADSORPTION; TBA;

ALCOHOLS; ALUMINA; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84884413878     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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