Development of Green Energy Waste Activated Carbon for Removal of Trivalent Chromium: Equilibrium and Kinetic Modeling

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 513-522

  Kanchi, S ^a   Bisetty, K ^a   Kumar, Gopalakrishnan ^b   Lin, Chiu Yue ^b   Chin, Tsung Shune ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

(GEW AC); activated carbon; aqueous solutions; Chromium(III) Cr(III)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DEHYDRATION; IONS; KINETIC THEORY; SOLUTIONS;

(GEW-AC); CHROMIUM(III); EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETIC MODELING; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MODIFIED ACTIVATED CARBONS; MONOLAYER ADSORPTION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84894269158     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2013.847459     Document Type: Article

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