MODELING AND PREDICTION OF SPECIFIC COMPOUND ADSORPTION BY ACTIVATED CARBON AND SYNTHETIC ADSORBENTS

Ala~ntct--Tbe performance haracteristics of two activated carbons and eight synthetic adsorbents are compared. The comparison addresses both the equilibrium capacities and mass transport properties of the adsorbents. A new empirical adsorption isotherm is employed for description of adsorption equilib-rium data. A ' predictive mathematical model is used for forecasting adsorption bed performance from independent batch reactor system data. INTRODUCTION Michigan to elucidate and compare the performance The impfications of organic residues in municipal and of a representative s ries of eight synthetic adsorbents and two Commercial ctivated carbons with respect to industrial wastewater discharges have been amplified by increasing water reuse--both planned and the removal of several classes of specific organic com