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Adsoption Removal of PCBs by Activated Carbon  

Yu, Yong-Ho (Division of Perfumes and Beauty, Masan College)
Lee, Jong-Jig (Division of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.21, no.1, 2006 , pp. 59-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, adsorption characteristics of PCBs on granular activated carbon were experimentally investigated in a batch reactor and in a fixed bed reactor. Granular activated carbon removed above 98.4% of initial concentration, 1000mg/L, of PCBs. It was estabilished that the adsorption equilibrium of PCBs on granular activated carbon was more successfully fitted by Freundlich isotherm equation in the concentration range from 1 to 1000mg/L. Because Freundlich parameter, ${\beta}$ is 0.346, removall treatment of PCBs by activated carbon accounts for the fact that toxicity reduction can be achieved through this process. Appearance time of breakthrough curve is faster with the increase flow rate and inflow concentration of liquid. The utility of granular activated carbon is enhanced with the increase of bed height and with the decrease of inflow rate.
Keywords
PCBs; activated carbon; fixed bed; adsorption;
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