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A Study on Selective Adsorption of Phenanthrene Dissolved in Triton X-100 Solution using Activated Carbons  

Ahn, Chi-Kyu (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH)
Kim, Young-Mi (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH)
Woo, Seung-Han (Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanbat National University)
Park, Jong-Moon (School of Environmental Science and Engineering/Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.11, no.2, 2006 , pp. 13-21 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread soil contaminants and major environmental concerns. PAHs have extremely low water solubility and are strongly sorbed to soil. A potential technology for remediation of PAHcontaminated soils is a soil washing with surfactant solutions. While the use of surfactants significantly enhances the performance of soil remediation, operation costs are increased. Selective adsorption of PAHs by activated carbons is proposed to reuse the surfactants in the soil-washing process. The adsorption isotherms of pure chemicals (Triton X-100 and phenanthrene) onto three granular activated carbons were obtained. The selective adsorption of phenanthrene in mixed solution was examined at various concentrations of phenanthrene and Triton X-100. The selectivity results were discussed with pore size distribution of activated carbons and molecular sizes of phenanthrene and the Triton X-100 monomer. The selectivity for phenanthrene was much larger than 1 regardless of the particle size of activated carbons. The selective adsorption using activated carbons with proper pore size distribution would greatly reduce the material cost for the soil washing process by the reuse of the surfactants.
Keywords
Activated carbon; Adsorption; PAH; Soil washing; Surfactant reuse;
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