Determination of gas phase adsorption isotherms-a simple constant volume method

Daekeun Kim, Zhangli Cai, George A. Sorial

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Abstract

Single and ternary solute gas phase adsorption isotherms were conducted in this study to evaluate the effectiveness of a simple constant volume method, which was utilized by using Tedlar gas sampling bags as a constant volume batch reactor. For this purpose, gas phase adsorption of toluene, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) on two types of activated carbons, BPL-bituminous base and OVC-coconut base, were investigated. For the single solute adsorption, the experimental adsorption data were found to be well correlated with Freundlich and Myers adsorption equations. The pore size distribution of adsorbents was found to affect their adsorption capacities; its effect was dependant on the solute concentration. The ternary adsorption experimental isotherms were accurately predicted by using the well-known model, i.e., ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1362-1368
Number of pages7
JournalChemosphere
Volume64
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2006

Keywords

  • Constant volume
  • Gas adsorption isotherm
  • Granular activated carbon
  • Ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST)
  • Pore size distribution
  • Volatile organic compounds

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