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Design Considerations for GAC Treatment of Organic Chemicals
Author(s) -
Crittenden John C.,
Hand David W.,
Arora Harish,
Benjamin W. Lykins
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02786.x
Subject(s) - mass transfer , scale (ratio) , process engineering , environmental science , pilot plant , water treatment , mass transfer coefficient , biological system , mathematics , chemistry , environmental engineering , chromatography , engineering , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , biology
Procedures with which to determine preliminary fixed‐bed adsorber design calculations for single solutes are described. Correlations are proposed and verified to determine single‐solute isotherm and mass transfer parameters. These correlations are used in combination with a simplified version of a mass transfer model to calculate mass transfer zone lengths and the maximum amount of water that may be treated. The calculated results can then be used to select the optimum fixed‐bed adsorber operation. Comparisons of this simplified procedure with actual pilot‐plant and full‐scale data are presented to demonstrate its validity.