Adsorption and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Metsulfuron-Methyl on Activated Carbon

Seoung Hyun Kim; Aneeta Bidkar; Huu Hao Ngo; Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran; Hee Moon

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.18, No.2, 163-169, March, 2001

DOI10.1007/BF02698454 Export Citation

Adsorption and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Metsulfuron-Methyl on Activated Carbon

Seoung Hyun Kim, Aneeta Bidkar¹, Huu Hao Ngo¹, Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran¹, and Hee Moon^†

Faculty of Applied Chemistry, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, Korea
¹Environmental Engineering Group, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123,Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia

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Removal of a synthetic organic herbicide, metsulfuron-methyl (MSM), from aqueous solutions has been studied in batch and stirred tank adsorbers charged with granular activated carbon particles. Two kinetic parameters, film mass transfer and intraparticle diffusion coefficients, were estimated from concentration decay curves obtained in the batch adsorber. Based on these kinetic parameters, the concentration profiles measured in the stirred tank adsorber were simulated. From experimental and simulated results, it was proven that the film mass transfer at external surfaces of carbon particles controls the overall mass transfer, particularly at low mixing (rotation of blades), during the adsorption of MSM by granular activated carbon particles.

Keywords:Removal of Herbicide;Adsorption of Metsulfuron-Methyl;Granular Activated Carbon;Kinetic Parameters

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