Comparison of adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of four chlorinated organics from water onto GAC

摘要

This study deals with the adsorption of four chlorinated pollutants onto GAC (F-400); two pesticides (lindane and alachlor) and two PCB congeners: 2-PCB (MPCB) and 2,2',5,5'-PCB (TPCB). Equilibrium and kinetic parameters have been obtained for the adsorption of alachlor and each PCB, whereas the kinetic results for lindane presented elsewhere (Proc. First World Water Congr. Int. Water Assoc., Texts of Posters, CD-ROM, AGHTM, Paris, 2000) are reanalyzed in this work A model assuming a bidisperse structure (macro- and micropores), each region having a different adsorption isotherm, is used to study the adsorption kinetics in a batch system in the period dominated by macropore diffusion.