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Adsorption technology in water treatment : fundamentals, processes, and modeling /

This scientific monograph treats the theoretical fundamentals of adsorption technology for water treatment from a practical perspective. It presents all the basics needed for experimental adsorption studies as well as for process modeling and adsorber design. With the increasing importance of microp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Worch, Eckhard, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, ©2012.
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  • Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Basic concepts and definitions; 1.1.1 Adsorption as a surface process; 1.1.2 Some general thermodynamic considerations; 1.1.3 Adsorption versus absorption; 1.1.4 Description of adsorption processes: The structure of the adsorption theory; 1.2 Engineered adsorption processes in water treatment; 1.2.1 Overview; 1.2.2 Drinking water treatment; 1.2.3 Wastewater treatment; 1.2.4 Hybrid processes in water treatment; 1.3 Natural sorption processes in water treatment; 2 Adsorbents and adsorbent characterization; 2.1 Introduction and adsorbent classification.
  • 2.2 Engineered adsorbents2.2.1 Activated carbon; 2.2.2 Polymeric adsorbents; 2.2.3 Oxidic adsorbents; 2.2.4 Synthetic zeolites; 2.3 Natural and low-cost adsorbents; 2.4 Geosorbents in environmental compartments; 2.5 Adsorbent characterization; 2.5.1 Densities; 2.5.2 Porosities; 2.5.3 External surface area; 2.5.4 Internal surface area; 2.5.5 Pore-size distribution; 2.5.6 Surface chemistry; 3 Adsorption equilibrium I: General aspects and single-solute adsorption; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Experimental determination of equilibrium data; 3.2.1 Basics; 3.2.2 Practical aspects of isotherm determination.
  • 3.3 Isotherm equations for single-solute adsorption3.3.1 Classification of single-solute isotherm equations; 3.3.2 Irreversible isotherm and one-parameter isotherm; 3.3.3 Two-parameter isotherms; 3.3.4 Three-parameter isotherms; 3.3.5 Isotherm equations with more than three parameters; 3.4 Prediction of isotherms; 3.5 Temperature dependence of adsorption; 3.6 Slurry adsorber design; 3.6.1 General aspects; 3.6.2 Single-stage adsorption; 3.6.3 Two-stage adsorption; 3.7 Application of isotherm data in kinetic or breakthrough curve models; 4 Adsorption equilibrium II: Multisolute adsorption.
  • 4.1 Introduction4.2 Experimental determination of equilibrium data; 4.3 Overview of existing multisolute adsorption models; 4.4 Multisolute isotherm equations; 4.5 The ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST); 4.5.1 Basics of the IAST; 4.5.2 Solution to the IAST for given equilibrium concentrations; 4.5.3 Solution to the IAST for given initial concentrations; 4.6 The pH dependence of adsorption: A special case of competitive adsorption; 4.7 Adsorption of natural organic matter (NOM); 4.7.1 The significance of NOM in activated carbon adsorption.
  • 4.7.2 Modeling of NOM adsorption: The fictive component approach (adsorption analysis)4.7.3 Competitive adsorption of micropollutants and NOM; 4.8 Slurry adsorber design for multisolute adsorption; 4.8.1 Basics; 4.8.2 NOM adsorption; 4.8.3 Competitive adsorption of micropollutants and NOM; 4.8.4 Nonequilibrium adsorption in slurry reactors; 4.9 Special applications of the fictive component approach; 5 Adsorption kinetics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Mass transfer mechanisms; 5.3 Experimental determination of kinetic curves; 5.4 Mass transfer models; 5.4.1 General considerations.