Removal of Phenol from Wastewater Using Activated Carbon-Based Column: Simulation and Experimental Study
| dc.contributor.author | Saleh, Doha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Salah, Taima’ | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T09:34:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T09:34:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-07-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Wastewater treatment has become a community necessity due to the lack of available water resources. As the wastewater contains some pollutants such as phenol, which is known to be highly toxic and corrosive, it must be treated using an effective process. Adsorption is one of the most used methods to get rid of several water pollutants and showing effective results. This study focuses on the feasibility of using aspen adsorption program (ADSIM) to simulate literature experimental work on the phenol adsorption process using activated carbon packed-bed column, and how much is the results are harmonized with each other’s. It was looking up for a scientific paper that was performed the adsorption process experimentally and containing the required data to start the simulation by ADSIM, then these data were applied in ADSIM. After that, a comparison study between the obtained results from the literature and ADSIM were done. Several factors were governed including breakthrough time and removal efficiency. Mass transfer coefficient (MTC) was estimated by the ADSIM. For initial concentration 150 mg/L, MTC was 0.605 min-1. At flow rate equal to 10 mL/min, MTC was 0.684 min-1 while at bed height equal 5 cm, MTC was 0.505 min-1 . Moreover, the effect of initial phenol concentration (100, 150 and 250 mg /l), feed flow rate (10, 15 and 20 ml/min) and bed height (5,10 and 15 cm) were studied. ADSIM results showed that the highest removal efficiency after 2 hr was achieved at 10 mL/min flow rate (%R = 67.6 ), 10 cm bed height (%R = 45.1) and 150 mg/L initial phenol concentration (%R = 45). The breakthrough time decreases as the flow rate increases (at Q=15 mL/min, the breakthrough time was 24 min while at Q = 20 mL/min, the breakthrough time was 16 min). Also, as the initial concentration increases the breakthrough time decreased (at C0 = 100 mg/L, breakthrough time was 24 min while at C0 = 250 mg/L, breakthrough time was 22 min). However, it was found that decreasing the bed height will decrease the breakthrough time (at H = 5 cm, breakthrough time was 9 min while at H=20 cm, breakthrough time was 40 min). The achieved experimental results were different from the ADSIM one. The percentage removal obtained experimentally after 2 hr at 150 mg/L, 10 mL/min and 10 cm was zero. The breakthrough time resulting at initial concentration 100 mg/L, Q = 15 mL/min and 5 cm were 454, 351 and 152 min respectively. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11888/17041 | |
| dc.supervisor | Eng. Maryam Hmoudah | en_US |
| dc.title | Removal of Phenol from Wastewater Using Activated Carbon-Based Column: Simulation and Experimental Study | en_US |
| dc.type | Graduation project | en_US |