Selective adsorption of phenanthrene dissolved in surfactant solution using activated carbon.
Selective adsorption of phenanthrene dissolved in surfactant solution using activated carbon.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.018
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发表时间:
2007-11
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8.8
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C. Ahn;Y. M. Kim;S. Woo;J. M. Park
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C. Ahn;Y. M. Kim;S. Woo;J. M. Park
Selective adsorption of a hazardous hydrophobic organic compound (HOC) by activated carbon as a means of recovering surfactants after a soil washing process was investigated. As a model system, phenanthrene was selected as a representative HOC and Triton X-100 as a nonionic surfactant. Three activated carbons that differed in size (Darco 20–40 (D20), 12–20 (D12) and 4–12 (D4) mesh sizes) were used in adsorption experiments. Adsorption of surfactant onto activated carbon showed a constant maximum above the critical micelle concentration, which were 0.30, 0.23, 0.15gg−1for D20, D12, and D4, respectively. Selectivity for phenanthrene to Triton X-100 was much higher than 1 over a wide range of activated carbon doses (0–6gl−1) and initial phenanthrene concentrations (10–110mgl−1). Selectivity generally increased with decreasing particle size, increasing activated carbon dose, and decreasing initial concentration of phenanthrene. The highest selectivity was 74.9, 57.3, and 38.3 for D20, D12, and D4, respectively, at the initial conditions of 10mgl−1phenanthrene, 5gl−1Triton X-100 and 1gl−1activated carbon. In the case of D20 at the same conditions, 86.5% of the initial phenanthrene was removed by sorption and 93.6% of the initial Triton X-100 remained in the solution following the selective adsorption process. The results suggest that the selective adsorption by activated carbon is a good alternative for surfactant recovery in a soil washing process.