Exploratory Research on Adsorption in Variable Area Beds forWater and Wastewater Treatment

这是一个奖项，以支持探索性研究， 固定床吸附设计创新方法 用于从水溶液中去除有机污染物的柱 溶液 传统的工程设计导致 将吸附介质放置在圆柱形 配置. 在这项研究中，研究人员计划 实验性地评估放置 锥形床中的吸附剂（活性炭） 作为间歇式反应器的替代配置， 连续流搅拌釜反应器和塔， 固定、流化或移动床。 该提案是在NSF列出的条件下提交的。 89-85，探索性小额赠款。 它解决 当有机污染物存在时产生的问题 在地表水和地下水中，或 污染沃茨的处理过程中，必须删除 使水达到商业可接受的标准， 工业和家庭使用。 结果预计将 改进工程师接近设计的过程 水处理中的吸附过程， 废水

This is an award to support exploratory research on an innovative method of designing a fixed-bed adsorption column for removing organic pollutants from aqueous solution. Conventional engineering design results in placement of the adsorbing media in a cylindrical configuration. In this research, the investigator plans to experimentally evaluate the alternative of placing the adsorbent (activated carbon) in a conical, tapered-bed configuration as an alternative to batch reactors, continuous-flow stirred tank reactors and columns of fixed, fluidized or moving beds. This proposal was submitted under conditions listed in NSF 89-85, Small Grants for Exploratory (SGER). It addresses the problem resulting when organic pollutants are present in surface and groundwaters or are produced during the treatment process for polluted waters and must be removed to bring the water to acceptable standards for commercial, industrial and domestic use. Results are expected to improve the process by which engineers approach the design of adsorption processes in treatment of water and wastewater.