Title: Sorption of anionic surfactants on a fixed bed of rubber granules

Authors: Paritosh Das Purakayastha, Anjali Pal, Manas Bandyopadhyay

Addresses: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India ' Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India. ' Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India

Abstract: The performance of a fixed-bed adsorber (FBR) column for the removal of anionic surfactants from aquatic environments has been studied. Waste tyre rubber granules were used as the adsorbent material, and sodium dodecyl sulfate, an anionic surfactant, as the adsorbate. The FBR column design parameters were evaluated using the column breakthrough data at different bed depths. The Bohert and Adams model was used with the bed depth service time approach for the design of the column. The bed efficiency obtained was 90.97%.

Keywords: adsorption; anionic surfactant; column study; rubber granules.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2003.004326

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2003 Vol.19 No.5, pp.421 - 429

Published online: 10 May 2004 *

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