Effect Bed Height on Adsorption of Cu(II) by Using Corncob Based Activated Carbon

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10.2991/aer.k.201229.023How to use a DOI?

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Activated carbon, adsorption, column study, bed height, Cu(II), corncob

Abstract

A variety of toxic and harmful matters contribute to the severe impacts of water sources. Toxic pollutant such as heavy metals tend to deteriorate the environment vigorously due to its mobility. In this study, corncob based activated carbon (CCAC) was prepared for Cu (II) adsorption from aqueous solution. By using 4 cm and 8 cm of bed height in the column test, the time taken to reach the saturation level were 900 and 1150 minutes, respectively. The exhaustion period for Cu (II) for bed height 4 cm and 8 cm were 800 and 1105 minutes, respectively. For 50% breakthrough, the period of 350 min and 600 min for 4 cm and 8 cm bed height, respectively were obtained. The removal efficiency for both bed heights showed more than 95% (100mg/L) which indicate the feasibility of CCAC as an adsorbent for Cu (II) removal.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Yusop
AU  - Mohd Azmier Ahmad
AU  - Nasehir Khan E.M. Yahaya
AU  - Jamilah Karim
AU  - Muhammad Azroie Mohamed Yusoff
AU  - Noor Haza Fazlin Hashim
AU  - Nor Salmi Abdullah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/30
TI  - Effect Bed Height on Adsorption of Cu(II) by Using Corncob Based Activated Carbon
BT  - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Separation Technology 2020 (ICoST 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 164
EP  - 168
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.201229.023
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.201229.023
ID  - Yusop2020
ER  -