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García-Mateos, Francisco José Ruiz-Rosas, Ramiro Rafael Marqués, María Dolores Cotoruelo, Luis M. Rodríguez-Mirasol, José Cordero-Alcántara, Tomás 2024-09-30T12:12:22Z 2024-09-30T12:12:22Z 2015-05-04 García-Mateos, F. J., Ruiz-Rosas, R., Marqués, M. D., Cotoruelo, L. M., Rodríguez-Mirasol, J., & Cordero, T. (2015). Removal of paracetamol on biomass-derived activated carbon: Modeling the fixed bed breakthrough curves using batch adsorption experiments. Chemical Engineering Journal, 279, 18–30. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34058 10.1016/j.cej.2015.04.144 The remediation of paracetamol (PA), an emerging contaminant frequently found in wastewater treatment lants, has been studied in the low concentration range (0.3-10 mg L-1) using as adsorbent a biomass-derived activated carbon. PA uptake of up to 100 mg g-1 over the activated carbon has been obtained, with the adsorption isotherms being fairly explained by the Langmuir model. The application of Reichemberg and the Vermeulen equations to the batch kinetics experiments allowed estimating homogeneous and heterogeneous diffusion coefficients, reflecting the dependence of diffusion with the surface coverage of PA. A series of rapid small-scale column tests were carried out to determine the breakthrough curves under different operational conditions (temperature, PA concentration, flow rate, bed length). The suitability of the proposed adsorbent for the remediation of PA in fixed-bed adsorption was proven by the high PA adsorption capacity along with the fast adsorption and the reduced height of the mass transfer zone of the columns. We have demonstrated that, thanks to the use of the heterogeneous diffusion coefficient, the proposed mathematical approach for the numerical solution to the mass balance of the column provides a reliable description of the breakthrough profiles and the design parameters, being much more accurate than models based in the classical linear driving force. eng open access Medicamentos Productos químicos de la biomasa Adsorción Removal of paracetamol on biomass-derived activated carbon: Modelling the fixed bed breakthrough curves using batch adsorption experiments journal article