Simulating Transport and Adsorption of Organic Contaminants in 3D Porous Activated Carbon Block Media

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dc.citation.conferenceNameCOMSOL Conference 2019
dc.contributor.authorKim, Jun
dc.contributor.authorMorgott, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorWu, Ziqi
dc.contributor.authorHopaluk, Liane
dc.contributor.authorMiles, Michael
dc.contributor.authorStoner, William
dc.contributor.authorLi, Qilin
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-01T14:50:22Z
dc.date.available2020-06-01T14:50:22Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractTo evaluate the organic contaminants removal performance of hollow cylindrical block-shaped porous activated carbon media, COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software with Chemical Engineering module was used. The study clearly demonstrates how each organic compound in a steady-state fluid is dynamically transported in the three-dimensional porous media and removed by adsorption. The simulated adsorption results are compared to the experimental test data for validation. Axisymmetric geometry in COMSOL gives better simulation accuracy and faster computation than full three-dimensional geometry due to higher element quality and lower volume/area ratio. Based on 5% breakthrough (95% removal) line, the COMSOL simulations have only 0.9-2.9% discrepancy from the actual data, while a classical two-dimensional rapid-small-scale column test (RSSCT) model method has 39.8-782.2%. The COMSOL Multiphysics® model used in this transport/adsorption study successfully demonstrated not only flow patterns in the modulated reactor but also chemical concentration changes in the full-scale porous adsorbent structure.
dc.identifier.citationKim, Jun, Morgott, Amanda, Wu, Ziqi, et al.. "Simulating Transport and Adsorption of Organic Contaminants in 3D Porous Activated Carbon Block Media." (2019) https://doi.org/10.25611/fmxp-ff31.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/fmxp-ff31
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/108767
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject.keywordporous media
dc.subject.keywordflow analysis
dc.subject.keywordchemical adsorption
dc.subject.keywordfiltration
dc.subject.keywordactivated carbon
dc.titleSimulating Transport and Adsorption of Organic Contaminants in 3D Porous Activated Carbon Block Media
dc.typeConference paper
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