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

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dc.citation.conferenceNameCOMSOL Conference 2019en_US
dc.contributor.authorKim, Junen_US
dc.contributor.authorMorgott, Amandaen_US
dc.contributor.authorWu, Ziqien_US
dc.contributor.authorHopaluk, Lianeen_US
dc.contributor.authorMiles, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.authorStoner, Williamen_US
dc.contributor.authorLi, Qilinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-01T14:50:22Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-06-01T14:50:22Zen_US
dc.date.issued2019en_US
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.en_US
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.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/fmxp-ff31en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/108767en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordporous mediaen_US
dc.subject.keywordflow analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordchemical adsorptionen_US
dc.subject.keywordfiltrationen_US
dc.subject.keywordactivated carbonen_US
dc.titleSimulating Transport and Adsorption of Organic Contaminants in 3D Porous Activated Carbon Block Mediaen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpublisher versionen_US
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