Pulsating bed activated carbon dechlorination

M. T. Suidan, K. A. Chacey, W. H. Cross

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Abstract

A mathematical model describing the unsteady-state behavior of a pulsating bed activated carbon dechlorinator is developed and tested. Very close agreement for time related effluent free chlorine concentration is demonstrated between experimental results and model predictions. The free chlorine-carbon local reaction rate is described by a generalized algebraic rate expression. This rate expression is correlated as a function of bulk chlorine concentration, extent of reaction, carbon granule size, pH, temperature and pore volume. Design nomograms are developed as an aid for the sizing of such contactors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1223-1237
Number of pages15
JournalUnknown Journal
Volume104
Issue number6 EE6
StatePublished - Dec 1978

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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