Fixed-bed adsorption of cephalexin onto walnut shell-based activated carbon

Authors:

Ghadir Nazari, Hossein Abolghasemi, Mohamad Esmaieli

Ghadir Nazari-1, Hossein Abolghasemi-1,2, Mohamad Esmaieli-1

University of Tehran, College of Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering Center for Separation Processes Modeling, P.O.Box 11365-4563, Tehran, Iran
University of Tehran, Oil and Gas Center of Excellence, Tehran, Iran ghadir_nazari@alumni.ut.ac.ir

In this work activated carbon (AC) was used for the removal of cephalexin (CFX) from aqueous solution in a fixed-bed column. The breakthrough curves of the adsorption process of CFX on the walnut shell AC at different mass of the adsorbent, flow rate and initial CFX concentration were determined.

cephalexin adsorption

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