Rapid Small Scale Column Test (RSSCT) Approach for Predicting Arsenic Breakthrough from a Fixed Bed Adsorber Containing an Iron Oxide Media
快速小规模柱试验(RSSCT)方法预测含氧化铁介质的固定床吸附器中砷的穿透
This slide presentation outlines a study where
mathematical models were used to scale-down a full-scale adsorber
to a rapid small scale column test (RSSCT) and maintain perfect similarity between performance
of the adsorbers.
Advantages included:
breakthrough curves (BTCs) can be obtained in a fraction of the
time;
BTCs can be obtained with a fraction of the water; and,
isotherm or kinetic studies are not required to obtain a full-scale
performance prediction (unlike mathematical models: e.g., HSDM). Two RSSCT test approaches are outlined and include: constant diffusivity (CD), which assumes diffusivity is constant and independent of particle size; and, proportional diffusivity (PD), which assumes diffusivity is linear and dependent on particle size. RSSCT Summary includes:
RSSCT test results, to date, have demonstrated RSSCT
can be a potential tool in predicting granular ferric
hydroxide (GFH) bed life for arsenic (arsenate) removal;
PD approach, overall, provides best simulation at lower,
environmentally relevant, initial concentrations, and
CD approach may be applicable under higher initial
concentrations;
PD approach is applicable when internal mass transfer is
rate limiting; and,
also applicable to other inorganic micropollutants (e.g.,
phosphate) and other metal oxides (e.g., granular ferric
oxide (GFO)). Includes figures.