KINETICS OF ADSORPTION OF ORGANICS FROM WATER PRODUCED DURING IN SITU TAR SANDS EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

The adsorption characteristics of dissolved organic matter onto activated carbon from tar sand product waters were investigated in this study. Equilibrium isotherms obtained at 278 and 298  K were nonlinear over the entire liquid concentration range. Breakthrough curves were obtained in packed bed experiments as a function of bed length, particle size, and liquid velocity. The breakthrough curves were analyzed to establish the relative importance of the various individual mechanisms that contributed to the overall adsorption process.

KEYWORDS:

• Tar sand water
• Adsorption of organics

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ANTHONY L. HINES

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