A basic encoded model for flow‐through fixed‐bed adsorber and one‐dimensional ground water systems

Abstract

A user‐friendly BASIC computer code is presented for a simplified mathematical model predicting the response of a flow‐through, packed bed system to step function input changes. The model employs linear, reversible, equilibrium partitioning for the adsorption/desorption mechanism. The program's capabilities are demonstrated by calibration to experimental data from a para‐dichlorobenzene/water/sand system.

Key words:

• Adsorption
• Fixed bed reactors
• Ground water
• Mathematical models
• Para‐dichlorobenzene
• Soil columns
• Sorption