Research Article

Adsorption of Cu (II) on the Surface of Nonconventional Biomass: A Study on Forced Convective Mass Transfer in Packed Bed Column

Table 8

Modeling of breakthrough curve.

Flow rate
(mL/h)
Bed height (cm)Thomas modelModified dose response model
χ 2SSE χ 2SSE

15.250.3756.110.990.010.041.9511.180.881.122.24
30.50.4354.110.990.030.061.3916.330.791.563.29
10945.750.5652.310.980.010.070.8918.110.661.774.88
600.6249.550.970.000.042.1120.170.611.815.78
75.250.7747.110.990.030.082.4415.330.551.976.77

15.250.3553.110.990.010.041.7816.710.571.443.31
30.50.4050.180.980.050.021.6619.050.911.553.44
16045.750.4747.170.970.080.071.4923.080.571.674.67
600.5742.110.990.030.061.6120.050.691.786.17
75.250.6340.550.940.000.001.5512.380.551.855.66

15.250.3351.110.990.040.011.7113.440.661.773.38
30.50.4347.190.970.070.091.6216.770.872.225.17
29645.750.4745.110.960.050.071.3117.190.882.195.17
600.5140.190.990.070.061.8219.180.792.446.16
75.250.5337.330.980.080.091.7711.090.762.674.44

15.250.2950.110.990.050.061.688.110.713.316.67
30.50.3748.170.960.090.091.5712.380.654.144.55
31845.750.4244.240.970.070.011.9115.060.556.115.68
600.4740.190.960.060.081.3319.110.885.566.77
75.250.5137.550.930.090.071.8811.330.765.137.19