Bone Char Adsorption of COD and Colour from Tannery Wastewater: Breakthrough Curve Analysis and Fixed Bed Dynamic Modelling

Table 7

Thomas model parameters for fixed bed adsorption of COD and colour under varying flow rates and bed heights.

Q (mL/min)	H (cm)	COD			Colour
		(L/(min mg) x10^−6)	(mg/g)		(L/(min Pt-Co) x10^−5)	(Pt-Co/g)
2	10	1.42	119.05	0.9586	0.78	29.69	0.9037
5	10	1.68	182.23	0.9303	1.01	41.36	0.9830
8	10	2.37	124.749	0.9743	1.21	45.46	0.9796
2	5	2.20	144.94	0.9586	1.11	28.99	0.9468
2	15	1.04	144.86	0.9339	0.58	33.46	0.9537