Batch and Continuous Flow Adsorption of Phenolic Compounds from Olive Mill Wastewater: A Comparison between Nonionic and Ion Exchange Resins

Figure 3

(a) PC and COD breakthrough tests conducted with resin XAD16 in the 0.5 m column (XAD1, 1.4 m/h) and in the 1.8 m column (XAD2, 3.1 m/h); the continuous lines indicate the best-fitting simulations performed with (1) and (2); (b) PC and COD breakthrough tests conducted with resin IRA958 Cl in the 1.8 m column (IRA1, 2.8 m/h; IRA2, 1.3 m/h); no simulations were performed for the IRA tests.

(a) Resin XAD16

(b) Resin IRA958 Cl