Research Article

Adsorptive Desulfurization of Organic Sulfur from Model Fuels by Active Carbon Supported Mn (II): Equilibrium, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics

Table 3

Nonlinear fitting parameters of three adsorption kinetic models (PFO, PSO, and MPnO) at different adsorption c0 (6.25, 12.50, and 18.75 mmol·L−1).

Model oils (mmol L−1)
6.2512.5018.75

PFO
bk10.0300.0220.025
dqe0.2710.4870.615
R20.9760.9710.989
RMSE0.0130.0250.020
AICc−141.234−117.815−125.417

PSO
ck20.1120.0410.039
dqe0.3180.5920.738
R20.9940.9920.996
RMSE0.0060.0130.012
AICc−165.267−139.356−141.155

MPnO
ekn0.0210.0080.014
dqe0.2890.5550.642
N1.7041.7661.435
R20.9980.9970.998
RMSE0.0030.0080.008
AICc−181.398−151.128−153.326

a(mmol L−1), b(min−1), c(g mmol−1 min−1), d(mmol g−1), e(mmol g−1) [1−n] min−1.