Abstract
Tetracycline is a series of emerging pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs), which has been caught increasing concern in recent years. As a new type of carbon materials, activated carbon fiber (ACF) demonstrates its excellent adsorption performance especially in organic pollutants removal. ACF was used for tetracycline removal by adsorption and the effect of ACF dosage, contact time, salinity, initial pH condition and reaction temperature were investigated. It was observed that the removal rate of TC increased with an increase in the ACF dosage and contact time. The solution salinity could inhibit the TC adsorption onto ACF slightly by competitive adsorption. Acidic conditions were especially favorable for TC removal. The increased reaction temperature could improve TC adsorption to a large extent as well.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2010 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2010 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering 2010 - Chengdu, China Duration: 18 Jun 2010 → 20 Jun 2010 Conference number: 4th |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering 2010 |
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Abbreviated title | iCBBE 2010 |
Country | China |
City | Chengdu |
Period | 18/06/10 → 20/06/10 |
Keywords
- Activated carbon fiber (ACF)
- Adsorption
- Color removal
- Tetracycline