Question: An adsorption bed ( 4 0 cm in diameter ) is packed with activated carbon as the adsorbent. A feed stream containing 0 . 1

An adsorption bed (40cm in diameter) is packed with activated carbon as the adsorbent. A feed stream containing 0.15wt% of impurity A enters the column at 1000k(g)/(h)r . The adsorption of A on activated carbon follows the Langmuir isotherm: q_(A)=(30.15c_(A))/(1+5c_(A)) where c_(A) is the concentration of A in the wastewater stream ( kg of (A)/(k)g of wastewater feed), and q_(A) is the corresponding maximum amount of impurity A that can be adsorbed ( kg of (A)/(k)g adsorbent). Impurity A is first detected in the exiting stream after 15 hours of operation, and the bed reaches complete saturation after 2 more hours. (a) Starting from Langmuir isotherm expression, determine the amount (in kg ) of adsorbent material needed for the bed to achieve saturation after 15 hours of operation. (b) Given that the density of activated carbon is 550k(g)/(m^(3)), what is the length (in m ) of the adsorbent bed? (c) Suppose the breakthrough curve is a standard, S-shaped curve, what is the percentage of bed that is not used at breakthrough?

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