Phenol and Phenolic compounds are omnipresent organics contaminants which are
sent out to inbred water bodies and wastewater systems produced from the
industrials processes, and it takes individual attention due to its
extraordinary features such as high toxicity, carcinogenic characteristics,
and ability to a gathering which affects the health of humans and the
milieu. In this practical study, the integrated system of a pulsation bubble
column with an inverse fluidization air loop reactor was tested to remove
phenol. The test platform was made and operated with a bubble column
containing at its upper end an electrical solenoid valve engaged via at
least two timers, and connected to the air loop reactor consisting of an
outer rectangular tube and an internal draft tube by One-way valve, where
the granular activated carbon is put as an adsorbent material in the annulus
region between the inner and outer tube. The effect of various parameters
[molar ratio of Phenol to H2O2 (1/10, 1/15 and 1/20), airflow rate
(5-20liter/min), remediation time (5-60min), initial phenol concentration
(10-150) mg L-1] has been studied. Removing 90% of the contaminated phenol
as a result of this study may represent a partial solution to the ecological
problem.
Phenol removal using pulsation bubble column with inverse fluidization airlift loop reactor
