Sahin R., Yargiç A., Özbay N., Önal E., 2014, Removal of Phenol from Aqueous Solution Using Sugar Beet Pulp Activated Carbon, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 42, 169-174.
In this study, activated carbon was obtained from sugar beet pulp by applying low-temperature carbonization at 350 °C. Removal of phenol from aqueous solutions was investigated by applying chemical activation process to activated carbon with HCl and NaOH. For adsorption of phenol removal from aqueous solutions; effects of pH, adsorbent dosage, phenol concentration, temperature and contact times were investigated. The highest removal efficiency was achieved as 63 % at pH of 7 for NaOH-treated activated carbon at 0.1 g adsorbent dosage, 100 mg/L phenol concentration, 1 hour contact time, and room temperature. Results of the experiments showed that the adsorption kinetics obey pseudo-second order kinetic model, respectively.
