Ibuprofen Adsorption onto Olive Pomace Activated Carbon

Pharmaceutical compounds present in liquid effluents have great environmental impact. Thus, the development of alternative adsorbent materials from agro-industrial activities has received attention. This work aimed to adsorb ibuprofen onto activated carbon from olive pomace and evaluate the parameters of the adsorption system. The experiments were performed in batch and continuous flow. The mathematical models that best described the experimental data were the pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models for kinetic and isothermal studies. The fixed bed experiments showed a good fit for the Thomas model.

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This study aimed to develop activated carbon adsorbent from olive pomace and evaluate its parameters for ibuprofen adsorption. Both batch and continuous flow experiments were conducted. The results of kinetic and isothermal studies revealed that the pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models provided the best fit for the experimental data. The fixed bed experiments showed good agreement with the Thomas model.