Effect of Temperature and Air flow rate on Xylene Removal from Wastewater using Packed Column Air Stripper
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v67.2795Keywords:
Air stripper, xylene, wastewater, spectrophotometer, temperature, air-water flow rateAbstract
In this research, the effects of temperature and air flow rate on the removal efficiency of xylene from wastewater using packed column air stripper were investigated at a temperature range of 30 to 500C and air-water ratios of 20 to 100. The quantities of xylene in effluent from the air stripper were determined using UV-visible spectrophotometer. The effects of increase in temperature on the percentage removal of xylene were found to be more significant at low temperatures (30-400C) than at higher temperatures (45-500C). Also, the effects of increase in water-air ratio on percentage removal of xylene were less significant at higher G/L ratio (80-100) and more significant at low G/L ratios (20-60), thus revealing a non-linear trend in the effect of temperature and air-water ratio on xylene removal.The result also indicates that xylene removal efficiency is greatly affected by column temperature and G/L ratio with the highest removal efficiency of 99.93 at temperature of 500C and at G/L ratio of 100.References
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