3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid is one of phenolic compounds that exists in olive mill waste water (OMWW) and different industrial wastewater.Commercially activated charcoal was studied as absorbent of polyphenols. The value of specific surface area was 73
6.7189 m2/g. Equilibriums of 3,4-dihyroxybenzoic acid from aqueous solutions on four different particle sizes of the adsorbent with diameters ranged A(1000-2000), B(500-1000), C(250-500), D(125-250)m was examined at different initial concentrations ofabsorbate. The experimental data were analyzed using the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. Both the isotherm models fit the adsorption data. Monolayer absorption capacities Q0 calculated from Langmuir equation were (0.36, 0.23, 0.34, 0.35mmol/g) for the different granular activated carbon sizes (A,B,C,D) respectively. The values of constant Kf calculated from Freundlich equation were (0.75, 0.61, 0.76, 0.79mmol/g) for the four sizes of granular activated carbon (A,B,C,D) respectively.
The results show that the charcoal activated carbon can be used as absorbent for polyphenol compounds.
