Modeling Competitive Adsorption of Mixtures of Volatile Organic Compounds in a Fixed-Bed of Beaded Activated Carbon Dereje Tamiru Tefera Zaher Hashisho John H. Philips James E. Anderson Mark Nichols 10.1021/es404667f.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Modeling_Competitive_Adsorption_of_Mixtures_of_Volatile_Organic_Compounds_in_a_Fixed_Bed_of_Beaded_Activated_Carbon/2299987 A two-dimensional mathematical model was developed to study competitive adsorption of <i>n</i>-component mixtures in a fixed-bed adsorber. The model consists of an isotherm equation to predict adsorption equilibria of <i>n</i>-component volatile organic compounds (VOCs) mixture from single component isotherm data, and a dynamic adsorption model, the macroscopic mass, energy and momentum conservation equations, to simulate the competitive adsorption of the <i>n</i>-components onto a fixed-bed of adsorbent. The model was validated with experimentally measured data of competitive adsorption of binary and eight-component VOCs mixtures onto beaded activated carbon (BAC). The mean relative absolute error (MRAE) was used to compare the modeled and measured breakthrough profiles as well as the amounts of adsorbates adsorbed. For the binary and eight-component mixtures, the MRAE of the breakthrough profiles was 13 and 12%, respectively, whereas, the MRAE of the adsorbed amounts was 1 and 2%, respectively. These data show that the model provides accurate prediction of competitive adsorption of multicomponent VOCs mixtures and the competitive adsorption isotherm equation is able to accurately predict equilibrium adsorption of VOCs mixtures. 2014-05-06 00:00:00 BAC Beaded Activated CarbonA Volatile Organic Compounds momentum conservation equations component isotherm data multicomponent VOCs mixtures adsorption isotherm equation MRAE breakthrough profiles model