A comparative study of multicomponent adsorption of phenolic compounds on GAC and ACFs

ACC-10, which has the smallest critical pore size and narrow PSD, was shown to be effective in hampering oligomerization of phenolic compounds in all binary adsorption systems. ACC-15, which has larger critical pore size than ACC-10 and also narrow PSD, showed somewhat effectiveness in hampering oligomerization in binary adsorption systems and total effectiveness in ternary adsorptions. On the other hand, the wide pore size variations of F400 played a role in the oligomerization of the phenolic compounds. The Ideal Adsorbed Solution Theory (IAST) well predicted the multicomponent adsorption systems that did not undergo oligomerization.