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Presented at the 2011 COMSOL Conference in Boston Model of a Heavy Metal Adsorption System Using the S-Layer of Bacillus sphaericus
Juan Pablo Orjuela
Urban and Regional Sustainability Group Universidad de los Andes
Bogota - Colombia
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Heavy metals and water
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Bacillus sphaericus
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Tunjuelito meets Bacillus sphaericus
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Let’s model this!
• Single porosity model
• Langmuir’s Isotherm
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Use of COMSOL Multiphysics
• 2D • Mass transfer module • Chemical Species Transport / chpm
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Global parameters
• Experimental: – Langmuir – Time for saturation – Density – Porosity – Initial concentrations
• Literature: – Dm – E – Km
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Geometry
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Species transport in porous media
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Results
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Results II
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Conclusions
• The model shows some really good preliminary results
• 1-D analysis is a good option
• Particle size has a greater effect than inflow speed
• Relationship between surface area and diffusivity coefficient ?
• Scale-up?
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Acknowledgements
• Civil and Environmental Engineering Department • Urban and Regional Sustainability Group • Chemical Engineering Department • Biology Department • Nathalia Flórez • Andrea García • Andrés Gonzalez
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THANK YOU! Juan Pablo Orjuela [email protected]