The COD Removal of Lime and Subsequent Acid Pretreated Partially Stabilised Leachate via Granular-Activated Carbon

Table 5

Kinetic constants for the adsorption of COD from pseudo-second-order kinetics.

Carbon dosage (g/L)	Kinetic constant
	qe (exp) (mg/g)	qe (calculated) (mg/g)	Ks	H	R^2
10	110.8	123.46	8.3 × 10^−3	126.51	0.9716
30	49.27	53.19	0.0245	69.31	0.9812
60	27.78	25.46	0.093	71.00	0.998