Adsorption from aqueous phenol solutions on heterogeneous surfaces of activated carbons—Comparison of experimental data and simulations

Adsorption-energy distribution (AED) for phenol on activated carbons, generated by utilization of regularization method (INTEG program) has been verified. As independent verification tool, the Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation method carried out on a square lattice has been chosen. The final stage of verification was comparison of experimental adsorption isotherms and those obtained by employment GCMC simulations based on parameters of AED functions calculated by INTEG algorithm. The experimental data of phenol adsorption on activated carbons prepared from two bituminous coals BW and MT have been taken from literature.