DESENVOLVIMENTO E VALIDAÇÃO DO SOFTWARE ADSORPTION KINETICS CALCULATION (AKC) PARA CÁLCULOS DE PARÂMETROS CINÉTICOS DE ADSORÇÃO

Abstract

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE ADSORPTION KINETICS CALCULATION (AKC) SOFTWARE FOR ADSORPTION KINETIC PARAMETERS CALCULATIONS. The study of adsorption kinetics has been gaining ground, due to the fact that adsorption is an operation used in several areas, which drives the development of software for calculating kinetic parameters. In this context, the work aims to develop and validate a free software, with an intuitive interface and easy operation, for processing adsorption kinetic analysis data. The Adsorption Kinetics Calculation (AKC) software was developed in Java language, using Apache Netbeans IDE (integrated development environment) and has three kinetic equations implemented in a non-linear way: pseudofirst order, pseudo-second order and intraparticle diffusion implemented and also generates the parameters statistical coefficient of determination (R2) and ARE (average relative error). The software was successful in programming the algorithms, because the parameter values (Qe and C) were similar to the experimental values and the error values (R2 and ARE) were within those predicted by the literature. The software has the ability to plot the results and all results showed reliability in the data generated, and it can be concluded that it is validated and ready to be made available for users to use in their research.