The desorption behavior and kinetics of resorcinol from activated carbon in rotating packed bed were studied by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, compared with that in the traditional fixed bed. The optimal operation conditions were determined with temperature of 20℃, high gravity factor of 32.63, pH value of 11, flow rate of 50 L/h, desorption agent ethanol of 40wt% and desorption time of 90 min. In these case, desorption rate of resorcinol reached 93.90%. Compared with the fixed bed, desorption rate increased about 58.54% under the same operating conditions in rotating packed bed. The high gravity technology was beneficial to desorption performance by enhancing the mass transfer from liquid phase to solid phase. The desorption rate constant increased with the increased of flow rate and high gravity factor. In addition, the desorption rate constant improved from 13.27×10?3 g/(mg?min) with ultrapure water as desorption agent to 25.48×10?3 g/(mg?min) with ethanol as desorption agent.