scholarly journals The impact of water soaking on physicochemical activated carbon produced by various thermal cracking temperature

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heri Soedarmanto ◽  
Sudjito ◽  
Widya Wijayanti ◽  
Nurkholis Hamidi ◽  
Evy Setiawati
1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1255-1264
Author(s):  
K. L. Martins

During treatment of groundwater, radon is often coincidentally removed by processes typically used to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs)-for example, processes such as liquid-phase granular activated carbon (LGAC) adsorption and air stripping with vapor-phase carbon (VGAC). The removal of radon from drinking water is a positive benefit for the water user; however, the accumulation of radon on activated carbon may cause radiologic hazards for the water treatment plant operators and the spent carbon may be considered a low-level radioactive waste. To date, most literature on radon removal by water treatment processes was based on bench- or residential-scale systems. This paper addresses the impact of radon on municipal and industrial-scale applications. Available data have been used todevelop graphical methods of estimating the radioactivity exposure rates to facility operators and determine the fate of spent carbon. This paper will allow the reader to determine the potential for impact of radon on the system design and operation as follows.Estimate the percent removal of radon from water by LGAC adsorbers and packed tower air strippers. Also, a method to estimate the percent removal of radon by VGAC used for air stripper off-gas will be provided.Estimate if your local radon levels are such that the safety guidelines, suggested by USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency), of 25 mR/yr (0.1 mR/day) for radioactivity exposure may or may not be exceeded.Estimate the disposal requirements of the waste carbon for LGAC systems and VGAC for air stripper “Off-Gas” systems. Options for dealing with high radon levels are presented.


2010 ◽  
Vol 113-116 ◽  
pp. 1870-1873
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Zhu ◽  
Jun Shen ◽  
Yu Liu

The removal efficiencies of 4 air-cleaning materials on formaldehyde and VOC emissions from particleboards were examined in this paper. The effect of activated carbon and photo catalyst on formaldehyde and VOC emissions removal was notable in short time. The effect of scavenger was obviously on formaldehyde removal for its synthetic mechanism. And the impact of bioenzyme on formaldehyde and VOC emissions from particleboards is dependent on the test conditions and it shows no impact on emissions in this experiment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Daniel Steiner ◽  
Bernhard Hofko

The cooling test or Thermal Stress Restrained Specimen Test (TSRST) simulates fully restrained pavements, as they occur in field for laboratory assessment of the thermal cracking resistance of asphalt mixtures. In the TSRST, cryogenic stress builds up due to cooling and prevented shrinkage until the tensile strength of the specimen is exceeded and the specimen fails by cracking. By carrying out TSRST various viscoelastic parameters, e.g. relaxation, evolution of tensile stresses, and tensile strength can be analyzed. Thus, a comprehensive view on the low temperature performance is possible. Standard TSRST is controlled by setting the cooling rate of the air within the chamber at a fixed value, e.g. -10°C/h. In thermodynamics, the actual cooling rate of objects is not only influenced by the cooling but also by external conditions like humidity, air velocity, radiation condition, etc. A current study investigates the impact of additional cooling parameters rather than just the air cooling rate. Two test machines of the same manufacturer that differ in the year of production and the setup of the climate chamber are compared. An initial wide scatter of test results from the two devices could be explained by taking thermodynamics into account and the reproducibility could be significantly enhanced.


Author(s):  
Siti Shawalliah Idris ◽  
Muhammad Nasrul Bojy ◽  
Zakiuddin Januri

Conversion of waste to wealth has been one of the ways to reduce the volume of industrial waste to disposal site, hence reducing the impact to the environment. In this work, paint sludge from an automotive industry (APS) was converted into activated carbon through chemical activation (potassium hydroxide (KOH)) using microwave pyrolysis technique. The effect of power and radiation time on the produced activated carbon were investigated and characterised (carbon content, surface area, and pore volume) to identify the possibility of application as a supercapacitor. Potassium hydroxide activation of the APS char via microwave pyrolysis has shown that power level and radiation time has influenced the yield of the APS activated carbon. A longer radiation time and higher power supply has produced activated carbon having higher carbon contents, lower impurities, higher surface area and higher pore volume. Thus, the APS activated carbon obtained via microwave pyrolysis at power supply 1000 W and 45 minutes radiation time had produced the highest surface area and total pore volume of 434.3 m2/g and 0.2901 cm3/g, respectively. However, the produced activated carbon is not suitable for the supercapacitor application as the minimum surface area requirement must be more than 1000 m2/g. The pore size of the activated APS char produced in this study was in the range of mesopores size which was also considered very poor for supercapacitor application. The outcome of this research has shown that the produced activated carbon could otherwise be used for other application than a supercapacitor.


RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuojun Li ◽  
Yuchen Yang ◽  
Ulises Jáuregui-Haza ◽  
Zhengxiao Guo ◽  
Luiza Cintra Campos

Powdered activated carbon with abundant micropores and mesopores can effectively remove metaldehyde from aqueous solution in the presence of humic acid.


2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Klimenko ◽  
L. V. Nevinnaya ◽  
Yu. V. Sidorenko ◽  
O. G. Shvidenko ◽  
Yu. O. Shvadshina
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2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos F. Liriano-Jorge ◽  
Ugur Sohmen ◽  
Altan Özkan ◽  
Holger Gulyas ◽  
Ralf Otterpohl

Separation of photocatalyst nanoparticles is a problem impeding widespread application of photocatalytic oxidation. As sedimentation of photocatalyst particles is facilitated by their flocculation, the influence of common constituents of biologically pretreated wastewaters (NaCl, NaHCO3, and their combination with humic acid sodium salt) on flocculation was tested by the pipet method. Results showed that the impact of these substances on TiO2nanoparticle flocculation is rather complex and strongly affected by pH. When humic acid was present, TiO2particles did not show efficient flocculation in the neutral and slightly basic pH range. As an alternative to photocatalyst separation by sedimentation, precoat vacuum filtration with powdered activated carbon (PAC) over low-cost spunbond polypropylene fabrics was tested in the presence of two PAC types in aqueous NaCl and NaHCO3solutions as well as in biologically treated greywater and in secondary municipal effluent. PAC concentrations of≥2 g/L were required in order to achieve a retention of nearly 95% of the TiO2nanoparticles on the fabric filter when TiO2concentration was 1 g/L. Composition of the aqueous matrix and PAC type had a slight impact on precoat filtration. PAC precoat filtration represents a potential pretreatment for photocatalyst removal by micro- or ultrafiltration.


2008 ◽  
Vol 314 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Wurst ◽  
Sander van Beersum

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