scholarly journals ACTIVATED CARBON FROM DURIAN SEED BY H3PO4 ACTIVATION: PREPARATION AND PORE STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amri Ismail ◽  
Hanggara Sudrajat ◽  
Desi Jumbianti

Activated carbons have been produced from the natural biomaterial durian (Durio zibethinus) seed, using phosphoric acid (H3PO4) as the activating agent. The effects of impregnation ratio, activation temperature, heating rate on the carbon surface area, porosity and mass yield are presented. A two step process has been used, the first step was a low temperature impregnation at 150 °C using phosphoric acid and the second step was the carbonization at high temperatures, namely, 600 and 900 °C. The most outstanding carbon with the highest surface area of 2123 m2/g was prepared using an impregnation ratio of 2, an activation temperature of 600 °C for 4 h and a heating rate of 1 °C/min.   Keywords: activated carbon, durian seed, phosphoric acid activation

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamon Sarkar ◽  
Chao Tian ◽  
M. Sarwar Jahan

Activated carbon was prepared by phosphoric acid (H3PO4) activation of potassium hydroxide (KOH) pulping spent liquor lignin from rice straw and compared with KOH hydroxide activation. The process parameters, such as impregnation ratio, activation temperature, and activation time were varied and their effects on the yield of activated carbon and iodine number were studied. The activated carbon prepared by H3PO4 at 800°C for 60 min at an impregnation ratio of 2.5 reached a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 1063 m2/g, including pore diameter of 14.4 nm, iodine number of 525 mg/g, and yield of 49.2%. Yield and BET surface area in KOH activation was much lower than that of H3PO4.


2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
Phung Thi Kim Le ◽  
Kien Anh Le

Agricultural wastes are considered to be a very important feedstock for activated carbon production as they are renewable sources and low cost materials. This study present the optimize conditions for preparation of durian peel activated carbon (DPAC) for removal of methylene blue (MB) from synthetic effluents. The effects of carbonization temperature (from 673K to 923K) and impregnation ratio (from 0.2 to 1.0) with potassium hydroxide KOH on the yield, surface area and the dye adsorbed capacity of the activated carbons were investigated. The dye removal capacity was evaluated with methylene blue. In comparison with the commercial grade carbons, the activated carbons from durian peel showed considerably higher surface area especially in the suitable temperate and impregnation ratio of activated carbon production. Methylene blue removal capacity appeared to be comparable to commercial products; it shows the potential of durian peel as a biomass source to produce adsorbents for waste water treatment and other application. Optimize condition for preparation of DPAC determined by using response surface methodology was at temperature 760 K and IR 1.0 which resulted the yield (51%), surface area (786 m2/g), and MB removal (172 mg/g).


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daouda Kouotou ◽  
Horace Ngomo Manga ◽  
Abdelaziz Baçaoui ◽  
Abdelrani Yaacoubi ◽  
Joseph Ketcha Mbadcam

In this study, activated carbons were prepared from oil palm shells by physicochemical activation. The methodology of experimental design was used to optimize the preparation conditions. The influences of the impregnation ratio (0.6–3.4) and the activation temperature between 601°C and 799°C on the following three responses: activated carbon yield (R/AC-H3PO4), the iodine adsorption (I2/AC-H3PO4), and the methylene blue adsorption (MB/AC-H3PO4) results were investigated using analysis of variance (ANOVA) to identify the significant parameters. Under the experimental conditions investigated, the activation temperature of 770°C and impregnation ratio of 2/1 leading to the R/AC-H3PO4of 52.10%, theI2/AC-H3PO4of 697.86 mg/g, and the MB/AC-H3PO4of 346.25 mg/g were found to be optimum conditions for producing activated carbon with well compromise of desirability. The two factors had both synergetic and antagonistic effects on the three responses studied. The micrographs of activated carbons examined with scanning electron microscopy revealed that the activated carbons were found to be mainly microporous and mesoporous.


2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 599-615
Author(s):  
Zhuanyong Zou ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Jiahui Ding ◽  
Tanqi Chen ◽  
Xungai Wang

Converting waste fiber to high value-added carbonaceous materials has been considered as an effective and affordable route in response to the increasing volume of waste fiber in recent year. In this study, we are the first to prepare activated carbon powder derived from cashmere guard hair as a renewable waste protein fiber, using a chemical activation method at different impregnation ratios of K2CO3/cashmere guard hair char and activation temperatures ranging from 400℃ to 600℃. Characterization of the activated carbon powder was carried out by morphology study, specific surface area study, and adsorption study. Results have shown that the increase of the impregnation ratio and the activation temperature created more microporous structure in the activated carbon powder, and then increased the specific surface area of the activated carbon powder as well as the amount of methylene blue adsorbed. However, the carbon yield increases with the increase in the impregnation ratio of K2CO3/cashmere guard hair char and decreases with the increase in the activation temperature. The activated carbon powder, activated by the condition of 1:2 K2CO3/cashmere guard hair char impregnation ratio and 600℃ activation temperature, has a specific surface area of 764.86 m2g−1 and a carbon yield of 14.07 wt%. Compared to the activated carbon powder derived from fine merino wool fibers, the activated carbon powder derived from cashmere guard hair has higher carbon yield, surface area, and total pore volume, showing a superior adsorption performance.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (47) ◽  
pp. 40818-40827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zizhang Guo ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Hai Liu

This study shows that oxalic acid (OA) and succinic acid (SA) were employed to modify Phragmites australis (PA)-based activated carbons (ACs) during phosphoric acid activation to improve Rhodamine B (RhB) removal from aqueous solutions.


2014 ◽  
Vol 699 ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Rahim Yacob ◽  
Adlina Azmi ◽  
Mohd Khairul Asyraf Amat Mustajab

The characteristics and quality of activated carbons prepared depending on the chemical and physical properties of the starting materials and the activation method used. In this study, activated carbon prepared using pineapple waste. Three parts of pineapple waste which comprises of peel, crown and leaf were studied. For comparison activated carbon were prepared by both physical and chemical activation respectively. Three types of chemicals were used, phosphoric acid (H3PO4), sulphuric acid (H2SO4), and potassium hydroxide (KOH). The preparation includes carbonization at 200°C and activation at the 400°C using muffle furnace. The chemical characterization of the activated carbon was carried out using Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Nitrogen gas adsorption analysis and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). The highest BET surface area was achieved when the pineapple peel soaked in 20% phosphoric acid with a surface area of 1115 m2g-1. FTIR analysis indicates that the reacted pineapple waste successfully converted into activated carbons.


2014 ◽  
Vol 881-883 ◽  
pp. 579-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Zhi Chen ◽  
Dong Xu Miao ◽  
Xiao Jie Feng ◽  
Jian Zhong Xu

Activated carbons (AC) were produced by chemical activation with potassium hydroxide (KOH) at 800°C from chars that were carbonized from reedy grass leaves at 450°C in N2atmosphere. The effects of the weight ratio of KOH/char ( impregnation ratio), activation temperature and duration time were examined. Adsorption capacity was demonstrated with iodine number. BET surface area, pore volume and pore size of activated carbons were characterized by N2adsorption isotherms. The maximum surface area and iodine number of the AC was 1100 m2/g and 1080 mg/g produced at 800°C for2h and impregnation ratio is 4:1.The characteristics of activated carbons were determined by Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Thermal gravimetry (TG/DTA) analysis of raw material was carried out.


2016 ◽  
Vol 718 ◽  
pp. 100-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pichaya Nitnithiphrut ◽  
Rangsinee Pimsri ◽  
Varinrumpai Seithtanabutara

Para-wood residue was impregnated in 40% wt. of H3PO4 solution for 24 h before carbonization under different temperatures and times. The response surface methodology (RSM) based on Box-Behnken was applied to optimize the operating conditions in producing activated carbon with high specific surface area. The effects of three variables; impregnation ratio, carbonising temperature and time on the specific surface of activated carbons were investigated. The proposed model was almost in accordance with the experimental case with correlation efficient and of 0.9653 and 0.9029, respectively. The optimal conditions were found to be 6%wt. of impregnation ratio and carbonization at 400°C for 67.27 min. The predicted surface area of produced activated carbon under these optimal conditions determined by RSM was 1069.30 m2/g. Experimental validation at these conditions was observed of 978.95 m2/g which closely agreed with the predicted value. This obtained activated carbon structure composed of mesopores and micropores with the average pore diameter of 21.71°A. This study indicated the RSM based on Box-Behnken design was the effectively method to optimize the operating condition and maximize the specific surface area of produced activated carbons.


Author(s):  
Tariq Altalhi ◽  
A. Abd El-moemen ◽  
Mohamed M. Ibrahim ◽  
Amine Mezni ◽  
Ibrahim Hotan Alsohaimi ◽  
...  

Abstract Olive oil production processes breed two kinds of environmentally detriment waste by-products; the solid olive residue (SOR) and olive waste water (OWW) by-products. The current work aims to treat simultaneously both wastes in the same location. The solid olive residue was converted to activated carbon with pyrolysis at 600°C, followed by steam activation at 600, 700 and 800°C. The produced activated carbons were investigated by FTIR, SEM, BET surface areas analyzer and iodine number. The surface area increases with increasing stream activation temperature up to 800°C (1020 m2/g BET). However, steam activation at 700°C is most environmental and economically feasible, because increasing the activation temperature from 700 to 800°C increases the surface area only from 979 to 1020 m2/g. Activated carbon steam cured at 700°C shows high removal capacity of both polyphenolic compounds and COD of OWW. 95.5% of COD and 84.2% of polyphenolic compounds was removed after equilibrium with activated carbon for 2 hours at room temperature.


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