Coal tar residues based activated carbon: preparation and characterization

Autor: Faqin Dong, Guo-Qing Zhong, Ümüt Halik, Gao Lei, Duu-Jong Lee, Qun-Wei Dai
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 63:166-169
ISSN: 1876-1070
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2016.02.029
Popis: Coal tar residues (CRT) are a toxic and carcinogenic waste from coal tar processing unit that need extensive post-treatment before their safe disposal. This study prepared activated carbon from coal tar residues using activating H3PO4 at 650–1200 °C. At 850 °C, the yielded activated carbon has an iodine value of 793.5 mg/g, total pore volume of 0.286 cm3/g and micropore volume of 0.255 cm3/g, which can have feasible usage as mediate quality activated carbon. Kinetic model fitting reveals that the presence of H3PO4 increases effective reaction collision rate and decreases activation energy of pyrolysis reactions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE