Comparison on pore development of activated carbon produced from palm shell and coconut shell.
A series of experiments were conducted to compare the pore development in palm-shell and coconut-shell-based activated carbons produced under identical experimental conditions. Carbonization and activation processes were carried out at 850 degrees C using a fluidized bed reactor. Within the range of burn-off studied, at any burn-off, the micropore and mesopore volumes created in palm-shell-based activated carbon were always higher than those of coconut-shell-based activated carbon. On macropore volume, for palm-shell-based activated carbon, the volume increased with increase in burn-off up to 30% and then decreased. However, for coconut-shell-based activated carbon, the change in macropore volume with burn-off was almost negligible but the absolute macropore volume decreased with burn-off.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Wan Mohd Ashri Wan
WM
Daud
Wan Shabuddin Wan
WS
Ali
D000327:Adsorption; D028023:Arecaceae; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D003059:Cocos; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
C036909:lignocellulose; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002606:Charcoal; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin