Preparation and characterization of activated carbon from sewage sludge: carbonization step.
Sewage sludges produced from wastewater treatment plants continue to create environmental problems in terms of volume and method of valorization. Thermal treatment of sewage sludge is considered as an attractive method in reducing sludge volume which at the same time produces reusable by-products. This paper deals with the first step of activated carbon production from sewage sludge, the carbonization step. Experiments are carried out on viscous liquid sludge and limed sludge by varying carbonization temperature and heating rate. The results show that carbonized residue properties are interesting for activated carbon production.
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D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
D012722:Sewage; D002244:Carbon