title: Characteristic and mercury adsorption of activated carbon produced by CO2 of chicken waste.
abstract: Preparation of activated carbon from chicken waste is a promising way to produce a useful adsorbent for Hg removal. A three-stage activation process (drying at 200 degrees C, pyrolysis in N2 atmosphere, followed by CO2 activation) was used for the production of activated samples. The effects of carbonization temperature (400-600 degrees C), activation temperature (700-900 degrees C), and activation time (1-2.5 h) on the physicochemical properties (weight-loss and BET surface) of the prepared carbon were investigated. Adsorptive removal of mercury from real flue gas onto activated carbon has been studied. The activated carbon from chicken waste has the same mercury capacity as commercial activated carbon (Darco LH) (Hg(v): 38.7% vs. 53.5%, Hg(0): 50.5% vs. 68.8%), although its surface area is around 10 times smaller, 89.5 m2/g vs. 862 m2/g. The low cost activated carbon can be produced from chicken waste, and the procedure is suitable.
authors.affiliation: Education Ministry Key Laboratory on Clean Coal Power Generation and Combustion Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China. heyyj@seu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yaji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Baosheng
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Zhaoping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Wenqi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D002645:Chickens; D008372:Manure / Q000032:analysis; D008628:Mercury / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008372:Manure; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002606:Charcoal; D008628:Mercury