Preparation of activated carbons from cattle-manure compost by zinc chloride activation

Preparation and Characterization of Activated Carbon Fibers from Liquefied Wood by ZnCl2 Activation

“…As the activated temperature was increased from 500 °C to 800 °C, the yield of ACFs also decreased, since the promotion of tar volatilization by higher temperature. These results are in good agreement with that reported by previous studies (Qian et al 2007;Sait et al 2009). …”

“…An increase in the impregnation ratio would strengthen the erosion effect on the fiber surface by ZnCl2, thereby causing a more pronounced catalytic dehydration and dehydrogenation. ZnCl2, as an activating agent, would selectively strip H and O away from the raw material as H2O and H2 rather than CO, CO2, or hydrocarbons (Qian et al 2007;Kumar et al 2015). Thus, more O than C would be lost.…”

Pore structure of activated carbon prepared from hazelnut bagasse by chemical activation

“…These results agree with those reported earlier. [12] In KOH series, surface area, V total and V micro increase with increasing IR. Maximum values of S BET , V total and V micro were obtained as 1642 m 2 g −1 , 0.964 cm 3 g −1 and 0.599 cm 3 g −1 , respectively.…”

Surface properties of activated carbon prepared from wastes

“…[2] Many agricultural byproducts and animal wastes have been used as sources for activated carbon, such as date stones, [3] corn cob, [4] pistachio shells, [5] cassava peel, [6] olive cake, [7] broiler manure, [8] cow dung [9] and cattle manure. [10] There are two processes for preparation of activated carbon: physical and chemical activation. The physical activation involves primary carbonization of the raw material followed by controlled gasification at higher temperature in a stream of an oxidizing gas.…”