Study the effect of preparation conditions of activated carbon from palm shell for methane adsorption

Author

Arami-Niya, Arash ; Daud, W. M A Wan ; Mjalli, F.S. ; Shamiri, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

2-4 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

381

Lastpage

385

Abstract

The low-cost activated carbon was prepared from Palm shell an agricultural waste material, by combination of chemical and physical activation with phosphoric acid and CO2, respectively for adsorption of methane. Central composite design (CCD) was applied to study the influence of activation temperature, chemical ratio of phosphoric acid to palm shell and physical activation time on the amount of methane adsorption. A quadratic model was developed for adsorption of methane using Design-Expert software. Physical activation time was found to have the most effect on the methane adsorption capacity of produced activated carbon.

Keywords

activated carbon; adsorption; agricultural products; design of experiments; industrial waste; activated carbon; activation temperature; agricultural waste material; central composite design; chemical ratio; design-expert software; methane adsorption; palm shell; phosphoric acid; preparation conditions; quadratic model; Analysis of variance; Carbon; Chemicals; Materials; Optimized production technology; Temperature distribution; Welding; Activated Carbon; Activation; Methane adsorption; Palm Shell; Response Surface Methodology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ICBEE), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8748-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8749-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBEE.2010.5653274

Filename

5653274