Journal
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS
Volume 110, Issue -, Pages 113-121Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2014.08.007
Keywords
Eupatorium adenophorum; Activated carbon; Hydrogen rich fuel gas; Response surface methodology
Funding
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20115314120014]
- Kunming University of Science and Technology Personnel Training Fund [KKSY201252077]
- Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Talents Scheme-Technological Leading Talent [2013HA002]
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Eupatorium adenophorum was converted into a high-quality activated carbon (EAAC) and hydrogen rich fuel gas via steam activation. The process variables including activation temperature, activation duration and steam flow rate on the adsorption capability and activated carbon yield were identified. Additionally the surface characteristics of EAAC were characterized by nitrogen adsorption isotherms, FTIR and SEM. The operating variables were optimized utilizing the response surface methodology and were identified to be an activation temperature of 950 degrees C, an activation duration of 60 min and a steam flow rate of 1.2 ml/min with a iodine adsorption capacity of 1031 mg/g and yield of 25%. The key parameters that characterize quality of the porous carbon such as the BET surface area, total pore volume and average pore diameter were estimated to be 1357 m(2)/g, 1.1 ml/g and 3.31 nm, respectively. The heating value of fuel gases evolved during the process of activation at optimized process conditions were estimated to be 10.27 MJ/m(3), with the major components being H-2 and CO. A high heating value well augurs its utility as a heat source for the whole process which would significantly alter the commercial manufacturing economy. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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