Journal
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 2092-2099Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2013.03.025
Keywords
Almond shell; Activated carbon; Characterization; Ammoxidation; Total organic carbon
Funding
- Tunisian Chemical Group
- Faculty of Science of Sfax for the assistance in MEB
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Almond shell was used to prepare activated carbon using physical activation method, consisted of carbon dioxide (CO2) gasification. The effects of the preparation variables which were activation temperature, activation time and carbon dioxide flow rate on the adsorption capacity of iodine and methylene blue solution were investigated. The optimal activated carbon was obtained by these conditions as follows: 800 degrees C activation temperature, 100 cm(3)/min carbon dioxide flow rate and 120 min activation time. The characterization of carbon materials is performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), C-13 (CP/MAS and MAS) solid-state NMR, nitrogen adsorption (BET) and Boehm's titration method. For an industrial application, the optimal activated carbon was ammoxidated to improve its adsorption capacity toward total organic carbon from Tunisian industrial phosphoric acid. The influence of experimental parameters such as specific consumption, initial concentration, contact time, agitation speed and temperature on TOC removal was studied. 0 (C) 2013 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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