Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 170, Issue -, Pages 132-137Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.073
Keywords
Activated carbon; Char; Rice husks; Steam activation; Adsorbent
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Education of the Spanish Government [CTQ2010-16133]
- Basque Government [GIC07/24-IT-220-07]
- University of the Basque Country [UFI 11/39]
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The overall valorization of rice husk char obtained by flash pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor (CSBR) has been studied in a two-step process. Thus, silica has been recovered in a first step and the remaining carbon material has been subjected to steam activation. The char samples used in this study have been obtained by continuous flash pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor at 500 degrees C. Extraction with Na2CO3 allows recovering 88% of the silica contained in the rice husk char. Activation of the silica-free rice husk char has been carried out in a fixed bed reactor at 800 degrees C using steam as activating agent. The porous structure of the activated carbons produced includes a combination of micropores and mesopores, with a BET surface area of up to 1365 m(2) g(-1) at the end of 15 min. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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