Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production
Oil palm trunk is a major lignocellulosic-rich, solid waste material generated from palm-oil upstream industry. The activated carbons prepared from oil palm trunk pretreated with phosphoric acid with the ratio of the acid to the precursor of 0.9, followed by carbonization and activation by carbon di...
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| author | Hussein, Mohd Zobir Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin Yahaya, Asmah Hin, Taufiq-Yap Yun Ahmad, Nujaimi |
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| description | Oil palm trunk is a major lignocellulosic-rich, solid waste material generated from palm-oil upstream industry. The activated carbons prepared from oil palm trunk pretreated with phosphoric acid with the ratio of the acid to the precursor of 0.9, followed by carbonization and activation by carbon dioxide resulted in a high surface area of more than 1800 m2/g with 90% content of micropore surface area. The surface area and the nature of the porosity of the resulting activated carbons were found to be dependent on the amount of the activator used for a fixed quantity of the precursor. Pretreatment of the precursor at low ratio of the phosphoric acid has added advantage, due to the tremendous increase in the apparent surface area of the resulting activated carbon and at the same time enriching its micropore nature. This could result in the conservation of the micropore fraction. On the other hand, using too high a ratio of the phosphoric acid to the precursor did not increase the apparent surface area very much, but instead destroyed the micropore component, and thus increasing the mesopore fraction of the resulting activated carbon. This study also shows that oil palm trunk, a by-product of oil palm industry has a great potential as a raw material for activated carbon production. |
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| spelling | upm-1124762025-03-06T07:28:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112476/ Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production Hussein, Mohd Zobir Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin Yahaya, Asmah Hin, Taufiq-Yap Yun Ahmad, Nujaimi Oil palm trunk is a major lignocellulosic-rich, solid waste material generated from palm-oil upstream industry. The activated carbons prepared from oil palm trunk pretreated with phosphoric acid with the ratio of the acid to the precursor of 0.9, followed by carbonization and activation by carbon dioxide resulted in a high surface area of more than 1800 m2/g with 90% content of micropore surface area. The surface area and the nature of the porosity of the resulting activated carbons were found to be dependent on the amount of the activator used for a fixed quantity of the precursor. Pretreatment of the precursor at low ratio of the phosphoric acid has added advantage, due to the tremendous increase in the apparent surface area of the resulting activated carbon and at the same time enriching its micropore nature. This could result in the conservation of the micropore fraction. On the other hand, using too high a ratio of the phosphoric acid to the precursor did not increase the apparent surface area very much, but instead destroyed the micropore component, and thus increasing the mesopore fraction of the resulting activated carbon. This study also shows that oil palm trunk, a by-product of oil palm industry has a great potential as a raw material for activated carbon production. Springer 2001 Article PeerReviewed Hussein, Mohd Zobir and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin and Yahaya, Asmah and Hin, Taufiq-Yap Yun and Ahmad, Nujaimi (2001) Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production. Journal of Porous Materials, 8 (4). pp. 327-334. ISSN 1380-2224; eISSN: 1573-4854 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1013173216800?error=cookies_not_supported&code=cf321fa4-70da-4323-bbb0-cb01409e5c49 10.1023/a:1013173216800 |
| spellingShingle | Hussein, Mohd Zobir Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin Yahaya, Asmah Hin, Taufiq-Yap Yun Ahmad, Nujaimi Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production |
| title | Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production |
| title_full | Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production |
| title_fullStr | Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production |
| title_short | Oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production |
| title_sort | oil palm trunk as a raw material for activated carbon production |
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