The Potential of Activated Carbon Made of Agro-Industrial Residues in NOx Immissions Abatement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Samples Preparation
2.1.1. Chemical Activation
2.1.2. Physical Activation
2.2. Characterization of Activated Carbons
2.2.1. Pore Structure and Morphology Characterization
2.2.2. Characterization of Carbon Surface Chemistry and Composition
Temperature Programmed Desorption Coupled with Mass Spectrometry (TPD-MS)
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
2.3. NO2 Adsorption Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Activated Carbon Characterization
3.1.1. Morphology and Pore Structure Characterizations
3.1.2. Characterization of Carbon Surface Chemistry
3.2. NOx Adsorption on the Different Activated Carbons
Effect of Porosity and Chemical Surface Groups
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Carbons | SBET (m2/g) | Sext (m2/g) | Sµ (m2/g) | VT pore (cm3/g) | Vmicro (cm3/g) | Vmeso (cm3/g) | % micro | Dp (A) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC-H3PO4 | 1178 | 11 | 1167 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.04 | 92 | 16.7 |
AC-CO2 | 757 | 83 | 674 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 94 | 17.5 |
AC-H2O | 754 | 291 | 463 | 0.58 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 48 | 32.2 |
Sample | CO (mmol/g) | CO2 (mmol/g) | H2O (mmol/g) | H2 (mmol/g) |
---|---|---|---|---|
AC-H3PO4 | 3.43 | 0.72 | 3.46 | 1.80 |
AC-CO2 | 1.06 | 0.38 | 1.77 | 0.91 |
AC-H2O | 1.25 | 0.39 | 1.06 | 6.76 |
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Ghouma, I.; Jeguirim, M.; Sager, U.; Limousy, L.; Bennici, S.; Däuber, E.; Asbach, C.; Ligotski, R.; Schmidt, F.; Ouederni, A. The Potential of Activated Carbon Made of Agro-Industrial Residues in NOx Immissions Abatement. Energies 2017, 10, 1508. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101508
Ghouma I, Jeguirim M, Sager U, Limousy L, Bennici S, Däuber E, Asbach C, Ligotski R, Schmidt F, Ouederni A. The Potential of Activated Carbon Made of Agro-Industrial Residues in NOx Immissions Abatement. Energies. 2017; 10(10):1508. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101508
Chicago/Turabian StyleGhouma, Imen, Mejdi Jeguirim, Uta Sager, Lionel Limousy, Simona Bennici, Eckhard Däuber, Christof Asbach, Roman Ligotski, Frank Schmidt, and Abdelmottaleb Ouederni. 2017. "The Potential of Activated Carbon Made of Agro-Industrial Residues in NOx Immissions Abatement" Energies 10, no. 10: 1508. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101508