0499179 - ÚCHP 2019 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Cruz, G.J.F. - Pirilä, M. - Matějová, Lenka - Ainassaari, K. - Solis, J.L. - Fajgar, Radek - Šolcová, Olga - Keiski, R.L.
Two Unconventional Precursors to Produce ZnCl2‐Based Activated Carbon for Water Treatment Applications.
Chemical Engineering & Technology. Roč. 41, č. 8 (2018), s. 1649-1659. ISSN 0930-7516. E-ISSN 1521-4125
Grant - others:NUT(PE) 0722-2014/UNT-R; CONCYTEC(PE) 002/PE/2012; FFATI(PE) 845/31/2011; AF(FI) 269631
Institutional support: RVO:67985858
Keywords : adsorbtion * biomass * activated carbon
OECD category: Chemical process engineering
Impact factor: 2.418, year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201800150

Two unconventional raw materials, the seeds from Spondias purpurea L. (red mombin) and Inga edulis (ice cream‐bean), were characterized and used as precursors to produce good quality Zinc Chloride‐activated carbons for potential use in water treatment applications. Red Mombin seed was significantly more porous than ice cream bean seed, while the activated carbons prepared from red mombin seed and ice cream‐bean seeds showed both a very well‐established microporous‐mesoporous structure. Equilibrium as well as kinetic adsorption experiments were conducted with methylene blue, methyl orange and As(V). It was revealed that both seeds are unconventional, renewable, cheap and suitable agro‐precursors for production of activated carbons with potential application in wastewater treatment.

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