The factors affecting the performance of activated carbon prepared from oil palm empty fruit bunches for adsorption of phenol

• Main Authors: Alam, Md. Zahangir, Ameen, Emad S.M., Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: TD172 Environmental pollution
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/15393/4/zahangir_1-s2.0-S1385894709005324-main.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/15393/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894709005324; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2009.07.033

Powdered activated carbons (PACs)were produced fromoil palmempty fruit bunches (EFB) by varying the operating parameters of temperatures, CO2 gas flow rates and activation times using 2-level full factorial experimental design. The EFB samples were first carbonized for 30 min using nitrogen gas fo...