Chemical regeneration of spent empty fruit bunch biochar for sodium ion adsorption

• Main Authors: Tan, Huiyi, Abdul Wahab, Roswanira, Ong, Pei Ying, Goh, Pei Sean, Wong, Keng Yinn, Fan, Yee Van, Lee, Chew Tin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC 2023
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/105963/1/LeeChewTin2023_ChemicalRegenerationofSpentEmptyFruit.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/105963/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET23106053

Biochar is a carbonaceous porous material produced by pyrolysis under oxygen-anoxic conditions. It has been widely adopted as an adsorbent to remove various pollutants from contaminated water due to its distinctive characteristics such as high porosity and surface-to-volume ratio, abundant functiona...