Review of limiting issues in industrialization and scale-up of microwave-assisted activated carbon production

• Main Authors: Syed Waheed, Ul Hasan, Farid Nasir, Ani
• Format: Article
• Published: American Chemical Society 2014
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62470/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie501432q

The worldwide demand of activated carbon is expected to increase by 58% until 2016 [ Fredonia World Activated Carbon; 2013; p 415 ], owing to tighter pollution controls and increased production of consumer goods. To cope up with high demand, new sustainable and energy efficient processes are being e...