Production of activated carbon from bamboo scaffolding waste - Process design, evaluation and sensitivity analysis

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-165

  Choy, Keith K H ^a   Barford, John P ^a   McKay, Gordon ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Bamboo scaffolding waste; Economic evaluation; Process design

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CARBONIZATION; COSTS; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES;

BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING WASTES; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (ROI); RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI); TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT (TCI);

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BAMBOO; CARBONIZATION; COSTS; INVESTMENT; PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY; WASTES;

EID: 18844366644     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.02.030     Document Type: Article

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