The development of bio-carbon adsorbents from Lodgepole Pine to remediate acid mine drainage in the Rocky Mountains

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Shin, Eun Jae ^a   Lauve, Alexander ^a   Carey, Maxwell ^a   Bukovsky, Eric ^a   Ranville, James F ^a   Evans, Robert J ^a   Herring, Andrew M ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM); Lead; Manganese; Nickel; Pinus contorta; Steam activation; Vacuum pyrolysis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; REMEDIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); VACUUM PYROLYSIS;

ADSORBENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; REMEDIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMASS; EVERGREEN TREE; HEAVY METAL; PYROLYSIS; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 38949126590     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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