Preparation of activated carbon from petroleum coke by KOH chemical activation for adsorption heat pump

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 865-871

  Kawano, Takayuki ^a   Kubota, Mitsuhiro ^a   Onyango, Maurice S ^a   Watanabe, Fujio ^b   Matsuda, Hitoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; KOH chemical activation; Petroleum coke; Water vapor adsorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; PETROLEUM COKE; POROSITY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SILICA GEL; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER VAPOR;

ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP (AHP); NITROGEN GAS FLOW; OPERATION RELATIVE PRESSURE; WATER VAPOR ADSORPTION;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 39749129183     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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