Production of activated carbon from coconut shell: Optimization using response surface methodology

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4887-4895

  Gratuito, M K B ^a   Panyathanmaporn, T ^b   Chumnanklang, R A ^b   Sirinuntawittaya, N ^b   Dutta, A ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL METAL AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Chemical activation; Optimization; Response surface methodology; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONTOUR PLOTS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BULK DENSITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELL;

ARTICLE; COCONUT; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHARCOAL; COCOS; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41949118623     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.042     Document Type: Article

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