Activated carbon production from date stones using phosphoric acid

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1316-1325

  Al Qaessi, F ^a   Abu Farah, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Chemical activation; Date stones; Fluidized bed reactor; Iodine number

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON PRODUCTION; ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; ACTIVATION TIME; ADSORPTIVE CAPACITY; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR; IODINE NUMBER; OXIDIZING AGENTS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SUPERSATURATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 77952665637     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030802654012     Document Type: Article

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