Upgrading the rice husk char obtained by flash pyrolysis for the production of amorphous silica and high quality activated carbon

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-137

  Alvarez, Jon ^a   Lopez, Gartzen ^a   Amutio, Maider ^a   Bilbao, Javier ^a   Olazar, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorbent; Char; Rice husks; Steam activation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CARBON; SILICA;

ACTIVATING AGENTS; BET SURFACE AREA; CHAR; CONICAL SPOUTED BED REACTOR; FIXED BED REACTOR; POROUS STRUCTURES; RICE HUSK; STEAM ACTIVATION;

SILICA; AMORPHOUS CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHARCOAL; WATER VAPOR; ADSORBENT; CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOREACTOR; CARBONATE; POROUS MEDIUM; PYROLYSIS; RICE; SILICA; AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CHARCOAL; EXTRACTION METHOD; SURFACE AREA;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FIXED BED REACTOR; MICROPORE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RICE HUSK; WATER VAPOR; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POROSITY; RICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; ADSORPTION; ASH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; FLASH PYROLYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION TIME; RICE HUSK CHAR; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBONATES; CHARCOAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORYZA SATIVA; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; STEAM;

EID: 84905917389     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.073     Document Type: Article

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