Preparation of activated carbon from Xinjiang region coal by microwave activation and its application in naphthalene, phenanthrene, and pyrene adsorption

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-167

  Xiao, Xuemin ^a   Liu, Dandan ^a   Yan, Yujun ^a   Wu, Zhilin ^b   Wu, Zhansheng ^a   Cravotto, Giancarlo ^b  

^a SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Coal based activated carbon; Microwave activation; PAHs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ANTHRACENE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COAL; IODINE; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYRENE;

COAL-BASED ACTIVATED CARBON; ETHANOL AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; MICROWAVE ACTIVATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PREPARATION CONDITIONS; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

COAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 84937637000     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2015.02.031     Document Type: Article

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