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Thermal processing of biomass natural fibre wastes by pyrolysis
Thermal processing of biomass natural fibre wastes by pyrolysis
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Anton R. Reed
Anton R. Reed
Paul T. Williams
Paul T. Williams
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19 December 2003
journal article
research article
Published by
Hindawi Limited
in
International Journal of Energy Research
Vol. 28
(2)
,
131-145
https://doi.org/10.1002/er.956
Abstract
Waste biomass material in the form of natural fibres used in the production of textile products were examined for their potential to produce activated carbon by physical activation. The five biomass types were hemp, flax, jute, coir and abaca. Each biomass was pyrolysed in a fixed bed reactor and the char characterized. The char was subsequently, activated with steam in a char activation reactor. The surface area and porosity of the derived activated carbon was determined. Surface areas of between 770 and 879 m
2
g
−1
were achieved. The yield of activated carbon was mostly less than 20 wt% of the original biomass. The five biomass samples were also pyrolysed in a thermogravimetric analyser. The thermal degradation of the biomas samples were discussed in terms of the thermal degradation of the main components of the biomass, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords
ACTIVATED CARBON
PYROLYSIS
AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES
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