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Waste biomass gasification char derived activated carbon for pharmaceutical carbamazepine removal from water

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Submitted   Sep 9, 2019
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Issue    Vol 1 No 1 (2019)
DOI   10.25082/REIE.2019.01.005

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Ming-Ho To
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Road, Hong Kong
Pejman Hadi
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Road, Hong Kong
Chi-Wai Hui
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Road, Hong Kong
Carol Sze Ki Lin
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Road, Hong Kong & School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tareq AI-Ansari
Division of Sustainability, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
Junaid Saleem
Division of Sustainability, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
Prakash Parthasarathy
Division of Sustainability, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
Gordon McKay corresponding author
Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

Abstract

Carbamazepine (CBM), a widely occurring pharmaceutical, has been removed from water by upgrading a waste biomass char from a 300 MW biomass gasification power station plant operating in Indonesia. The fuel source is the waste residue palm kernel shell (PKS) after the palm oil extraction process constituting over one million tonnes per year. The resulting waste power station biomass char (CPKS) from the power station gasification process has been  converted into high quality activated carbon by carbon dioxide activation as a sequestration opportunity, at different temperatures ranging from 700 to 900°C for 1 or 1.5 hours. The highest BET surface area was 711.5 m2/g and this activated carbon was able to adsorb 1.14 mmol/g or 268.7 mg CBM/g. Equilibrium and kinetic studies have been undertaken.

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biomass power station residue, activated carbon, PPCP carbamazepine removal, capacity and kinetic studies

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To, M.-H., Hadi, P., Hui, C.-W., Lin, C. S. K., AI-Ansari, T., Saleem, J., Parthasarathy, P., & McKay, G. (2019). Waste biomass gasification char derived activated carbon for pharmaceutical carbamazepine removal from water. Resources Environment and Information Engineering, 1(1), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.25082/REIE.2019.01.005
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