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Biomass Chemical Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (5): 23-29.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5854.2022.05.004

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A Preliminary Study of the Degassing Pretreatment Effect on the Specific Surface Area and Pore Volume of Woody Activated Carbon

Mingzhe MA1, Kang SUN1,*(), Hao SUN1, Yanping ZHANG1, Guanfeng LIN2, An'guo WEI3   

  1. 1. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF; Key Lab. of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province; Key Lab. of Chemical Engineering of Forest Products, National Forestry and Grassland Administration; National Engineering Research Center of Low-Carbon Processing and Utilization of Forest Biomass; Jiangsu Co-Innoration Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resource, Nanjing 210042, China
    2. School of Materials Engineering, Fuijan Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350003, China
    3. Fujian Zhixing Carbon Iudustry Co., Ltd., Nanping 353100, China
  • Received:2021-06-12 Online:2022-09-30 Published:2022-09-27
  • Contact: Kang SUN E-mail:sunkang0226@163.com

Abstract:

Before determining the specific surface area and pore volume of woody activated carbon, the activated carbon was pre-treated with degassing, and the effect of pre-treatment conditions(desorption temperature and desorption time) on the specific surface area and pore volume of activated carbon was investigated. The obtained results were compared with those measured under the recommended conditions of the instrument. The results showed that the desorption temperature and time had little influence on the specific surface area and pore volume of physical activated carbon. It was owing to the preparation temperature of physical activated carbon was high few functional groups, the structure was mainly microporous, the adsorption type was mainly physical adsorption, and the adsorption and desorption speeds were fast. The optimum pretreatment condition of physical activated carbon was desorbed at a temperature of 150 ℃ for 3 hours. Compared with the pretreatment conditions of 350 ℃ and 24 hours recommended in the instruction manual of ASAP 2460, pretreatment time was significantly shortened, the power consumption was reduced, and the detection efficiency was improved. The degassing temperature and time had a great influence on the specific surface area and micro-pore of chemical wood activated carbon, and the suitable pretreatment condition was 300 ℃ for 12 h. The main reason was that the preparation temperature of activated carbon by phosphoric acid method was relatively low, and there were many heteroatoms and the surface chemical groups. Physical and chemical adsorption were easy to occur simultaneously, which required higher temperature and longer time for degassing. When the degassing temperature was too high, the adsorbate in the pores would be carbonized to form carbonaceous particles that blocked the pores. At the same time, part of the physical adsorption would be converted into chemical adsorption at a higher activation energy, which would reduce the analysis results.

Key words: activated carbon, specific surface area, pore volume

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