[HTML][HTML] A review of chemicals to produce activated carbon from agricultural waste biomass

KS Ukanwa, K Patchigolla, R Sakrabani, E Anthony… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The choice of activating agent for the thermochemical production of high-grade activated
carbon (AC) from agricultural residues and wastes, such as feedstock, requires innovative …

Optimization of process variables for biodiesel production by transesterification of flaxseed oil and produced biodiesel characterizations

T Ahmad, M Danish, P Kale, B Geremew, SB Adeloju… - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Optimization of the operating factors to achieve the maximum yield of biodiesel through
transesterification reaction was performed by using face-centered central composite design …

Corn husk derived magnetized activated carbon for the removal of phenol and para-nitrophenol from aqueous solution: Interaction mechanism, insights on adsorbent …

S Mishra, SS Yadav, S Rawat, J Singh… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, waste corn husk was used for the synthesis of an effective adsorbent (cornhusk
activated carbon, CHAC) and by treating at two different temperatures, 250° C (CHAC-250) …

A sustainable approach to produce activated carbons from pecan nutshell waste for environmentally friendly supercapacitors

DC Martínez-Casillas, I Mascorro-Gutiérrez… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Activated carbons are key electrode materials for supercapacitors (SCs) widely used in
commercial devices. Here we investigate the preparation of activated solar carbons (ASCs) …

Adsorption of volatile organic compounds on peanut shell activated carbon

AH Bedane, T Guo, M Eić, H Xiao - The Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this work were to prepare porous activated carbon from peanut shell by
chemical activation using ZnCl2 and study its volatile organic compounds adsorption …

Mesoporous activated carbon from starch for superior rapid pesticides removal

F Suo, X Liu, C Li, M Yuan, B Zhang, J Wang… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pesticides contamination of water has caused considerable concern due to the potential
hazard to human health. For the first time, mesoporous activated carbon from starch (ACS) …

[HTML][HTML] Production of palm kernel shell-based activated carbon by direct physical activation for carbon dioxide adsorption

NA Rashidi, S Yusup - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019 - Springer
The feasibility of biomass-based activated carbons has received a huge attention due to
their excellent characteristics such as inexpensiveness, good adsorption behaviour and …

Optimization to prepare porous carbon from mustard husk using response surface methodology adopted with central composite design

S Charola, H Patel, S Chandna, S Maiti - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Mustard husk was used as a non-conventional precursor to derive porous carbon by
chemical activation using KOH. The effects of three crucial preparation variables-activation …

Synthesis of activated carbon from citric acid residue by phosphoric acid activation for the removal of chemical oxygen demand from sugar-containing wastewater

Y Liu, X Yao, Z Wang, H Li, X Shen, Z Yao… - Environmental …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Over 2 million tons of citric acid residue (CAR) are generated from citric acid production in
China each year. Thus, it is of great significance to find a suitable method for recycling the …

Deep eutectic solvents aqueous two-phase system based ultrasonically assisted extraction of ursolic acid (UA) from Cynomorium songaricum Rupr.

X Zhang, G Teng, J Zhang - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are new green solvents that have attracted the attention of
the scientific community mainly due to their unique properties and special characteristics …