The adsorption, regeneration and engineering applications of biochar for removal organic pollutants: a review

Y Dai, N Zhang, C Xing, Q Cui, Q Sun - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, with the continuous development of industry and agriculture, the content of
organic pollutants in the environment has been increasing, which has caused serious …

CO2 capture by adsorption on biomass-derived activated char: A review

C Goel, S Mohan, P Dinesha - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon capture and storage has been recognized as the most promising method for CO 2
control. Among the many sorbents, char derived from pyrolysis and hydrothermal …

Microwave assisted preparation of activated carbon from biomass: A review

W Ao, J Fu, X Mao, Q Kang, C Ran, Y Liu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon has been widely used as adsorbents, catalyst support and energy storage
materials. Microwave heating is a promising technique for thermochemical treatment and …

Valorization of food waste as adsorbents for toxic dye removal from contaminated waters: A review

A Sridhar, M Ponnuchamy, A Kapoor… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Industrial contaminants such as dyes and intermediates are released into water bodies,
making the water unfit for human use. At the same time large amounts of food wastes …

An overview of the modification methods of activated carbon for its water treatment applications

A Bhatnagar, W Hogland, M Marques… - Chemical Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
Activated carbon has been recognized as one of the oldest and widely used adsorbent for
the water and wastewater treatment for removing organic and inorganic pollutants. The …

Sorption of pollutants by porous carbon, carbon nanotubes and fullerene-an overview

VK Gupta, TA Saleh - Environmental science and pollution research, 2013 - Springer
The quality of water is continuously deteriorating due to its increasing toxic threat to humans
and the environment. It is imperative to perform treatment of wastewater in order to remove …

An overview of chlorophenols as contaminants and their removal from wastewater by adsorption: A review

ZN Garba, W Zhou, I Lawan, W Xiao, M Zhang… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review article, a significant number of published articles (over three decades) were
consulted in order to provide comprehensive literature information about chlorophenols …

Bio-regeneration of activated carbon: A comprehensive review

M El Gamal, HA Mousa, MH El-Naas, R Zacharia… - Separation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of microorganisms to regenerate activated carbon (AC), bio-generation, can avert
costly and logistically challenging ex-situ steam regeneration of carbon normally required to …

Microwave heating processes involving carbon materials

JA Menéndez, A Arenillas, B Fidalgo… - Fuel Processing …, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon materials are, in general, very good absorbents of microwaves, ie, they are easily
heated by microwave radiation. This characteristic allows them to be transformed by …

Preparation of high surface area activated carbon from coconut shells using microwave heating

K Yang, J Peng, C Srinivasakannan, L Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
The present study attempts to utilize coconut shell to prepare activated carbon using agents
such as steam, CO2 and a mixture of steam-CO2 with microwave heating. Experimental …