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J Air Waste Manag Assoc


Title:Production of sugarcane bagasse-based activated carbon for formaldehyde gas removal from potted plants exposure chamber
Author(s):Mohamed EF; El-Hashemy MA; Abdel-Latif NM; Shetaya WH;
Address:"a Air Pollution Department, Environmental Research Division , National Research Centre , Dokki , Giza , Egypt"
Journal Title:J Air Waste Manag Assoc
Year:2015
Volume:65
Issue:12
Page Number:1413 - 1420
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2015.1100141
ISSN/ISBN:1096-2247 (Print) 1096-2247 (Linking)
Abstract:"Agricultural wastes such as rice straw, sugar beet, and sugarcane bagasse have become a critical environmental issue due to growing agriculture demand. This study aimed to investigate the valorization possibility of sugarcane bagasse waste for activated carbon preparation. It also aimed to fully characterize the prepared activated carbon (BET surface area) via scanning electron microscope (SEM) and in terms of surface functional groups to give a basic understanding of its structure and to study the adsorption capacity of the sugarcane bagasse-based activated carbon using aqueous methylene blue (MB). The second main objective was to evaluate the performance of sugarcane bagasse-based activated carbon for indoor volatile organic compounds removal using the formaldehyde gas (HCHO) as reference model in two potted plants chambers. The first chamber was labeled the polluted chamber (containing formaldehyde gas without activated carbon) and the second was taken as the treated chamber (containing formaldehyde gas with activated carbon). The results indicated that the sugarcane bagasse-based activated carbon has a moderate BET surface area (557 m2/g) with total mesoporous volume and microporous volume of 0.310 and 0.273 cm3/g, respectively. The prepared activated carbon had remarkable adsorption capacity for MB. Formaldehyde removal rate was then found to be more than 67% in the treated chamber with the sugarcane bagasse-based activated carbon. The plants' responses for this application as dry weight, chlorophyll contents, and protein concentration were also investigated. IMPLICATIONS: Preparation of activated carbon from sugarcane bagasse (SCBAC) is a promising approach to produce cheap and efficient adsorbent for gas pollutants removal. It may be also a solution for the agricultural wastes problems in big cities, particularly in Egypt. MB adsorption tests suggest that the SCBAC have high adsorption capacity. Formaldehyde gas removal in the plant chambers indicates that the SCBAC have potential to recover volatile gases. The results confirmed that the activated carbon produced from sugarcane bagasse waste raw materials can be used as an applicable adsorbent for treating a variety of gas pollutants from the indoor environment"
Keywords:Agriculture Carbon/*chemistry Cellulose/*chemistry Formaldehyde/*chemistry Gases Saccharum/*chemistry Waste Management/methods;
Notes:"MedlineMohamed, Elham F El-Hashemy, Mohammed A Abdel-Latif, Nasser M Shetaya, Waleed H eng 2015/11/26 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2015 Dec; 65(12):1413-20. doi: 10.1080/10962247.2015.1100141"

 
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