Overcoming calcium catalysis during the thermal reactivation of granular activated carbon Part I.: Steam-curing plus ramped-temperature N2 treatment

被引:44
作者
Mazyck, DW [1 ]
Cannon, FS [1 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Environm Engn, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
activated carbon; gasification; sintering; thermogravimetric analysis; microporosity;
D O I
10.1016/S0008-6223(00)00013-0
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Tailored thermal reactivations overcame calcium catalysis by first steam-curing spent GAG at 648 K for 60 min, and then thermally treating it in nitrogen under temperatures that ramped up to 1123 K, while some H2O remained temporarily sorbed within the GAC pores and the furnace enclosure. Pore volume distribution measurements using the density functional theory (DFT) software package revealed that this strategy increased the pore volume between 5.4 and 32 Angstrom when compared to that of its virgin counterpart, or when compared to those of spent GAGs that were conventionally reactivated. The 5.4-32 Angstrom pore range is important in terms of removing small organics from drinking water. These particular widths also represented convenient demarcations from our argon adsorption experimental protocol. The steam-curing plus ramped-temperature approach also achieved the same micropore volume (width <20 Angstrom) as that found in the virgin GAC, and also more pores between 5.4 and 100 Angstrom in width, when compared to its virgin counterpart. Pores between 5.4 and 100 Angstrom cover an important range for removing the full molecular size distribution of organics that enter a GAC bed during drinking water treatment. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1785 / 1799
页数:15
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