Article: Understanding evolution of the products and emissions during chemical activation of furfural residue with varied potassium salts
Journal of cleaner production. 2022 July 10, v. 357
2022
Abstract: Furfural residue is a solid waste produced in manufacturing furfural from biomass like corncob, which can be converted into liquid/gaseous fuel and activated carbon via chemical activation. In this study, in addition the pore structure of activated ... ...
Abstract | Furfural residue is a solid waste produced in manufacturing furfural from biomass like corncob, which can be converted into liquid/gaseous fuel and activated carbon via chemical activation. In this study, in addition the pore structure of activated carbon, the impacts of varied potassium salts (KCl, KOH, K₂CO₃ and K₂C₂O₄) on the properties of gases and bio-oil formed during activation of Furfural residue was studied. The results showed that the potassium salts suppressed cracking of condensable volatiles into gases, producing more bio-oil at expense of gases. KOH showed the highest activity for cracking, producing the lowest yield of activated carbon (4.8%) without activator with lower degree of crystallization than that K₂CO₃ and K₂C₂O₄ as activators (20.1% and 26.9%). The activated carbon activated with K₂CO₃ or K₂C₂O₄ showed the flaky membrane structure packed with varied layers, but not with KOH as the activator. K₂C₂O₄, KOH and K₂CO₃ as the activators could promote cracking, deoxygenation, dehydrogenation and aromatization reactions, generating abundant micropores, while KCl could not. In addition, K₂C₂O₄ as the activator of furfural residue showed the least energy consumption and environmental impacts, while with KCl was highest. The results herein demonstrated the potential of furfural residue as feedstock for the production of activated carbon and liquid fuels. |
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Keywords | activated carbon ; aromatization ; biofuels ; biomass ; corn cobs ; crystallization ; dehydrogenation ; energy ; feedstocks ; furfural ; liquids ; micropores ; potassium ; solid wastes |
Language | English |
Dates of publication | 2022-0710 |
Publishing place | Elsevier Ltd |
Document type | Article |
ISSN | 0959-6526 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131936 |
Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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