Carbon-enriched coal fly ash as a precursor of activated carbons for SO2 removal

Carbon-enriched coal fly ash was evaluated in this work as a low-cost adsorbent for SO2 removal from stack gases. The unburned carbon in coal fly ash was concentrated by mechanical sieving and vegetal oil agglomeration. The carbon concentrates were activated with steam at 900ºC in order to develop p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Izquierdo Pantoja, María Teresa, Rubio Villa, Begoña
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/4211
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4211
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbon-enriched coal fly ash
Vegetal oil agglomeration
Activated carbon
SO2 removal
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Sumario:Carbon-enriched coal fly ash was evaluated in this work as a low-cost adsorbent for SO2 removal from stack gases. The unburned carbon in coal fly ash was concentrated by mechanical sieving and vegetal oil agglomeration. The carbon concentrates were activated with steam at 900ºC in order to develop porosity onto the samples. The performance of these samples in the SO2 abatement was tested in the following conditions: 100ºC, 1000 ppmv SO2, 5% O2, 6% water vapor. A good SO2 removal capacity was shown by some of the studied samples that can be related to their textural properties. Cycles of SO2 adsorption/regeneration were carried out in order to evaluate the possibility of thermal regeneration and re-use of these carbons. Regeneration of the exhausted carbons was carried out at 400ºC of temperature and a flow of 25 ml/min of Ar. After each cycle, the SO2 removal capacity of the sample decreases.