Lignocellulose-Based Granulated Activated Carbons Bound with Water-Soluble Carbohydrates
First International Congress on Green Process Engineering: Programme. Abstracts. Resumes 2007
Nikolajs Vederņikovs, Ausma Tardenaka, Baiba Spince, Galina Dobele, Jānis Rižikovs, Jānis Zandersons, Irēna Krūma, Māris Puķe

High-density adsorbents are required since only a certain volume of the adsorbent can be packed into adsorption facilities. Some chemical and physical properties of deciduous wood lignocellulose concede a possibility to use this by-product as a raw material for preparation of high-density granular sorbents. Lignocellulose is a by-product of furfural production by a direct method, developed at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry. It is only partially used as a fuel in boiler-houses for the technological process heat energy self-provision. The lignocellulose of the direct furfural production process contains approximately 25% of water-soluble matter, namely, reducing substances (sugars), water-soluble oligosaccharides, non-volatile acids (mainly levulinic acid), sulphuric acid, the soluble part of ash, etc., acting as binders of granules. The excellent self-binding properties of the lignocellulose become apparent, in particular, after carbonization and activation of granules.


Keywords
high-density sorbent; lignocellulose; granular activated carbon; micropores

Vederņikovs, N., Tardenaka, A., Spince, B., Dobele, G., Rižikovs, J., Zandersons, J., Kruma, I., Puķe, M. Lignocellulose-Based Granulated Activated Carbons Bound with Water-Soluble Carbohydrates. In: First International Congress on Green Process Engineering: Programme. Abstracts. Resumes, France, Toulouse, 24-26 April, 2007. Toulouse: Inpact, 2007, pp.201-201.

Publication language
English (en)
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