Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Effect of phosphoric acid and temperature profile on pine cone based activated carbon production and its effectiveness in the removal of Congo red dye by adsorption

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Dawood, Sara
    Sen, Tushar
    Phan, Chi
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Dawood, S. and Sen, T. and Phan, C. 2013. Effect of phosphoric acid and temperature profile on pine cone based activated carbon production and its effectiveness in the removal of Congo red dye by adsorption, in ICEAI (ed), International Congress on Engineering and Information, Aug 28-29, pp. 76-82. Macau, China: ICEAI.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of International Congress on Engineering and Information 2013
    Source Conference
    International Congress on Engineering and Information
    School
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32921
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This study was developed to synthesize a chemically activated carbon from Australian raw pine cone and to evaluate its effectiveness as a low cost adsorbent in the removal of anionic dyes such as Congo red from aqueous solution. Pine cone is a natural and low-cost agricultural by-product. The effects of various phosphoric acid concentrations and temperature profiles on activated carbon production were studied. Synthesized activated carbon samples were characterized by bulk density, particle size distribution and CHNS analysis. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out under different physico- chemical process parameters such as solution pH and adsorbent dose. It was observed that the adsorption process was pH dependent and the maximum adsorption occurred at low pH. Also, it was found that amount of dye adsorbed per unit activated carbon qt (mg/g) was decreasing al higher initial adsorbent dose. These results suggest that pine cone is a good and low cost feed material for the production of biomass activated carbon.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Synthesis and characterisation of novel-activated carbon from waste biomass pine cone and its application in the removal of congo red dye from aqueous solution by adsorption
      Dawood, Sara.; Sen, Tushar; Phan, Chi (2014)
      This study was undertaken to synthesise a novel biomass-based chemically activated carbon from Australian pine cone and to investigate its effectiveness in the removal of anionic dye Congo red from aqueous solution. The ...
    • Removal of anionic dye Congo red from aqueous solution by raw pine and acid-treated pine cone powder as adsorbent: Equilibrium, thermodynamic, kinetics, mechanism and process design
      Dawood, Sara; Sen, Tushar (2012)
      Pine cone a natural, low-cost agricultural by-product in Australia has been studied for its potential application as an adsorbent in its raw and hydrochloric acid modified form. Surface study of pine cone and treated pine ...
    • Development and characterization of biomass based novel adsorbent in the removal of Congo red dye by adsorption
      Dawood, Sara A. (2013)
      Pine cone (Pinus. radiate) biomass is a low cost agricultural solid waste. Raw pine cone, acid treated pine cone and synthesized pine cone based activated carbon have been successfully used here as effective, environmentally ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.