Use of pine bark for preparation of activated carbon and as a soil conditioner

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1984

Authors

R. Carvalho (Author) Other; Conceição Beça (Author) FEUP; M. N. Sampaio (Author) Other; O. Neves (Author) Other; Celeste Sol (Author) FEUP; A. Macedo (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Agricultural Wastes

Vol. 9 No. 3

Pages: 231-238

ISSN: 0141-4607

Publisher: Applied Science Publishers

Other information

DOI: 10.1016/0141-4607(84)90082-9

Abstract (EN): The preparation of activated carbons from ground pine (Pinus pinaster) bark was studied, using pyrolysis at 600° C in a nitrogen atmosphere for 30 min, followed by activation in a carbon dioxide atmosphere, at temperatures from 800 to 1100°C, for 10 to 40 min. It was shown that the carbons activated at 1000 and 1100°C had excellent adsorption properties. Pine bark pyrolysed in the same way, and in an open pile along with untreated bark, was also compared with peat, on the basis of water-holding capacity and pore size, for its suitability as a soil conditioner. © 1984.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8