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Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption
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Pyrolysis of straw pellets and wood strips was performed in a fixed bed reactor. The chars, solid products of thermal degradation, were used as potential materials for activated carbon production. Chemical and physical activation processes were used to compare properties of the products. The chemical activation agent KOH was chosen and the physical activation was conducted with steam and carbon dioxide as oxidising gases. The effect of the activation process on the surface area, pore volume, structure and composition of the biochar was examined. The samples with the highest surface area (1349.6 and 1194.4 m2/g for straw and wood activated carbons, respectively) were obtained when the chemical activation with KOH solution was applied. The sample with the highest surface area was used as an adsorbent for model wastewater contamination removal.
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Pyrolysis of waste straw pellets and beech wood strips at 800 °C produced biochars that were activated chemically with KOH or physically with steam/CO₂. KOH activation gave the highest surface areas, and the best straw-derived activated carbon removed Rhodamine B from model aqueous solutions.
Key findings
- Chemical activation with KOH produced the highest surface areas: 1349.6 m²/g for straw-derived activated carbon and 1194.4 m²/g for wood-derived activated carbon.
- Physical activation with CO₂ at a 1:1 gas-to-carbon molar ratio gave lower surface areas: 682.1 m²/g and 0.35 cm³/g pore volume for straw, and 385 m²/g and 0.2 cm³/g for wood; lower gas ratios (1:0.5) gave less extended surface area.
- Unactivated biochars had low surface areas: 3.1 m²/g for straw char and 27.3 m²/g for wood char.
- In Rhodamine B adsorption tests using the 1349.6 m²/g straw-based activated carbon, 4.1 mg of AC decreased RhB concentration by 30%, and total removal of the model solution colour occurred when 15.3 mg AC was added.
Methods
- Fast pyrolysis of about 100 g biomass was performed in a fixed-bed steel reactor at 800 °C for 30 min with a heating rate of 100 °C/min under limited air; char yields used were 23.8 g for straw pellets and 22.5 g for wood chips.
- Activation methods: chemical activation with solid KOH at a 1:2 char:KOH mass ratio, heated at 850 °C for 1 h under N₂ at 50 mL/min; physical activation with steam or CO₂ at 850 °C, gas flow 10 dm³/h for 0.5 or 1 h, using biochar-to-gas molar ratios of 1:0.5 and 1:1.
- Materials were characterised by CHNS-O analysis, thermogravimetry, moisture and calorific value analysis, BET N₂ adsorption–desorption at 77 K, and SEM; RhB adsorption was tested at 25 °C with 20 mL of 30 mg/dm³ dye solution, AC doses from 2.7 to 20.6 mg, 30 min shaking at 120 rpm, and UV-VIS at 553 nm.
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- The paper states that in the adsorption study the authors used only one, but the most important parameter, to confirm sorption properties of the straw-derived AC; pH, temperature, ionic strength, and other solution parameters were kept constant rather than varied.
- Evident from the text: adsorption was tested only with Rhodamine B as a model contaminant, at a single initial concentration of 30 mg/dm³, and only with the highest-surface-area straw-based KOH-activated carbon.
- Evident from the text: no regeneration, reusability, continuous-flow, or real wastewater tests are reported, and the adsorption analysis does not include kinetic or equilibrium isotherm modelling.
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“The results of the surface analysis revealed that the mechanism of chemical activation was more effective in comparison to the use of other activation agents.”
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“Nevertheless, the chemical activation was more effective than the physical method.”
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“Moreover, it was shown that the higher the amount of the activation agent, the greater is the adsorption surface.”
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“A higher surface area was obtained when CO2 was used as an agent in comparison to steam.”
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“As expected, the effectiveness of adsorption increased with increasing amounts of the activated carbon used in the experiment until the complete discoloration of the solution.”
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“In both experiments, a lower gas (CO2 and steam) to carbon molar ratio (1:0.5) provided a less extended surface area of the final material.”
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“Total removal of the model solution colour can be observed when 15.3 mg AC was added.”
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“Analysis of the results presented in Table 2 indicate that the surface area of the activated carbons prepared using the straw pellets is relatively higher.”
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“A comparison of the results determined for both biomass samples revealed that activated carbon produced from straw pellets had higher surface area regardless of the activation method.”
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“Comparing the properties of the samples, the decomposition of straw pellets occurs in the temperature range of 220–380 °C, similar to the wood sample.”
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“Rhodamine, the model waste water contaminant, is adsorbed even by small amounts of AC, with 4.1 mg decreasing the RhB concentration by 30%.”
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“Elemental analysis revealed that wood is composed of 45.0 wt.% carbon, 6.4 wt.% hydrogen, 1.3 wt.% nitrogen and 47.3 wt.% oxygen.”
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“As a consequence of the substrate thermal decomposition, the relative content of hydrogen decreased (released in the gas phase), whereas nitrogen increased (up to 3.4–3.5 wt.%).”
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“It was observed that with increasing surface area, the number of single particles decreased and the surface became less frayed.”
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“The highest surface area and pore volume of the physically treated samples was obtained for a CO2 to carbon molar ratio of 1:1, with results of 682.1 m2/g: 0.35 cm3/g as determined for straw and 385 m2/g: 0.2 cm3/g for wood.”
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“For comparison, waste straw contained more volatiles (85.6 wt.%) and more ash 5.9 (wt.%), but less moisture (6.7 wt.%).”
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“RhB was completely adsorbed on porous material and could not be detected using UV-VIS analysis.”
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“The surface area of these samples (reference samples shown in Table 2) was relatively low: 3.1 m2/g and 27.3 m2/g for straw and wood char, respectively.”
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“According to the elemental analysis the content of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen in the straw was 49.0 wt.%, 6.9 wt.%, 1.7 wt.% and 36.6 wt.%, respectively.”
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“The main difference in both characteristics is that the derivative of mass loss (DTG) curve (Figure 3B), representing pyrolysis of the wood, contains a main degradation peak as well as a smaller one appearing on the left side (wood degrades gradually). The straw pellet degradation, in turn, revealed only one main characteristic peak.”
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“As expected, the elemental analysis confirmed an increase in the carbon content up to 76.2 wt.% (from 49 wt.% before pyrolysis) and 74.0 wt.% (from 45 wt.% before pyrolysis) in the straw and wood chars, respectively.”
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“The wood samples contained 67.9 wt.% volatiles, 8.4 wt.% moisture and 2.3 wt.% of ash.”
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“However, the maximum of the main peak representing the degradation of wood was detected at 350 °C and this peak was higher than that obtained for straw (maximum at 300 °C).”
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“Steam or carbon dioxide used as physical activation agents, in turn, penetrate solid structure, remove volatile residues and facilitate their desorption [30].”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [30] Cha, 2016, Production and utilization of biochar: A review, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. source
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“In all experiments of the RhB removal, the particle size, temperature, contact time (30 min), initial concentration, pH and concentration of the other ions were kept constant.”
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“The KOH dosage was chosen based on the previous investigation [30], which revealed that an increase in the KOH: char mass ratio provides a higher surface area of the material.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [30] Cha, 2016, Production and utilization of biochar: A review, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. source
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“The quality and quantity of each product are highly influenced by the temperature of the process, residence time, heating rate, and size and shape of the biomass particles [6].”
§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [6] Tripathi, 2016, Effect of process parameters on production of biochar from biomass waste through pyrolysis: A review, Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. source
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“However, the value of pH does not significantly affect the efficiency of dye adsorption.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [34] Hema, 2009, Rhodamine B adsorption by activated carbon: Kinetic and equilibrium studies, Indian J. Chem. Technol.
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“During pyrolysis, biomass is thermally decomposed in the oxygen-depleted conditions with temperatures between 300 and 1200 °C.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [2] Sharma, 2015, Biomass pyrolysis—A review of modelling, process parameters and catalytic studies, Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. source
- Not checked yetcites [3] Pawel, 2017, Utjecaj temperature na sastav proizvoda pirolize drva, Drv. Ind.
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“Activation processes increase porosity, enhance surface areas and modify chemical properties by introducing a variety of surface sites such as carboxylic, phenolic, hydroxylic and carbonyl groups [22].”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [22] Figueiredo, 1999, Modification of the surface chemistry of activated carbons, Carbon N.Y. source
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“Nevertheless, pH determines formation of various ionic species in solutions and influences surface charge of the carbon [34,39].”
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“Thermal degradation processes, like pyrolysis or gasification, were designed to convert the organic matter into a variety of products including gases, oils and chars [1].”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [1] Zhang, 2010, Overview of recent advances in thermo-chemical conversion of biomass, Energy Convers. Manag. source
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“In this study authors used only one, but the most important parameter, to confirm sorption properties of AC obtained from straw biomass.”
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“According to the literature the chemical activation with KOH above 700 °C results in formation of metallic potassium which may influence the biochar structure contributing in larger specific surface area and higher volume of pores after BET analysis.”
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“The comparison of two typical alkaline activation agents, KOH and NaOH, revealed that in the similar condition of activating the process the biomass samples prepared with NaOH had lower surface area and micropore volumes than those with KOH [27].”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [27] Ahmadpour, 2013, Comparing the Performance of KOH with NaOH-Activated Anthracites in terms of Methane Storage, Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. source
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“Char with low commercial value formed from waste biomaterials can be activated to produce adsorbents for various industrial processes or used directly as a fuel [7].”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [7] Ellem, 2012, Biomass char as a fuel for internal combustion engines, Asia-Pac. J. Chem. Eng. source
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“Chemical activation with alkaline reagents, especially KOH, is widely used, providing materials with very high surface area and defined micropore size distribution [25].”
§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [25] Borhan, 2014, Characterization of activated carbon from wood sawdust prepared via chemical activation using potassium hydroxide, Adv. Mater. Res. source
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“Additionally, increasing temperature and ionic strength of the solution may also improve the dye adsorption due to enlargement of pore size, activation of the adsorbent as well as reduction of the repulsion between carbon and contaminant [34,39].”
§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 3. Results and Discussion > 3.2. Adsorption Analysis with Rhodamine B
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [34] Hema, 2009, Rhodamine B adsorption by activated carbon: Kinetic and equilibrium studies, Indian J. Chem. Technol.
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [39] Arivoli, 2009, Adsorption of rhodamine B by acid activated carbon-kinetic, thermodynamic and equilibrium studies, Orbital source
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“For example, in Poland, the overproduction of straw in relation to agricultural demand reaches about 10 million tons per year, which is equivalent to around 6 million tons of coal [33].”
§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 1. Introduction
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- Not checked yetcites [33] Karcz, 2013, The feasibility of straw as a fuel source for power generating boilers, Inżynieria środowiska
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Wood is composed of relatively more densely packed cells and is therefore a harder material (hardness above 500 KG/cm2).
“Wood is composed of relatively more densely packed cells, and is therefore a harder material (hardness above 500 KG/cm2).”
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Rhodamine B is a suitable model contaminant for wastewater adsorption.
“In this experiment, Rhodamine B was used as a model water contaminant to observe the efficiency of the adsorption by the activated carbon.”
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Straw pellets are a heterogeneous mixture of various waste straw, like wheat and rye, and are commonly used in Polish agriculture and commercially available.
“Typically, the straw pellets are a heterogeneous mixture of various waste straw, like wheat and rye. This pellet is commonly used in Polish agriculture and is commercially available, therefore such biomass was chosen for the experiments.”
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The final surface properties and functionalities of the char are determined by the nature of pyrolyzed precursors and the type of activation process.
“The final surface properties and functionalities of the char are determined by the nature of pyrolyzed precursors and the type of activation process.”
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§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 2. Materials and Methods > 2.2. Pyrolysis and Activation Process of Biochar
“The molar ratio of the biochar to the activating gas of 1:0.5 and 1:1 was applied.”
§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 3. Results and Discussion
“Carbon content data (in % wt.), taken from elemental analysis, were than used for calculation of the amount of CO2 and steam used for the physical activation experiments (gas to carbon molar ratio was chosen to be 1:0.5 and 1:1).”
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§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 3. Results and Discussion > 3.1. Characterisation of Carbon Materials
“Ahmadpour et al. [27], in turn, performed the activation of macadamia nut shells using KOH and ZnCl2 with three different preparation methods at various temperatures (600, 700 and 800 °C).”
§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > References
“27. Ahmadpour A. Rashidi H. Jaber M. Mahboub D. Comparing the Performance of KOH with NaOH-Activated Anthracites in terms of Methane Storage Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. 2013 31 729 745 10.1260/0263-6174.31.8.729”
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§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > Abstract
“The samples with the highest surface area (1349.6 and 1194.4 m2/g for straw and wood activated carbons, respectively) were obtained when the chemical activation with KOH solution was applied.”
§ Activated Carbon Produced by Pyrolysis of Waste Wood and Straw for Potential Wastewater Adsorption > 2. Materials and Methods > 2.2. Pyrolysis and Activation Process of Biochar
“The sample (char) was mixed with a solid KOH with a mass ratio of 1:2 and heated at 850 °C.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Januszewicz, K., Kazimierski, P., Klein, M., Kardaś, D., & Łuczak, J.
- Affiliations
- Gdańsk University of Technology (PL)
- Institute of Fluid Flow-Machinery (PL)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Januszewicz, Katarzyna
- Venue
- Materials
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-04-27
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2047
- ISSN
- 1996-1944 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7254296
- OpenAlex
- W3017937534
- Semantic Scholar
- 85a6d7a287800aa7b97019bfda605e2e85db8e47
- Cited by
- 111
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 8
- FWCI
- 5.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Materials (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Fuel Technology › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials
- Keywords
- activated carbon, pyrolysis, wood waste, straw, biochar, chemical activation, KOH activation, physical activation, steam activation, CO2 activation, surface area, pore volume, fixed-bed reactor
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