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Activated Carbon from Renewable Sources: Thermochemical Conversion and Activation of Biomass and Carbon Residues from Biomass Gasification

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Activated carbon is one of the most widely applied adsorbent. As a porous carbon, it is used for the purification of both gaseous and liquid emissions. Activated carbon is prepared from fossil resources, such as coal, or from biomass through (hydro)thermal processing followed by chemical and/or physical activation. Further, some biomass thermal treatment processes, such as biomass gasification, produce carbon residues that can be modified to activated carbon with physical or chemical activation methods. The desired properties of activated carbon, i.e. high specific surface area and porosity, high carbon content and excellent sorption capacity, can be modified and optimized during thermochemical treatment and activation. Those properties, which are shortly considered, are important in different applications for activated carbon.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank the EU Interreg Nord programme within the project no 304-8455-10 (HighBio2-Biomass to fuels and chemicals) and accompanying companies for their financial and technical support. The authors also thank project SULKA (A32164, 524/2012) and Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry. Davide Bergna acknowledges the Central Ostrobothnia Regional Fund for its personal grant.

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  1. Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry, University of Oulu, 3000, Oulu, 90014, Finland

    Davide Bergna, Henrik Romar, Sari Tuomikoski, Hanna Runtti, Teija Kangas, Pekka Tynjälä & Ulla Lassi

  2. Applied Chemistry Unit, University of Jyvaskyla, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, Talonpojankatu 2B, 67100, Kokkola, Finland

    Davide Bergna, Henrik Romar, Pekka Tynjälä & Ulla Lassi

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Bergna, D. et al. (2017). Activated Carbon from Renewable Sources: Thermochemical Conversion and Activation of Biomass and Carbon Residues from Biomass Gasification. In: Singh, L., Kalia, V. (eds) Waste Biomass Management – A Holistic Approach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49595-8_9

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