@inproceedings{01284344aa6548fca7f56a294242fa24,
title = "Waste conversion into activated carbon for heavy metal removal from waste water",
abstract = "Activated carbons were prepared from co-mingled natural organic waste, comprising 25% sunflower husks, 50% petroleum waste and 25% low-grade bituminous coal. The porous carbon materials were obtained either by direct activation with steam at 1,123 K, or through pre-oxidation stages with binary eutectic Na/K carbonates, followed by carbonization at 623 K in an inert atmosphere, and then steam activation at 1,123 K. The activated carbons prepared from the co-mingled natural organic wastes were used as adsorbents to remove copper (II), cobalt (III), nickel (II), iron (II), and manganese (II) from real multi-component solutions. Batch experiments were carried out to study the kinetics of multi-component, competitive adsorption. The mechanisms of heavy-metal adsorption on activated carbon are discussed.",
keywords = "waste recovery, activated carbon, polluted water, heavy metals, adsorption, POLYACRYLAMIDE-GRAFTED SAWDUST, CO-GASIFICATION, HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM, ADSORPTION, BIOMASS, THERMODYNAMICS, ADSORBENTS, MIXTURES, KINETICS, CR(III)",
author = "S. Lyubchik and M. Khodorkovskij and T. Makarova and Liliya Tikhonova and Mota, {Jose P. B.} and Isabel Fonseca",
note = "Financial support of the NATO Science for Peace Programme SfP project No 977984 is gratefully acknowledged.; NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Recent Advances in Adsorption Processes for Environmental Protection and Security ; Conference date: 09-09-2006 Through 12-09-2006",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4020-6805-8_12",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4020-6803-4",
series = "Nato Science for Peace and Security Series C - Environmental Security",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "133--146",
editor = "Mota, {J. P.} and S. Lyubchik",
booktitle = "Recent Advances in Adsorption Processes for Environmental Protection and Security",
}