1. School of Education, Computense Unversity of Madrid, Spain
2. Department of Computer Science, UDIMA—Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Spain
3. School of Ecomomics, University of Valencia, Spain
Email: monikacies@gmail.com(M.C.); clairefbonilla@gmail.com(C.F.B.); carolode@alumni.uv.es(C.O.-L.A.)
*Corresponding author
Abstract—This article reports the fabrication of porous carbon by the direct carbonization of waste cigarette filters at high temperatures. Applying a new set of operational parameters compared to previous work, the Brunauer, Emmet, and Teller (BET) surface area could increase by about 37%.This was done by increasing the carbonization period and heating rate from 7 to 9 hours and 1 to 3 °C/min, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) could very well demonstrate the formation of pores on the surface of synthetic carbon and an obvious change from the initial carbonaceous material. However, the surface morphology of the pyrolyzed carbon was completely different when changing the synthesis parameters compared to earlier reports. To further investigate the pyrolysis process, thermal gravimetric analyses (TGA) were carefully carried out. Energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) analysis was also performed for the elemental analysis of raw cigarette filter and the final carbonized product. Since cellulose acetate is a major constituent in many products, recycling such waste in order to synthesize high-surface-area porous carbons would be a promising technology in the future..
Index Terms—Biocellulose, calcium alginate, cell immobilization, continuous fermentation
S. Masoudi Soltani S. KazemiYazdi is with the department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, The University of Nottingham, Broga Road, Semenyih, 43500 Selangor, Malaysia. (e-mail: keyx1smt@nottingham.edu.my, sara.yazdi@nottingham.edu.my)
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Cite: Salman Masoudi Soltani and Sara KazemiYazdi, "An Investigation into the Effects of Temperature and Heating Rate on Porous Carbon Characteristics Obtained from the Carbonization of a Cellulosic-Based Solid Waste,"
International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 228-231, 2012.
