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Carbonization of coal from mai-ganga deposit for use in the production of activated carbons
Authors
Zakari Ya’u Bala, Dahiru Ya’u Gital, Ibrahim Shuaibu Muhammad
Abstract
Carbonization of coal from
Mai-Ganga deposit for use in the production of activated carbons was achieved
in this work. Coal as the precursor material was sourced from Mai-Ganga coal
deposit located in Akko, Gombe State, Nigeria. The sample was crushed, ground
and sieved to the required sizes of 1.0, 1.7- and 2.0-mm. Cleaning agent
(Pentane oil) was used in different percentages of 10% 15% and 20%, each
percentage was mixed with coal-water slurry to physically clean the coal
samples. Carbonization was carried out in a fixed bed kiln at different
carbonization temperatures of 600ºC, 650ºC and 700ºC and varying residence time
(30, 45 and 60 minutes) on both cleaned and uncleaned samples. Samples produced
were then characterized, properties such as percentage carbon yield, bulk density,
pH value, percentage fixed carbon content and iodine number were obtained.
Carbon yield ranges from 51.58 to 68.16%; bulk density ranges from 0.5 to 0.6
g/ml, pH values range from 6.23 to 10.27, fixed carbon ranges from 61.09 to
89.86% and the iodine number ranges from 18.48 to 458.18 mg/g. Analysis of
variance (ANOVA) was used to analyst the results. The findings suggest that
Mai-Ganga coal deposit can be used as precursor in the production of activated
carbon since most of the properties evaluated are within accepted range, except
for samples that had pH value above 8.5.
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How to cite this article:
Zakari Ya’u Bala, Dahiru Ya’u Gital, Ibrahim Shuaibu Muhammad "Carbonization of coal from mai-ganga deposit for use in the production of activated carbons". International Journal of Research in Advanced Engineering and Technology, Vol 9, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 1-4
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