• Carbon letters
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.198-204
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• 2002

In this paper, impregnated activated carbon fiber (IACF) was manufactured to pitch-based activated carbon fibers (ACF) with potassium hydroxide (KOH) by using wet impregnation method to raise nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$) adsorptivity. The properties of IACF were observed using EPMA, TGA and DSC and $NO_x$ adsorptivity was observed at high and low temperature. Before and after adsorption was analyzed using ToF-SIMS for examine surface characterization of adsorbed $NO_x$. The results showed that the better adsorptivity appeared for increasing KOH ratio. So, $NO_x$ adsorptivity showed result that is proportional between KOH and the adsorbed amount. On the other hand, adsorbent that manufactured without washing was better $NO_x$ adsorptivity than adsorbent that manufactured with washing. The behavior of adsorption show that crossing time of NO and $NO_2$ delayed for a rising adsorptivity. And NO ratio increased but $NO_2$ ratio decreased according as KOH ratio increases. $NO_x$ was confirmed through surface analysis that remain in $NO_2^-$ and $NO_3^-$ form on IACF surface.

• Carbon letters
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.45-49
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• 2014

In this study, synthetic viscose rayon fabric has been used for preparing activated carbon fabric (ACF), impregnated with different concentrations of $H_3PO_4$. The effect of $H_3PO_4$ impregnation on the weight yield, surface area, pore volume, chemical composition and morphology of ACF were studied. Experimental results revealed that both Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area and micropore volume increased with increasing $H_3PO_4$ concentration; however, the weight yield and microporosity (%) decreased. It was observed that samples impregnated at $70^{\circ}C$ (AC-70) give higher yield and higher microporosity as compared to $30^{\circ}C$ (AC-30). The average pore size of the ACF also gradually increases from 18.2 to 19 and 16.7 to $20.4{\AA}$ for $30^{\circ}C$ and $70^{\circ}C$, respectively. The pore size distribution of ACF was also studied. It is also concluded that the final ACF strength is dependent on the concentration of impregnant.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.274-279
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• 2007

In order to understand the breakthrough behaviour of iodine vapours on impregnated carbon systems, an active carbon, 80 CTC grade, $12{\times}30$ BSS particle size and $1104\;m^2/g$ surface area, was impregnated with metal salts such Cu, Cr, Ag, Mo and Zn, and an organic compound Triethylene diamine (TEDA) to prepare different carbon systems such as whetlerite, whetlerite/TEDA, whetlerite/KI/KOH and ASZMT. The prepared adsorbents along with active carbon were characterized for surface area and pore volume by $N_2$ adsorption at liquid nitrogen temperature. These carbon systems were compared for their CT (concentration X time) values at 12.73 to 53.05 cm/sec space velocities and 2 to 5 cm carbon column bed heights. The carbon column of 5.0 cm bed height and 1.0 cm diameter was found to be providing protection against iodine vapours up to 5.5 h at 3.712 mg/L iodine vapour concentration and 12.73 cm/sec space velocity. The study clearly indicated the adsorption capacities of carbon systems to be directly proportional to their surface area values. Dead layer with all the prepared carbon systems was found to be less than 2.0 cm indicating it to be minimum bed height to have protection against $I_2$ vapours. Effect of carbon bed height and flow rate was also studied. The active carbon showed maximum protection at all bed heights and flow rates in comparison to all other impregnated carbon systems, showing that only physical adsorption is responsible for the removal of iodine vapours.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.280-284
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• 2007

Samples of active carbon of $1150\;m^2/g$ surface area were impregnated with ammoniacal salts of copper, chromium and silver, with and without triethylenediamine. The samples of impregnated carbon were aged at $50^{\circ}C$, with and without 90% RH (relative humidity), for a little more than one year and chemically evaluated periodically. Initially copper (II) and chromium (VI) reduced very fast in the samples in humid atmosphere to the extent of 30% and 60% respectively in four months. These values were found to be unaffected by the presence of triethylenediamine (TEDA) indicating that the chemical did not retard the reduction process of chromium (VI) and copper (II). However, in the absence of humidity the reduction of the impregnants was significantly less (10-12%, w/w) in four months. It was quite evident; therefore, that the moisture was mainly responsible for the reduction of chromium (VI) and copper (II) species in impregnated carbons. The prolonged ageing of the samples with and without triethylenediamme after four months with and without humid atmosphere showed that the extent of reduction of chromium (VI) was very low, i.e. 5-10% and of copper (II) was 2-25%. Silver is not reduced due to carbon, as it remained unchanged in concentration on storage. The impregnated carbon samples (100 g) without triethylenediamine, which were aged at room temperature for 5 years in absence of humidity and unaged when evaluated against cyanogen chloride (CNCl) at a concentration of 4 mg/L and airflow rate of 30 lpm showed a high degree of protection (80- 110 minutes).

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.671-677
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• 2016

대나무를 원료로 탄화 및 활성화온도 $900^{\circ}C$에서 대나무 활성탄을 만들고, 이 대나무 활성탄에 알칼리 금속(Na, K)과 알칼리토금속(Ca, Mg)을 담지 시켜 알칼리 담지 대나무활성탄을 제조하였다. 제조된 알칼리 담지 활성탄의 비표면적 및 세공분포 등의 물리적 특성을 분석하였다. 또한 폐 대나무활성탄의 재활용을 위하여 알칼리 담지 대나무활성탄과 NO 기체의 반응 특성 실험을 열중량분석기를 사용하여 비등온반응(반응온도 $20{\sim}850^{\circ}C$, NO 농도 0.1 kPa)과 등온반응(반응온도 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, $850^{\circ}C$, NO 농도 0.1~1.8 kPa) 조건에서 하였다. 실험 결과, 대나무 활성탄 특성 분석에서 알칼리 담지 대나무 활성탄에서는 알칼리 담지량이 증가할수록 세공 부피와 표면적이 감소하였다. 비등온과 등온 NO 반응에서는 전체적으로 Ca금속담지 대나무활성탄[BA(Ca)]과 Na금속담지 대나무활성탄[BA(Na)], K금속담지 대나무활성탄[BA(K)], Mg금속담지 대나무활성탄[BA(Mg)]이 대나무활성탄[BA]에 비하여 반응속도가 향상되는 것을 볼 수 있다. BA(Ca)> BA(Na)> BA(K)> BA(Mg)> BA 순으로 촉매 활성이 유효하였다. NO 반응에서의 활성화에너지는 82.87 kJ/mol[BA], 37.85 kJ/mol[BA(Na)], 69.98 kJ/mol[BA(K)], 33.43 kJ/mol[BA(Ca)], 88.90 kJ/mol[BA(Mg)]로 나타났고, NO 분압에 대한 반응차수는 0.76[BA], 0.63[BA(Na)], 0.77[BA(K)], 0.42[BA(Ca)], 0.30[BA(Mg)]이었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.198-201
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• 2009

Among other filters such as light filter, wave filter, air filter, ultra filter and filter paper, a novel adsorption filter from thermostable polyester nonwoven fabrics immobilized with functional super activated carbon by means of quinoline soluble, activateable isotropic pitch binder were developed in this study. The activated carbon precursor is available in the market branded as coconut shell based activated carbon(CCS-AC) produced by Dongyang Carbon Co. Ltd. BET-surface area of this precursor was $1,355\;m^2/g$, after KOH-activation it increased over $2,970\;m^2/g$ and was named as super activated carbon. In the preliminary research, this precursor was impregnated with $PdCl_2$(0.188 wt%) $KMnO_4$(3 wt%) and redox-agent(CuCl2, 0.577 wt%) in order to promote TOF up to 100/h and Selectivity up 99% and patented as a functional AC for the ethylene adsorption. The enhancement of the isotropic pitch binder to the AC-immobilized adsorption filter was BET-surface area upgraded by $266\;m^2/g$ and promoted the Iodine- and MB-adsorption by 1.4 times, respectively and also micro pore wide ranges < $5{\AA}{\sim}30\;{\AA}$ >.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2008

여러 조건으로 제조한 망간첨착활성탄(Mn-AC)을 유기물과 무기물이 함께 오염되어 있는 합성 폐수처리에 적용하였다. 유기물과 무기물의 대표물질로 각각 페놀과 3가 비소를 선정하였다. Mn-AC의 물리화학적 특성과 안정성을 분석한 후, 회분식 반응조에서 활성탄(AC) 및 Mn-AC에 의한 3가 비소 및 페놀 흡착 특성을 조사하였다. Mn-AC의 안정성 평가를 위해 pH 2에서 4의 산성용액에서 용출되는 망간의 농도로부터 평가하였다. pH 3 이하에서는 Mn-AC로부터 많은 양의 망간이 용출되었지만, pH 4에서는 청정지역 허용기준인 3 ppm 이하의 농도로 용출되었다. Mn-AC에 대한 X-선 회절기 분석결과 첨착된 망간은 $Mn_2O_3$로 밝혀졌다. Mn-AC를 이용한 3가 비소와 페놀의 동시처리 실험결과 3가 비소는 낮은 pH에서 AC보다 높은 산화율을 보였으나, 중성 이상의 pH에서는 AC가 더욱 높은 산화율을 보였다. 활성탄에 망간을 첨착시킴으로서, 비표면적이 13% 감소하였고 이로서 Mn-AC에 의한 페놀제거율은 AC에 비해 8% 정도 줄어들었다. 3가 비소 산화 및 페놀 흡착실험을 통하여 Mn-AC는 복합오염물을 갖는 폐수의 동시처리에 적용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제24권
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• pp.62-72
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• 2017

The aim of this work was to evaluate the dielectric properties of impregnated and activated palm kernel shells (PKSs) samples using two activating agents, potassium carbonate ($K_2CO_3$) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH), at three impregnation ratios. The materials were characterized by moisture content, carbon content, ash content, thermal profile and functional groups. The dielectric properties were examined using an open-ended coaxial probe method at various microwave frequencies (1-6 GHz) and temperatures (25, 35, and $45^{\circ}C$). The results show that the dielectric properties varied with frequency, temperature, moisture content, carbon content and mass ratio of the ionic solids. PKSK1.75 (PKS impregnated with $K_2CO_3$ at a mass ratio of 1.75) and PKSN1.5 (PKS impregnated with NaOH at a mass ratio of 1.5) exhibited a high loss tangent ($tan{\delta}$) indicating the effectiveness of these materials to be heated by microwaves. $K_2CO_3$ and NaOH can act as a microwave absorber to enhance the efficiency of microwave heating for low loss PKSs. Materials with a high moisture content exhibit a high loss tangent but low penetration depth. The interplay of multiple operating frequencies is suggested to promote better microwave heating by considering the changes in the materials characteristics.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2004년도 International Conference Global Environmental Problems and their Health Consequences
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• pp.202-206
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• 2004

The objectives of this study are to investigate the relationship between the silver ion concentrations released from the point-of-use(POU) water purification devices installed silver impregnated activated carbon filters and the antibacterial activities against HPC bacteria. Total of 68 POU devices were tested. The concentrations of the eluted silver ion from the silver impregnated activated carbon filter showed the range from $4\;{\mu}g/L$ to $386\;{\mu}g/L$, and the HPC bacteria were found to diversely grow within the range 0-5,200 cfu/mL. The average silver concentrations released from UF units system and RO units system were $30\;{\mu}g/L$ and $73\;{\mu}g/L$, respectively. And the number of colonies were reduced significantly as the elution levels of silver exceeded $100\;{\mu}g/L$, however silver ions below the concentration of $100\;{\mu}g/L$ were not particularly effective for eradicating HPC bacteria from water.

• 공업화학
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2008

혐기성소화가스(ADG)를 원료로 수소를 제조하여 연료전지에 활용할 경우 ADG에 포함된 황화합물이 개질기의 촉매와 연료전지의 전극에 독으로 작용하므로 금속이온이 담지된 활성탄을 이용하여 황화합물을 제거하였다. 수분과 산소농도에 따라 고정층 흡착량이 변화하였으며, 산소 0.2 vol%, RH 90% 이상일 때 가장 높은 흡착량을 나타내었다. 본 연구에서는 KI 첨착한 활성탄에서 황화합물의 흡착특성을 고정층에서 동특성 실험을 통해 관찰하고 그 결과를 기준으로 흡착탑을 설계 제작 현장실험을 실시하였다.