Sorption of Oil Products by Carbon Sorbents from Siberian Larch Bark
Alex V Rudkovsky, Olga Yu Fetisova, Nikolai V Chesnokov
Abstract
The adsorption capacity for oil products of granulated sorbents prepared by preliminary carbonized larch bark activation with water steam in a fluidized bed was studied. The effect of temperature and time of carbonized bark activation on the oil sorption capacity of obtained sorbents was investigated. It has been shown that the increase the temperature of activation from 750 °C to 850 °C and the time of treatment from 30 minutes to 90 minutes leads to the increase of the oil static sorption capacity. The maximum oil capacity (6.8 g/g) was achieved for the sorbent with a grain size of 1-2 mm which was prepared by activation of carbonized bark at 850 °C during 30 minutes.