Removal of elemental mercury by coconut pith char adsorbents

• Main Authors: Johari, K., Saman, N., Tien, S. S., Chin, C. S., Kong, H., Mat, H.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/73657/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013912662&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2016.06.588&partnerID=40&md5=0a3945c124a5956ba28c2c75a408a68c
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Coconut pith (CP), which is abundantly available and cheap, has the potential of being used as low-cost adsorbents for elemental mercury removal. In this study, the preparation of chars was carried out through the carbonization of CP at three different environment conditions: (a) open reactor under...