The preparation and performance of lignin-based activated carbon fiber adsorbents for treating gaseous streams

doi:10.1007/s11705-017-1646-y

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2017, Vol. 11

Issue (3) : 328-337 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-017-1646-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

The preparation and performance of lignin-based activated carbon fiber adsorbents for treating gaseous streams

Min Song¹(

), Wei Zhang², Yongsheng Chen³, Jinming Luo³, John C. Crittenden³

¹. Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control (Ministry of Education), School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
². State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
³. Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable System, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0595, USA

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Abstract

Two types of lignin-based carbon fibers were prepared by electrospinning method. The first was activated with Fe₃O₄ (LCF-Fe), and the second was not activated with Fe₃O₄ (LCF). Gas phase adsorption isotherms for toluene on LCF-Fe and LCF were studied. The gas phase adsorption isotherm for 0% RH showed LCF-Fe have about 439 mg/g adsorption capacity which was close to that of commercially available activated carbon (500 mg/g). The Dubinin-Radushkevich equation described the isotherm data very well. Competitive adsorption isotherms between water vapor and toluene were measured for their RH from 0 to 80%. The effect of humidity on toluene gas-phase adsorption was predicted by using the Okazaki et al. model. In addition, a constant pattern homogeneous surface diffusion model (CPHSDM) was used to predict the toluene breakthrough curve of continuous flow-packed columns containing LCF-Fe, and its capacity was 412 mg/g. Our study, which included material characterization, adsorption isotherms, kinetics, the impact of humidity and fixed bed performance modeling, demonstrated the suitability of lignin-based carbon fiber for volatile organic compound removal from gas streams.

Keywords lignin carbon fiber electrospinning toluene humidity

Corresponding Author(s): Min Song

Just Accepted Date: 07 April 2017 Online First Date: 23 May 2017 Issue Date: 23 August 2017

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Min Song,Wei Zhang,Yongsheng Chen, et al. The preparation and performance of lignin-based activated carbon fiber adsorbents for treating gaseous streams[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2017, 11(3): 328-337.

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Tab.1 The proximate and ultimate analysis of lignin^a)

Fig.1 The SEM images of lignin carbon fiber in the absence (left) and presence of Fe₃O₄ (right)

Fig.2 The FTIR spectrum curves of LF, LF-Fe, LCF, and LCF-Fe

Tab.2 Physicochemical characteristics of LCF and LCF-Fe

Fig.3 The surface area versus pore volume computed from the N₂ isotherm of LCF-Fe

Fig.4 Pore size distributions of LCF-Fe and LCF. Micropores and mesopores were obtained from Barrett-Joyner-Halenda and HK analysis of the nitrogen desorption branch, respectively

Fig.5 (a) Adsorption isotherm for single toluene on LCF-Fe at 298 K and (b) experimental data for the adsorption of toluene on LCF-Fe

Fig.6 Experimental data for adsorption of toluene in the presence of water vapor compared to thermodynamic model predictions

Fig.7 CPHSDM predictions for toluene breakthrough curves of LCF-Fe and Calgon BPL

Tab.3 The adsorptive capacities of LCF-Fe and commercial GACs during the column tests

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