• Carbon letters
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• 제2권3_4호
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• pp.176-181
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• 2001

A series of activated carbons were prepared from coconut shells and coal-tar pitch binder by physical activation with steam in this study. The effect of variable processes such as activation temperature, activation time and ratio of mixing was investigated for optimizing those preparation parameters. The activation processes were carried out continuously. The nitrogen adsorption isotherms at 77 K on pellet-shaped activated carbons show the same trend of Type I by IUPAC classification. The average pore sizes were about 19-21${\AA}$. The specific surface areas ($S_{BET}$) of pellet typed ACs increased with increasing the activation temperature and time. Specific surface area of AC treated for 90 min at temperature $900^{\circ}C$ was 1082 $m^2/g$. The methylene blue numbers continuously increased with increasing the activation temperature and time. On the other hand, iodine numbers highly increased till activation time of 60 min, but the rate of increase of iodine numbers decreased after that time. This indicates that new micropores were created and the existing micropores turned into mesopores and macropores because of increased reactivity of carbon surface and $H_2O$.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1463-1471
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• 2015

The surface modified activated carbons (SMACs) were prepared with various $P_2O_5$ concentrations using two activated carbons (ACs: waste citrus peel-based activated carbon and coconut-based activated carbon). The characteristics and adsorptivity of bisphenol A (one of phenolic endocrine disrupting chemicals) were compared between ACs and SMACs. The contents of C, H and N of SMACs were similar to those of ACs, but the content of $P_2O_5$ for the former increased greatly than for the latter, due to the impregnation of $P_2O_5$ into the pores. The specific surface area, total pore volume, average pore diameter and iodine adsorptivity for the former decreased due to the impregnation of $P_2O_5$ into the pores, compared to those for the latter. The adsorptivity of bisphenol A for the former were higher than that for the latter, although specific surface area, total pore volume, average pore diameter and iodine adsorptivity for the former were lower than those for the latter.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2013

Among the radioactive wastes generated from the nuclear power plant, a radioactive nuclide such as $^{129}I$ is classified as a difficult-to-measure (DTM) nuclide, owing to its low specific activity. Therefore, the establishment of an analytical procedure, including a chemical separation for $^{129}I$ as a representative DTM, becomes essential. In this report, the adsorption and recovery rate were measured by adding $^{125}I$ as a radio-isotopic tracer ($t_{1/2}$ = 60.14 d) to the simulation sample, in order to measure the activity concentration of $^{129}I$ in a pressurized-water reactor primary coolant. The optimum condition for the maximum recovery yield of iodine on the anion exchange resins (AG1 x2, 50-100 mesh, $Cl^-$ form) was found to be at pH 7. In this report, the effect of the boron content in a pressurized-water reactor primary coolant on the separation process of $^{129}I$ was examined, as was the effect of $^3H$ on the measurement of the activity of iodine. As a result, no influence of the boron content and of the simultaneous $^3H$ presence was found with activity concentrations of $^3H$ lower than 50 Bq/mL, and with a boron concentration of less than 2,000 ${\mu}g/mL$.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.79-90
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• 1998

One of the objectives of this study were to develop a process for manufacturing activated carbons from agricultural by-products(rice shells and saw dust) and another is to measure the iodine number, ash content and removal ratio of COD. The other is to compare those values with those of commercialized activated carbons. Agricultural by-products based activated carbons were manufactured through the steam-reaction method. A rotary kiln type furnace was used for both carbonization and activation. The optimum operating temperatures for carbonization and activation were $650^{\circ}C$ and $900^{\circ}C$, respectively. For the activated carbons produced under these conditions, the iodine number was 1,127mg/g. Especially, removal efficiency of COD was 61.5% for 40mg/L of wastewater and 30% for 150mg/L of SLS(Sodium Lauryl Sulfate).

• 공업화학
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.835-841
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• 1998

활성탄제조에 적합한 유연탄과 무연탄을 선정하여 활성탄을 제조하고, 유연탄과 무연탄의 혼합비율을 달리하였을 때 나타나는 물리적 특성을 규명하였다. 유연탄에 무연탄인 Dandong탄을 25, 50, 75 wt.%로 혼합하여 활성탄을 제조할 경우 활성탄 수율은 Dandong탄의 함량 증가에 따라 증가되었으나 겉보기 밀도는 유연탄의 성상에 관계없이 일정하게 나타났고, 흡착력을 나타내는 요오드가는 반대로 감소되었다. Fushun탄과 Dandong탄을 75:25 wt.%로 혼합한 후 활성화조건에 따른 기공특성을 관찰한 결과 기공분포는 활성화온도 $850{\sim}900^{\circ}C$에서 $20{\AA}$ 이하의 미세기공이 발달되었고, $830^{\circ}C$와 $950^{\circ}C$에서는 중간기공이 발달되었다. 또한 제조된 석탄혼합 활성탄의 성능을 고찰하기 위해 상용화된 제품과 실험을 통해 흡착성능을 비교하였는데 경쟁력있는 흡착력을 갖는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 활성탄 제조시 탄화 및 활성화 과정에서 여러 가지 조업변수와 원료탄 혼합효과에 의해 그 특성이 달라짐이 확인되었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권7호
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• pp.469-474
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• 2005

Activated Carbon Fibers (ACFs) are widely used as adsorbents in technologies related to pollution abatement due to their highly porous structure and large adsorption capacity. The porous structure and surface area of ACFs depends strongly on both the activation processes arid the nature .of the precursors. The chemical activation with hydroxides has recently been, of great interest as it permits the preparation of activated carbon fibers with highly developed porosity. In this work, OXI-PAN fiber used as precursor for the preparation of activated carbon fibers by chemical activation with KOH and NaOH. The affects of several activation conditions on the surface properties, pore size distribution and adsorption capacity of Ag ion and Iodine ion on ACFs studied.

• Carbon letters
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.6-11
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• 2000

Coal tar pitch was chemically modified with 10 wt% benzoquinone (BQ) to raise the softening point of isotropic pitch precursor and the precursor was melt-spun into pitch fibers, stabilized, carbonized and activated with steam at $900^{\circ}C$. The weight loss of carbon fiber-benzoquinone (CF-BQ) increased with the increase of activation time like other fibers, but was lower than those of Kureha fiber at the same activation time in spite of larger geometric surface area. Those adsorption isotherms fitted into 'Type I' according to Brunauer, Deming, Deming and Teller classification. However, there was very thin low-pressure hysteresis that lower closure points of the hysteresis are about 0.42-0.45. From the pore size distribution curves, there might be some micropores having narrow-necked bottle; a series of interconnected pore is more likely than discrete bottles. FT-IR studies showed that the functional groups such as carboxyl, quinone, and phenol were introduced to ACFs-BQ surface after steam activation. Methylene blue decolorization and iodine adsorption capacity of ACF-BQ increased linearly with the increase of specific surface area and was larger than that of ACF-Kureha at the same specific surface area.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.1097-1101
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• 2002

Activated carbon is amorphous and its intraparticle pores are well developed. Thus it has high adsorption capabilities and catalytic effect, and is utilized in many areas of industries such as food processing. In recent years, the demand of activated carbon has been increased to solve the environmental problems-waste treatment and removal of poisonous gas. Therefore, in this study an activated carbon was made using the waste and then the industrial characteristics of the produced activated carbon were investigated. The result showed that the carbonization yield was decreased when carbonization temperature was increased from 400 to $600^{\circ}C$ and that the optimal carbonization temperature was $500^{\circ}C$. The optimal concentration of NaOH for removing ash in the raw sample was 1~2N. The iodine adsorption of activated carbon using waste sample at $500^{\circ}C$ carbonization was 1204.28mg/g. The activation result of carbonization sample showed that the optimal activation condition was the carbonization at $500^{\circ}C$ and the activation at $800^{\circ}C$. So the production of activated carbon was thought to be possible, reused as resource, and decreased the environmental pollution.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.163-175
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• 1995

무금속 프탈로시아닌/산화아연계의 감광호(photosensitization) 효율을 높이기 위하여 무금속 프탈로시아닌$(H_2Pc)$을 요오드로 도핑[$H_2Pc(I)_x$]하였다. $H_2Pc$ 결정형에 따른 $H_2Pc(I)_x$의 요오드 도핑 함량(x)은 원소 분석한 결과 $X-H_2Pc(I)_{0.92}$이고 ${\beta}-H_2Pc(I)_{0.96}$로 나타났다. $H_2Pc$에 대한 요오드의 도핑특성은 열무게 분석 (thermogravimetric analysis: TGA), UV-Vis, FT-IR 및 Raman 스펙트럼, 그리고 전자스핀 공명(electron spin resonance: ESR)으로 측정하였고, 산화아연에 대한 $H_2Pc(I)_x$의 흡착특성은 라만 스펙트럼 및 ESR로 조사하였다. TGA 분석 결과 $H_2Pc(I)_x$에 존재하는 요오드는 약 265$^{\circ}C$에서 완전히 없어졌고, 514.5 nm로 여기시킨 $H_2Pc(I)_x$ 및 $ZnO/H_2Pc(I)_x$의 Raman 스펙트럼에서는 주파수가 90~550 $cm^{-1}$에서 $I_3^-$의 특성 피크가 나타났다. 그리고 $ZnO/H_2Pc(I)_x$는 $g=2.0025{\pm}0.0005$에서 $ZnO/H_2Pc$보다 아주 강하고 좁은 ESR 신호가 나타났다. 요오드가 도핑된 $ZnO/H_2Pc(I)_x$의 감광화 효과는 요오드가 도핑되지 않은 $ZnO/H_2Pc$보다 높게 나타났다. 즉 670 nm에서 $ZnO/{\chi}-H_2Pc(I)_{0.92}$의 광기전력은 $ZnO/{\chi}-H_2Pc$보다 약 31배 높게 나타났고, ZnO/{\beta}-H_2Pc(I)_{0.96}$는 $ZnO/{\beta}-H_2Pc$보다 약 5배 높게 나타났다. $H_2Pc$ 결정형에 따른 $ZnO/H_2Pc(I)_x$의 감광화 효과는 670nm에서 $ZnO/{\chi}-H_2Pc(I)_{0.92}$가 $ZnO/{\beta}-H_2Pc(I)_{0.96}$보다 광기전력이 5배 높게 나타났다. 그러므로 $H_2Pc$가 요오드로 도핑됨에 따라 광전도성이 증가되어 산화아연에 대한 가시부에서의 감광화 효과가 향상되었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.551-555
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• 2012

활성탄을 이용한 산업체 악취물질 제거 특성을 규명하기 위하여 일반적으로 사용되는 상업용 활성탄의 탈착반응 특성을 조사하였다. 활성탄의 물리 화학적 특성을 조사하기 위해 BET 비표면적을 분석하였으며, 활성탄의 흡착력을 평가하기 위해 요오드가를 측정하였다. 활성탄에 흡착된 악취물질의 탈착반응특성 평가를 위해 열중량분석기(Thermogravimetric Analyzer; TGA)를 사용하였다. 활성탄의 흡 탈착에 따른 반응특성을 알아보기 위해 Friedman 법과 Freeman-Carroll 법을 이용하여 활성화에너지와 반응차수를 계산하였다. 활성탄은 신탄일 때 보다 재생탄일 때 흡착능력이 현저히 떨어졌으며, Friedman 법을 이용하여 활성화 에너지를 계산한 결과 15.9~23.4 kJ/mol, Freeman-Carroll 법을 이용하여 계산한 결과 22.7~33.8 kJ/mol로 나타났다.