Open AccessExploration Sustainable Base Material for Activated Carbon Production Using Agriculture Waste as Raw Materials: A Review
Author(s) -
Muhammad Syafiq Muzarpar,
Abdul Mutalib Leman,
Khairul Anuar Abdul Rahman,
Z. Shayfull,
A. R. Irfan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/864/1/012022
Subject(s) - carbonization , raw material , activated carbon , agricultural waste , waste management , palm kernel , charcoal , waste material , production (economics) , environmental science , materials science , adsorption , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , engineering , palm oil , agroforestry , organic chemistry , economics , metallurgy , macroeconomics
Activated carbon can be call as “material of the future” due to its versatility usage from medical aspect, water and air treatment and a very good adsorbent characteristic. Process involved in the production of activated carbon were carbonization of raw material and activation of the charcoal to be a carbonized material. Basically the activation can be either physical or chemical activation or a combination of it. This paper is to review the potential of agricultural waste and introduce the potential base material that can be utilized as raw material for activated carbon. The process and the material selected on agricultural waste is coconut shell, palm kernel shell and rubber seed shell. The downstream industry of agricultural waste could look into material for the product development in the near future.