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Preparation of pitch-based activated carbon with surface-treated fly ash for SO2 gas removal

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Fly ash consists of various metal oxides which can remove SO2 gas by the catalyst effect. When fly ash is added in the preparation process of pitch-based activated carbon, the pitch particles aggregate and fly ash is embedded in the activated carbon. To increase SO2 gas removal performance, activated carbon was prepared by surface-treated fly ash and petroleum-based pitch. Carboxyl groups were introduced into the fly ash by malic acid treatment. The introduced carboxyl groups acted as an activation agent to create micropore around the fly ash, and created micropores were exposed to the fly ash outside of the activated carbon. The exposed fly ash increased removal amount of SO2 gas by a catalytic effect of the metal oxides. The SO2 gas removal performance improved by 34% because of the catalyst effect of the exposed fly ash and improvement in the micropore structure in the activated carbon.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (no. 20181110200070, Functional porous composite for mitigating air pollutant by using coal combustion products) and also supported by the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) [no. KK1913-10, Fabrication of petroleum pitch-based carbon absorbent for removal of hazardous air pollutants (SOx/NOx)].

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  1. Carbon Industry Frontier Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, 34114, Republic of Korea

    Min Il Kim, Ji Sun Im, Sang Wan Seo & Jong Hoon Cho

  2. Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea

    Ji Sun Im

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea

    Sang Wan Seo, Jong Hoon Cho & Young-Seak Lee

  4. Gyeongbuk Science and Technology Promotion Center, Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Research Institute (GERI), Gumi, 39171, Republic of Korea

    Sangjin Kim

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Kim, M.I., Im, J.S., Seo, S.W. et al. Preparation of pitch-based activated carbon with surface-treated fly ash for SO2 gas removal. Carbon Lett. 30, 381–387 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-019-00107-y

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