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Investigation on the effects of carbonization parameters on carbon material produced from durian shell

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Carbonization of durian shell was performed in this study. Our aims are to investigate the effects of carbonization operating parameters (temperature and the use of N2 gas) on product yields and properties and to scale up the experiment. The products were analyzed for chemical compositions and physical characterization via SEM-EDX. The results showed that carbonization temperature significantly affected the product yields and properties while the use of nitrogen slightly had effects on the products. At high temperatures, the SEM showed the progressive increases in porosity development, indicating a higher surface area. The experiment was then scaled-up from 5.0 to 20.0 g at 600 ∘C without N2 in the system to study the effects of feedstock quantity and reaction time. The results revealed that more reaction time was needed in order to get better product properties but the yields were not significantly different as the reaction time increased. The obtained results could be beneficial for agricultural waste management and could assist in modifying carbonization process parameters with larger scale production.

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The authors are grateful to the Advanced Fuel Processing Laboratory of King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi for providing the facilities.

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This work was supported by the Burapha University (contract no. 017/2562).

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chonburi, 20131, Thailand

    Jinjuta Owkusumsirisakul, Thanakorn Keeriang & Chaisak Issro

  2. Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand

    Navadol Laosiripojana

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Owkusumsirisakul, J., Keeriang, T., Laosiripojana, N. et al. Investigation on the effects of carbonization parameters on carbon material produced from durian shell. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 12, 4719–4727 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01033-0

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