The Effect of Air Flow Rate on Temperature, Yield and Water Content in the Production of Active Charcoal from Palm Oil Shells Using Partial Oxidation Method

Firman, Firman, Siti Hamidah Mohd Setapar, Siti Hamidah Mohd Setapar, Muh. Irwan, Sitti Sahraeni

2022

Abstract

Palm kernel shell is one of the palm oil processing waste which is quite large, reaching 6.5% of 1 ton of palm oil. This shell can be used as an ingredient to make activated charcoal. Activated charcoal is widely used as adsorbent, gas purification, water purification and so on. The palm shell is the hardest part of the components found in oil palm. Palm kernel shell contain 26.6% cellulose and 27.7% hemicellulose which are good for making activated charcoal. This study aims to determine the effect of air flow rate on the average temperature, yield and moisture content in the manufacture of activated charcoal from oil Palm kernel shell by partial oxidation method. Carbonization and activation were carried out using pyrolysis with the principle of partial oxidation. The pyrolysis process was carried out with air flow rates of 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 L/min for 5 hours. The best results are shown at an air flow rate of 30 L/min with a product yield of 24,03%, a moisture content of 5.85% and an average temperature of partial oxidation reaching 517.51 o C.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Firman., Mohd Setapar S., Irwan M. and Sahraeni S. (2022). The Effect of Air Flow Rate on Temperature, Yield and Water Content in the Production of Active Charcoal from Palm Oil Shells Using Partial Oxidation Method. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES; ISBN 978-989-758-619-4, SciTePress, pages 423-427. DOI: 10.5220/0011811600003575

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icast-es22,
author={Firman and Siti Hamidah Mohd Setapar and Muh. Irwan and Sitti Sahraeni},
title={The Effect of Air Flow Rate on Temperature, Yield and Water Content in the Production of Active Charcoal from Palm Oil Shells Using Partial Oxidation Method},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES},
year={2022},
pages={423-427},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011811600003575},
isbn={978-989-758-619-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES
TI - The Effect of Air Flow Rate on Temperature, Yield and Water Content in the Production of Active Charcoal from Palm Oil Shells Using Partial Oxidation Method
SN - 978-989-758-619-4
AU - Firman.
AU - Mohd Setapar S.
AU - Irwan M.
AU - Sahraeni S.
PY - 2022
SP - 423
EP - 427
DO - 10.5220/0011811600003575
PB - SciTePress