TY - JOUR PB - Springer Verlag JF - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy SP - 1353 EP - 1361 Y1 - 2014/// N1 - cited By 78 N2 - The goal of the study was to produce a low-cost activated carbon from agricultural residues via single stage carbon dioxide (CO2) activation and to investigate its applicability in capturing CO2 flue gas. The performance of the activated carbon was characterized in terms of the chemical composition, surface morphology as well as textural characteristics. The adsorption capacity was investigated at three temperatures of 25, 50 and 100C for different types of adsorbate, such as purified carbon dioxide and binary mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The purified CO2 adsorption study showed that the greatest adsorption capacity of the optimized activated carbon of 1.79 mmol g-1 was obtained at the lowest operating temperature. In addition, the adsorption study proved that the adsorption capacity for binary mixtures was lower due to the reduction in partial pressure. The experimental values of the purified CO2 adsorption were modelled by the Lagergren pseudo-first-order model, pseudo-second-order model, and intra-particle diffusion model. Based on the analysis, it inferred that the adsorption of CO2 followed the pseudo-second-order model with regression coefficient value higher than 0.995. In addition, the adsorption study was governed by both film diffusion and intra-particle diffusion. The activation energy that was lesser than 25 kJ mol-1 implied that physical adsorption (physisorption) occurred. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014. A1 - Rashidi, N.A. A1 - Yusup, S. A1 - Borhan, A. A1 - Loong, L.H. SN - 1618954X VL - 16 TI - Experimental and modelling studies of carbon dioxide adsorption by porous biomass derived activated carbon AV - none KW - Activated carbon; Activation energy; Agricultural robots; Agricultural wastes; Air purification; Binary mixtures; Carbon dioxide; Diffusion in solids; Flue gases; Morphology; Physisorption; Surface morphology KW - Carbon dioxide adsorption; Chemical compositions; CO2 capture; Intra-particle diffusion; Low cost activated carbons; Pseudo-second order model; Regression coefficient; Textural characteristic KW - Gas adsorption ID - scholars4525 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948119902&doi=10.1007%2fs10098-014-0788-6&partnerID=40&md5=bbde82fafc9fa81df51b6174d206e92b IS - 7 ER -