relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/7479/ title: Removal of Elemental Mercury by Coconut Pith Char Adsorbents creator: Johari, K. creator: Saman, N. creator: Tien, S.S. creator: Chin, C.S. creator: Kong, H. creator: Mat, H. description: Coconut pith (CP), which is abundantly available and cheap, has the potential of being used as low-cost adsorbents for elemental mercury removal. In this study, the preparation of chars was carried out through the carbonization of CP at three different environment conditions: (a) open reactor under nitrogen flow; (b) closed reactor under nitrogen environment; and (c) closed reactor under ambient environment; at the temperature of 700 °C. The results show that the chemical, physical, morphological and spectral properties of the adsorbents greatly influenced by the environment of carbonization used. The highest Hgo adsorption capacity was observed for CCA700 (2395.98 μg/g), followed by CCN700 (2052.49 μg/g), and CFN700 (1416.92 μg/g). These results demonstrated that coconut pith derived chars could be potential as low-cost adsorbent alternatives for the removal of elemental mercury in gas streams. © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. publisher: Elsevier Ltd date: 2016 type: Conference or Workshop Item type: PeerReviewed identifier: Johari, K. and Saman, N. and Tien, S.S. and Chin, C.S. and Kong, H. and Mat, H. (2016) Removal of Elemental Mercury by Coconut Pith Char Adsorbents. In: UNSPECIFIED. relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013912662&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2016.06.588&partnerID=40&md5=0a3945c124a5956ba28c2c75a408a68c relation: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.588 identifier: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.588