International Journal of Science, Engineering and TechnologyAuthors: Ravi Verma, Manish Choudhary
Abstract: One efficient method for recovering the adsorptive capacity of spent activated carbon is to regenerate it through chemical impregnation. To regenerate the carbon and eliminate adsorbed pollutants, the spent activated carbon is treated with specific chemicals. The purpose of this study was to examine the properties of the regenerated activated carbon to determine whether it might be used in water purification applications. Spent activated carbon was gathered from the water purification unit's spent activated carbon cartridge. It is easily accessible and contains more carbon. At the ideal activation period, 1N KOH was used to activate the wasted carbon. The elemental analysis of spent activated carbon both before and after activation is the focus of this work. SEM, CHNS (elemental analysis), and significant index iodine number studies were used in this work. The goal of the current project is to investigate the regeneration of spent activated carbon. Regenerated carbon has been found to have well-developed pores and activation sites.
