Papers by Author: Young Sook Shim

Abstract: The objective of this study is to prepare a pelletized adsorbent to remove volatile organic compounds (VOC) from the municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) fly ash in Korea. The fly ash sample was sieved to particle size of 75-150㎛, and then a hydrothermal processing was carried out. The pelletized adsorbent was prepared from hydrothermal treated fly ash by mixing it with coal tar pitch and K2CO3 as a carbon source and activating agent, and activating them. The optimum condition to derive maximum iodine adsorptivity and BET surface area was the mixing ratio of hydrothermal treated fly ash, coal tar pitch and K2CO3 of 40/40/20 wt.% at the activation temperature of 800°C. Under this condition, the iodine adsorptivity and BET surface area for prepared adsorbent were 455 mg/g and 325 m2/g, respectively.

Abstract: In this study, we studied to find the most suitable condition for the preparation of adsorbent by hydrothermal treatment of fly ash from the municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI). There are many variables that affect the adsorptive characteristics in our study. With the variation of which discussed the effect such as the concentration of NaOH, reaction temperature, reaction time, solid/liquid ratio, and so on. The phase of adsorbent, its morphology and cation exchange capacity (CEC) were analyzed to evaluate their effects. The phase of adsorbent after treatment was identified by X-ray diffraction (XRD), the morphology was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the CEC was analyzed by the ammonium acetate method. The maximum CEC value was obtained under the condition of 3N NaOH, 100°C of reaction temperature, 12 hr of reaction time, and 1:10 of solid/liquid ratio. The CEC was 68 meq/100g in this condition, which was 8 times the amount of raw fly ash.