Modified Activated Carbon Using NiO for Natural Gas Storage

Abstract:

The technology of natural gas adsorbed can be called Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology use porous adsorbents to adsorb natural gas. The material is activated carbon (AC), which has a large specific surface area. Activated carbon made from cassava peel waste because of abundance as agricultural waste in Indonesia. Cassava peel has a high cellulose and lignin content. Cassava peel through the carbonization process with furnace temperature 500 ° C in vacuum condition for 1.5 hours. Then, chemical activation with a different activator agent KOH and NaOH by mass ration (3:1). After that, physic activation with N₂ and CO₂ gas of 150 mL/minute using temperature muffle furnace 750 ° C. Product of physic activation modified using (Ni (NO₃)₂). Characterization of activated carbon performed with iodine test, SEM, EDX, adsorption, and desorption testers. The best of activated carbon is activated carbon impregnated KOH and with physic activation at 750 ° C, which has 612 mg / g of iodine number. Then, after activated carbon modified using (Ni (NO₃)₂) has the best performance with 1% NiO, has 662 mg / g of iodine number, and 657 m2 / g of S_BET. Then, activated carbon through adsorption and desorption test by ANG technology has 0.02928 kg/kg of adsorption capacity and 39.17% of desorption percent.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1000)
• Pages: 311-317
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1000.311
• Online since: July 2020
• Authors: Yuliusman Yuliusman*, Mufiid Fatkhurrahman, Fadel Al Farouq, Salma Amaliani Putri, Samson Patar Sipangkar, Nasruddin Nasruddin
• Keywords: Activated Carbon, Adsorption, ANG, Cassava Peel, Iodine Number, NiO

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