Preparation of Activated Carbon from Waste Penicillin Mycelium

DOI

10.2991/ame-16.2016.115How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mycelium, Gypsum, Setting retarder, Activated carbon.

Abstract

We proposed a clean and safe method of preparation of activated carbon from waste penicillin mycelium by first soaking it in aqueous alkaline solution, to remove protein by filtration. Then the protein-free filter cake can be used to produce activated carbon without NOX emission. The optimal conditions for the preparation of activated carbon are achieved: activation time in ZnCl2 solution (20 wt%) 1.5 hrs; carbonization time 1 hr; carbonization temperature 300 ; and liquid-solid ratio 2.0. Not only will this process prevent the environmental impact of current treatments, as incineration, stockpile or directly producing activated carbon, as well as the risks in antibiotics abuse when used in animal feed.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mi-Mi Chen
AU  - Tie-Lin Fan
AU  - Feng-Qing Zhao
PY  - 2016/06
DA  - 2016/06
TI  - Preparation of Activated Carbon from Waste Penicillin Mycelium
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering (AME 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 689
EP  - 693
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ame-16.2016.115
DO  - 10.2991/ame-16.2016.115
ID  - Chen2016/06
ER  -