Abstract
Pyrolysis retorting of the Permian Alpha torbanite and associated cannel coals from the Alpha deposit in Queensland, Australia, are discussed. Pyrolysis induced porosity was studied both on samples treated in a pyrolysis reactor and heating microscope. Retorted samples were further processed in a steam-saturated retort at 880 C for 4 h which induced abundant micro-porosity in the torbanite and cannel coal. Adsorbent carbon appears to be a value-added product for the steam-treated torbanite and coal. The studies of the steam-processed materials from the Alpha torbanite and associated cannel coal reported in this paper indicate that this material may have great potential as a source of adsorbent carbon to be utilized to abate environmental pollution.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 219-226 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Organic Geochemistry |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1996 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements--The authors would like to express their appreciation to the Alpha Corporation for financial support and to Mr Gerald Thomas and Ms Margaret Grider of the Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky for analytical assistance.
Keywords
- active carbons
- cannel coal
- petrography
- retorting
- torbanite
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geochemistry and Petrology
