Activated carbons prepared from a compost obtained in mechanical biological treatment plants for municipal solid waste processing Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Activated carbons (ACs) obtained from different organic wastes have been reported in several works, aiming the valorisation of low-cost useful materials [1]. However, organic wastes typically contain inorganic substances, which can be leached away from the prepared ACs when employed in oxidative aqueous conditions. The current study proposes different strategies to produce ACs from a compost obtained (in excess) during the treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste by anaerobic digestion and maturation in waste management sites.
  • This work is a result of projects: VALORCOMP, funded by FEDER through Programme INTERREG V A Spain - Portugal (POCTEP) 2014–2020; “AIProcMat@N2020 - Advanced Industrial Processes and Materials for a Sustainable Northern Region of Portugal 2020”, with reference NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000006 and supported by NORTE 2020 under the Portugal 2020 Partnership Agreement, through FEDER; and POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984 – Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM funded by FEDER through COMPETE2020 - POCI – and by national funds through FCT.

publication date

  • January 1, 2018