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Essay / Orange Peel Powder Powder - 946
1 Characteristics of the adsorbent The surface morphological changes of the powder and carbon samples were studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) . Figures 2 and 3 show scanning electron microscopy of orange peel powder and carbon made from powder. Carbon made from powder had a more porous structure than orange peel powder. The orange peel powder exhibited a vertical vein-like structure and the carbon made from powder exhibited a more porous structure with holes that gave maximum adsorption capacity than the orange peel powder. Figure 2 Scanning electron microscopy Figure 3 Scanning electron microscopy of orange peel powder of orange peel carbon Table -1 and 2 represent the elemental analysis of orange peel powder and carbon made from orange peel powder. Furthermore, this component is widely used to be manufactured as an adsorbent to adsorb gas (CO2). Orange peel contains potassium oxide (K2O) at 1.72%, calcium oxide (CaO) at 1.31% and other components in the minority. Therefore, with the large amount of carbon, the carbon produced from orange peel and also orange peel itself is one of the potential adsorbents to adsorb CO2 from the gas mixture. Table 1: Elemental analysis Table 2: Elemental analysis of carbon made from orange. zest powder orange zest powder.Sr. No element by weight%1 Carbon 51.532 Oxygen 43.953 Potassium 1.724 Calcium 1.315 Platinum 1.306 Magnesium 0.19Sr. No element Weight %1 Carbon 64.262 Oxygen 32.493 Sulfur 1.55 ...... middle of paper ......977 mmol/gm 12 LPH 25.28 cm 2.43055 mmol/gm 14 LPH 3Table-9: Orange peels Carbon (6 g).LMTZ (Length of mass transfer zone) CO2 capture capacity (Breakthrough adsorption capacity) Gas flow rate, LPH Sr. No.4.5 cm 2.0667 mmol / g 10 LPH 13.292 cm 3.844 mmol / g 12 LPH 23.7674 cm 4.485 mmol / g 14 LPH 3Table-10: Carbon of orange peels (7 g).LMTZ (Length of Mass Transfer Zone) Capacity of CO2 Capture (Revolutionary Adsorption Capacity) Gas Flow, LPH Sr. No.3.52 cm 3.45428 mmol/gm 10 LPH 15.333 cm 1.7 mmol / gm 12 LPH 25.5873 cm 5.0843 mmol / gm 14 LPH 3Figure-7: Adsorption of carbon dioxide on carbon made from orange peel powder (5 g) for 10, 12 and 14 LPHFigure-8: Adsorption of CO2 gas on carbon from skin of orange (6 g) for 10, 12 and 14 LPHFigure-9: Adsorption of carbon dioxide on carbon from orange peel powder (7g) for 10, 12 and 14 LPH