Vegetable Waste as Perspective Raw Materials for the Production of Carbon Adsorbents

Abstract

As it is known active carbons are universal sorbents allowing to solve a wide range of industrial tasks, problems of environmental protection and a human health. New perspective raw material for active carbons production (AC) is different plant wastes including waste wood, the volume of which is constantly increasing, and the only way of their dsposal is incineration. In recent years we developed three main new technologies of AC on base of plant raw materials and showed the prospects of their use in environmental technologies. We made examples of developing new active carbons and their implementation in practice of the environmental technologies. In particular, it is shown to be effective in cleaning the exhaust air, water treatment, soil rehabilitation and other fields.