Determining the Pore Structure of Activated Carbon from Petroleum Coke by Nitrogen Gas Adsorption

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dc.contributor.advisorHill, Josephine
dc.contributor.authorKaldenhoven, Richard
dc.contributor.committeememberNassar, Nashaat
dc.contributor.committeememberMarriott, Robert
dc.contributor.committeememberHill, Josephine
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-15T22:26:46Z
dc.date.available2017-12-15T22:26:46Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractWhen considering a material for use as a catalyst or adsorbent, its pore structure is important, and can be determined by nitrogen gas adsorption. This thesis focuses on activated carbon materials prepared from petroleum coke, which are challenging to characterize due to the difficulties in modelling their disordered pore structures. The published models used to calculate the pore structure from experimental data have been reviewed and compared. From this review a procedure has been developed to select the most appropriate model for the material being studied, which is generally based on 2-Dimensional Non-Local Density Functional Theory, and applied to four carbon materials with varying pore structures. The results from this procedure show that pore structure properties can be calculated from a single model, and have been complemented with carbon dioxide adsorption, hysteresis scanning isotherms, and helium ion microscopy images but further work is recommended with the latter two methods.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKaldenhoven, R. (2017). Determining the Pore Structure of Activated Carbon from Petroleum Coke by Nitrogen Gas Adsorption (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28738en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/4271
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.subjectEngineering--Chemical
dc.subject.otherPore Structure
dc.subject.otherActivated Carbon
dc.subject.otherAdsorption
dc.titleDetermining the Pore Structure of Activated Carbon from Petroleum Coke by Nitrogen Gas Adsorption
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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