P-Tu-B-80 Production of Activated Carbon from Waste Coconut Using It As Support in the Steam Reforming of Glycerol

Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)
Poliana Almeida1, Soraia Brandão1, Vivian Thyssen2 and Elisabete M. Assaf2, (1)Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, (2)University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Coconut residues are almost totally discarded; seeking to solve this problem, this paper proposes to use not only the flesh of the coconut, but the endocarp and epicarp in the synthesis of activated carbon. Using it as support in reforming to produce syngas.