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Single-step preparation of activated carbons from pine wood, olive stones and nutshells by KOH and microwaves: Influence of ultra-microporous for high CO2 capture (2024)
Journal Article
Duran-Jimenez, G., Rodriguez, J., Stevens, L., Altarawneh, S., Batchelor, A., Jiang, L., & Dodds, C. (2024). Single-step preparation of activated carbons from pine wood, olive stones and nutshells by KOH and microwaves: Influence of ultra-microporous for high CO2 capture. Chemical Engineering Journal, 499, Article 156135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.156135

Biomass residues are crucial feedstocks for facing climate change challenges due to high-value products, such as producing activated carbons (AC) for carbon capture. Two stages of pyrolysis followed by activation at high temperatures are the most use... Read More about Single-step preparation of activated carbons from pine wood, olive stones and nutshells by KOH and microwaves: Influence of ultra-microporous for high CO2 capture.

Solving the microwave heating uniformity conundrum for scalable high-temperature processes via a toroidal fluidised-bed reactor (2024)
Journal Article
Rodriguez, J., Morona, L., Erans, M., Buttress, A. J., Nicholls, M., Batchelor, A. R., Duran-Jimenez, G., Kingman, S., Groszek, D., & Dodds, C. (2024). Solving the microwave heating uniformity conundrum for scalable high-temperature processes via a toroidal fluidised-bed reactor. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 202, Article 109838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2024.109838

Challenges exist to implementing high-temperature microwave processes with changing dielectric properties that achieve uniform processing. This paper presents a new high-temperature hybrid microwave processing system which overcomes these challenges... Read More about Solving the microwave heating uniformity conundrum for scalable high-temperature processes via a toroidal fluidised-bed reactor.