Abstract
Issues of air and water pollution and necessity of health care are becoming serious problem as the inter country and global industrialization accelerates. Finding solutions and speedy addressing to these problems via sustainable management and expansion of woody and non woody forest crops, extraction, eco and health friendly products development is increasingly important. Environmentally and health friendly bamboo charcoal has greater potential and upcoming demand in the globe. Evaluation of higher carbonation temperature and characterization of charcoal properties compared to traditional carbonation temperature pave the way for modification of surface and absorbance properties of bamboo charcoal and expansion of areas applications. This paper provides a scientific research about the optimum carbonation temperature to produce charcoal from Bambusa vulgaris (yellow bamboo). The bamboo culm was carbonized at four differed temperatures ranging from 600 to 950oC. Products of charcoal were characterized by SEM micrograph analysis, modules of rupture (MOR), calorific value, density, bulk density, density determination and water absorption determination. Optimum carbonization temperature to gain maximum property enhancement of bamboo charcoal was observed around 700 and 850 oC. By changing carbonization temperature charcoal properties can be change. Removal and solidification of carbon in the flue gas during manufacturing and convert into usable foam of product development pave the way for the expansion of charcoal manufacturing industry without harmful damage to the environment.
Highlights
Sri Lanka is presently one of the world’s dominant exporters of tea, rubber, coconut, perishables, and spices
In order meet the demand of industrialization agro-industry policy planning emphasized to utilize high yielding agro – raw materials to use as an input to advance manufacturing industry and promote cyclic agriculture and small and medium manufacturing enterprises
The six pieces of rectangular shaped bamboo charcoal planks has regular planer dimensions were selected for modules of rupture (MOR) study from each treatment temperature
Summary
Sri Lanka is presently one of the world’s dominant exporters of tea, rubber, coconut, perishables, and spices. Cultivation and economical perspectives of bamboo in Sri Lanka is still in a poor condition. With this non visionary approach bamboo is grown in ornamental purposes as well as some traditional perspectives such as river bank conservation, ornamental artifact production and as a building material. A national road map and strategic plan development has been initiated recently to switch and promote cottage industry to advance material product manufacturing. Charcoal and activated carbon production is one of the most important developing manufacturing practice of bamboo across the bamboo growing regions in the globe. There is a high potential of charcoal use in domestic water purification and filtration, environment purification system by capturing CO2 emission and advanced industry application [7]. Series of advance products can be manufactured on the basis of the supreme absorption function, electromagnetic shielding and far infrared creation of the bamboo charcoal, are still under research
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