Synthesis of Zeolite from Coal Fly Ash: Its Application as Water Sorbent

Authors

  • Thepparat Klamrassamee King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
  • Prasert Pavasant Chulalongkorn University
  • Navadol Laosiripojana King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4186/ej.2010.14.1.37

Keywords:

Coal fly ash, zeolite, fusion method, water sorbent.

Abstract

Coal fly ash (CFA) was used as raw material for zeolite synthesis by fusion method. In detail, it was mixed with NaOH (with ratio of 2.25) and treated under various temperatures. Synthesized zeolite was characterized using various techniques i.e. X-rayfluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and BET surface area analysis. It was found that the surface area of synthesized zeolite were in the range of 49.407-69.136 m2/g depending on the preparing condition, compared to the surface area of CFA about 17.163 m2/g. In addition, according to the XRD result, it was proven that the form of zeolite was Sodium Aluminum Silicate Hydrate (1.08Na2O.Al2O3.1.68SiO2.1.8H2O). The synthesized zeolite was then applied as water sorbent to remove water from ethanol solution (95%). The testing results revealed that the optimal fusion temperature was 450oC, which provided maximum percentage of water removal from ethanol solution (from 95% ethanol to 99.25% ethanol). For comparison, commercial-grade molecular sieve was also tested and was found to increase ethanol concentration from 95% to 99.61%. Hence, it is concluded that our synthesized zeolite provides comparable performance to the commercial-grade molecular sieve.

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Author Biographies

Thepparat Klamrassamee

The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand

Prasert Pavasant

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Navadol Laosiripojana

The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand

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Published In
Vol 14 No 1, Mar 19, 2010
How to Cite
[1]
T. Klamrassamee, P. Pavasant, and N. Laosiripojana, “Synthesis of Zeolite from Coal Fly Ash: Its Application as Water Sorbent”, Eng. J., vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 37-44, Mar. 2010.

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