تحضیر الکاربون المنشط من الزیوت المستهلکة باستخدام المعالجة البولیمریة المحفزة

AbstractIn this study, activated carbon has been prepared from the spent lubricant oils in the presence of additives which include polymers. Spent lubricant oils and polymers waste products are pollutant materials, it is possible to use these wastes to prepare activated carbon.The process of preparing activated carbon comprises oxidation of spent lubricant oils at different intervals of time at (100, 200 and 300) ± 25 ºC. After determining the ideal circumstances for oxidation, the oxidized oils was dealt with many additives which are polyethylene, polystyrene, resin of melamine formaldehyde and rubber at 170 °C in the presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride as a catalyst for 5,6 and 7 hours.The percentage of asphaltene in all above treatment has been determined then, the best samples have been taken according to asphaltene content.Normal and vacuum distillation have been conducted. The vacuum distillation wastes have been taken and treated with KOH (1 unit waste with 2 units KOH at 550± 25 °C for three hours. Many tests have been conducted on prepared activated carbon such as determining the activity of the samples through adsorption of iodine and methylene blue from aqueous media. The density, ash and humidity content were measured and the properties was compared with the commercial one.