Upcycling spent brewery grains through the production of carbon adsorbents: application to the removal of carbamazepine from water

Spent brewery grains, a by-product of the brewing process, were used as precursor of biochars and activated carbons to be applied to the removal of pharmaceuticals from water. Biochars were obtained by pyrolysis of the raw materials, while activated carbons were produced by adding a previous chemica...

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Main Author: Sousa, Andreia F. C. (author)
Other Authors: Gil, María Victoria (author), Calisto, Vânia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/29269
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/29269