Production of Biologically Activated Carbon from Orange Peel and Landfill Leachate Subsequent Treatment Technology

Table 2

The main performance parameters of activated carbon in experiment.

Index	Orange peel active carbon	Commercial active carbon
Grain size/mm	3.0	2.0
Specific surface area/(m^2/g)	1477	960
Average pore size/mm	3.87	2.02
Micropore volume/(cm^3/g)	0.532	0.201
Mesopore volume/(cm^3/g)	1.440	0.616
Total pore volume/(cm^3/g)	2.090	0.900