Technical-environmental optimisation of the activated carbon production of an agroindustrial waste by means response surface and life cycle assessment.

In this study, a simultaneous optimisation of technical and environmental parameters for activated carbon production from soybean shells is presented. A 2 factorial design was developed to explore the performance of the technical responses yield and iodine number, and the single score of ReCiPe endpoint method, which was evaluated by means the life cycle assessment. The independent factors included in the design of experiments were the impregnation ratio, temperature, and time activation.