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This dissertation is dedicated to the research of methods for the production of activated carbon by means of chemical impregnation from renewable resources such as waste biochar and forestry biomass. The goal of the research is to find a method that generates high performances activated carbon which can be scaled up and added to the supply chain of an already existing gasification concept located in Innsbruck, Austria. Biochar has been impregnated with ZnCl2 in ratios of 1:1 and 5:1 and activated in a mixed bed reactor in presence of H2O steam in a temperatures range of 500 and 700 °C for 30 and 60 minutes. Forestry biomass and biochar have been impregnated with ZnCl2 and H33PO4 in ratios of 1:1, 3:1, 5:1 then pyrolyzed at 500 °C for 1 hour. The activated carbon has been characterized through N2 adsorption at 77 K, total carbon content and scanning electron microscopy. The best results were obtained with the ZnCl2 5:1 impregnated biomass pyrolyzed at 500 °C for 1 hour, with a specific surface area of 1626 m2/g, a total pore volume of 0,79 cm3/g with a microporous percentage of the 75%, and a total carbon content of 84%.

This study assessed, through an exploratory approach, how religion-based negative causal attributions of mental illness may be associated to stigmatising attitudes and behaviours that contribute to public stigma in an Italian convenience sample. All participants (N = 311; average age = 33 years, 38.6% male) completed a set of three questionnaires: Religious Beliefs and Mental Illness Stigma Scale, the Attribution Questionnaire 27 and the Mental Health Knowledge Schedule. The study found support for two specific models. The Responsibility model involved four key predictors: participant age, the influence of religious beliefs in everyday choices, religious beliefs about the connection between morality/sin and mental illness and having participated in seminars about mental illness stigma. The Dangerousness model involved three exogenous variables: participating in mental illness stigma seminars, religious beliefs about morality/sin and mental illness, and participant age. This study allows the identification of variables that seem to activate or attenuate the models of “Personal Responsibility” and “Dangerousness”.

This dissertation is dedicated to the research of methods for the production of activated carbon by means of chemical impregnation from renewable resources such as waste biochar and forestry biomass. The goal of the research is to find a method that generates high performances activated carbon which can be scaled up and added to the supply chain of an already existing gasification concept located in Innsbruck, Austria. Biochar has been impregnated with ZnCl2 in ratios of 1:1 and 5:1 and activated in a mixed bed reactor in presence of H2O steam in a temperatures range of 500 and 700 °C for 30 and 60 minutes. Forestry biomass and biochar have been impregnated with ZnCl2 and H33PO4 in ratios of 1:1, 3:1, 5:1 then pyrolyzed at 500 °C for 1 hour. The activated carbon has been characterized through N2 adsorption at 77 K, total carbon content and scanning electron microscopy. The best results were obtained with the ZnCl2 5:1 impregnated biomass pyrolyzed at 500 °C for 1 hour, with a specific surface area of 1626 m2/g, a total pore volume of 0,79 cm3/g with a microporous percentage of the 75%, and a total carbon content of 84%.