Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

M He, Z Xu, D Hou, B Gao, X Cao, YS Ok… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Biochar, a carbon-rich material made from the partial combustion of biomass wastes, is an
emerging material of interest as it can remediate pollutants and serve as a negative carbon …

Phosphorus adsorption by functionalized biochar: a review

D Luo, L Wang, H Nan, Y Cao, H Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Phosphorus is essential element for agricultural production, yet phosphorus ore resources
are non-renewable and become depleted. Moreover, phosphate release from wastewater …

Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review

W **ang, X Zhang, J Chen, W Zou, F He, X Hu… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a promising agent for wastewater treatment, soil remediation, and gas storage
and separation. This review summarizes recent research development on biochar …

Production and beneficial impact of biochar for environmental application: A review on types of feedstocks, chemical compositions, operating parameters, techno …

RK Mishra, DJP Kumar, A Narula, SM Chistie, SU Naik - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar generation from biomass pyrolysis is an appealing and practical technology for
storing carbon and lowering the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Carbon recalcitrance in …

Ball milling biochar iron oxide composites for the removal of chromium (Cr (VI)) from water: Performance and mechanisms

H Zou, J Zhao, F He, Z Zhong, J Huang, Y Zheng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the first of its kind, a novel biochar/iron oxide composite (BM-Fe-HC) was successfully
prepared by simply ball milling iron-laden biochar (Fe-HC). The performance and …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of pollutants from wastewater by biochar: a review

N Jagadeesh, B Sundaram - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar is a functional material prepared under controlled thermal decomposition of organic
feedstocks from crops, forestry residues, sewage sludge, algal biomass, and poultry manure …

Phosphorous removal and recovery from urban wastewater: Current practices and new directions

F Di Capua, S de Sario, A Ferraro, A Petrella… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphate rocks are an irreplaceable resource to produce fertilizers, but their availability will
not be enough to meet the increasing demands of agriculture for food production. At the …

Production, characterization, activation and environmental applications of engineered biochar: a review

D Akhil, D Lakshmi, A Kartik, DVN Vo, J Arun… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Increased industrial and domestic activities have induced pollution, global warming and
resources depletion, calling for advanced remediation techniques. For instance, biochar …

Phosphate removal performances of layered double hydroxides (LDH) embedded polyvinyl alcohol/lanthanum alginate hydrogels

L Feng, Q Zhang, F Ji, L Jiang, C Liu, Q Shen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lanthanum modified compounds and Layered double hydroxides (LDH) are promising
adsorbents for phosphate. However, the nano-scale LDH is challenging to separate, and …

Breakthrough curve analysis by simplistic models of fixed bed adsorption: In defense of the century-old Bohart-Adams model

KH Chu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
In the water and wastewater treatment field several simplistic models of packed bed
dynamics such as the Bohart-Adams, Thomas, and Yoon-Nelson models are frequently …